Jul 22, 2019 ·  WD’s Blue SN500 comes in two capacities of 250GB and 500GB priced at $54.99 and $77.99, respectively. The 500GB SSD delivers up to 1.7/1.45 GB/s read/write as well as up to 275,000/300,000 read ... 

Jun 12, 2019 ·  Western Digital's latest update to its budget line of SSDs, the NVMe-equipped WD Blue SN500, is an able PCI Express M.2 competitor but outpaced for the price. MSRP $77.99 $77.95 at Amazon 

The WD Blue NVMe is WD's new entry-level SSD using the M.2 PCIe x2 interface and 3D TLC flash. With a price of only $73 for the reviewed 500 GB version, it's one of the most affordable drives on the market that still delivers very decent performance. We saw no thermal-throttling, even when fully loaded and completely uncooled. 

Dec 23, 2019 ·  WD’s new Blue SN550 is a nice improvement on the older SN500, though it still isn’t going to worry the competition with its performance.However, other vendors sure won’t be happy that it’s ... 

May 23, 2019 ·  WD Blue SN500 review: Overall performance. In the end, the Blue SN500 and Crucial P1 come incredibly close on performance. Calculate the average overall speeds for the huge, large and small file ... 

The Western Digital WD Blue SN500 is an M.2 2280 SSD with a storage capacity of 250 GB and is also available in a 500 GB version. The drive uses the PCIe Gen3 8 Gb/s, up to 2 lanes . 

Mar 28, 2019 ·  WD Blue SN500 NVMe: Excellent performance. Despite the low specs, the new NVMe WD Blue outperformed SATA SSDs by a considerable margin. Compared to 4-lain NVMe drives, however, it was indeed clearly slower in my testing; but to the similarly-specced Toshiba RC100, the WD Blue did better in most tests. 

May 24, 2019 ·  WD Black SN750 vs WD Blue SN500. The new Western Digital SN750 NVMe Drive add even more performance to an already very high quality WD Black from 2018, while the new WD Blue SN500 NVMe drives find themselves snug, in between their faster siblings and SATA SSD. 

Apr 09, 2019 ·  The WD Blue SN500 is rated up to 1,700MB/s, nearly half of the 3,500MB/s the Samsung 970 Evo Plus is capable of. The SN500’s write speed is similarly nothing to write home either, coming in at 1 ... 

Jun 20, 2019 ·  The Blue SN500 is also somewhat more durable, its 500GB model being rated for 300TBW - twice that of the 500GB P1's 150TBW - so it might be better suited to workstations. WD Blue SN500 review: Verdict 

May 08, 2019 ·  WD Blue SN500 Review. ... Offering amazing value to the storage market, with the WD Blue SN500 in play it’s hard to understand why anyone would go with a SATA option if they have the choice. 9. 

Apr 09, 2019 ·  To keep costs down and to focus on the mainstream, the new WD Blue SN500 NVMe SSD only ships in two capacities, 250GB and 500GB. Both drives deliver a maximum sequential read speed of 1,700 MB/s ... 

The WD Blue SN500 NVMe SSD allows resellers, system builders and consumers to take advantage of a reliable NVMe storage solution when creating their next PCs. Available in 250GB and 500GB capacities in an M. 2 2280 form factor, The WD Blue SN500 NVMe SSD will give your systems The boost you need.Interface:PCIe Gen3 8 Gb/s 

Apr 09, 2019 ·  WD hit a strong balance between performance and cost with the Blue SN500 NVMe Series. The 250GB model starts the series out at just $54.99. The larger 500GB model reaches just $77.99. Both capacities carry an impressive 5-year warranty that we usually find reserved for premium models. The Blue SN500 endurance is the weakest part of the warranty. 

Continuing Western Digital’s Legacy. Western Digital combined hours of hardware, firmware, and validation tests to enhance WD Blue’s heritage of quality and reliability. The next part of WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD review is all about the product’s specifications. Specifications. The WD Blue SN550 NVMe is a 1TB SSD with a PCIe 3rd-gen interface. 

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