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Technical information
Brand Western Digital
Digital storage capacity 500 GB
Compatible devices Desktop
Item dimensions L x W x H8 x 2.4 x 0.8 centimetres
Form Factor M.2 2280
Colour Black
Item weight1.17 Ounces
Read speed3430 Megabytes Per SecondConnectivity technologyUSB
About this item
Transfer speeds up to 3470MB/s for improved load times
Available in capacities ranging from 500GB to 2TB
Sleek heatsink design to customize and intensify your gaming rig while helping to maintain peak performance
An exclusive WD Black SSD dashboard improves game performance
For desktop PC only. Please check your motherboard and our WD Black with Heatsink specifications to ensure compatibility
Costumers Product Reviews
Pros
This drive was easy to install and setup Windows on. Has been 100% reliable in the few months that I have been using it as have all WD drives that I have used in the past. If you look at the SSD comparison chart websites they show this drive not too far from the top on speed for M.2 drives but well below the top on price. It is not the cheapest 500Gb drive but in its speed category it is the cheapest. That makes it the best value 500Gb M.2 SSD I believe. 500Gb is enough for Windows and all the everyday software like Office and my CAD program which load super fast on this drive. Boot up from cold is also about 11 seconds with this drive. It was 25 with my old HDD. I got the one with the integrated heatsink because it was only a few pounds more but I think unless you game off of it or spend a lot of time editing big video files then the heatsink is not needed.
Cons
I needed a storage capacity upgrade for my OS and I purhased this WD Black 500 GB but I was expecting a better product from WD... A clean Windows install on a machine with 32GB Ram i7 6950X and the result is 809 MBs? Not even close to the claimed 3470 MBs. I understand that is "up to" but I really wonder how was that "up to achieved"? Phisically is very sturdy compared with Samsung Evo, the heatsink is plus but the speeed for an NVMe m2 drive is appealing compared with my Samsung Evo 970 250GB where the average speed is 2200. Unfortunatley this is very poor quality drive from WD (probably hence the lower price) and is in the return box. I preffer to pay more and buy a Samsung Evo....
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