2020-08-17 ·  True to its name, WD’s Blue SN550 comes with a blue PCB, in a single-sided M.2 2280 form factor, so it can fit in even the thinnest of devices. WD’s product team are fairly tight-lipped on... 

2020-06-10 ·  WD Blue is Western Digital's more value-oriented, mainstream SSD family, in contrast to the more performance-oriented, hardcore WD Black series. Still, it's no slouch on the specifications front.... 

2019-12-23 ·  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 10... 

2020-03-13 ·  WD Blue SN550 full review Many PC owners use SATA connected SSDs. They’re affordable, dramatically quicker than conventional hard drives and almost every computer built in the last ten years has... 

This NVMe once again SSD has SanDisk written all over it, literally. The Western Digital WD Blue SN550 is an M.2 2280 SSD with a storage capacity of 250 GB, 500 GB and 1TB version. The drive uses... 

WD Blue SN550 Specsheet Our review unit is the top of the line unit from the WD Blue NVMe line, offering the highest performance and endurance. The advertised performance numbers are very modest though, and not intended to compete at the high end of even other PCIe 3.0 drives. 

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. It makes use of an M.2 connector and comes with an MTTF of 1M. Its sequential re ... 

2020-01-26 ·  Western Digital Blue SN550 1TB NVMe PCIe Gen3.0x 4 M.2 SSD Review The new SSD value leader doesn't skimp on performance. Here's our full review of Western Digital's Blue SN550 1TB NVMe M.2 drive. 

The 4-lane WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD is a significant upgrade to the previous 2-lane version though, performance-wise, it’s generally behind similarly-specced SSDs. But the drive more than makes up for that by being one of the most affordable full 4-lane NVMe drives on the market, especially the 1TB version, which costs just about 10 cents per gigabyte. 

The WD Blue SN550 at 22 cents per gigabyte, is all that most value-conscious PC/laptop owners could want. The WD Blue SN550 is aimed at the replacement market offering more than four times the speed of a SATA 6 SSD/HDD and yet a price point about 30% less than the top speed SSDs like the WD Black. 

The Kingston A1000 sample I tested is a 960GB M.2-format drive, at the 80mm length (Type-2280), which means it will fit on most M.2 laptop and desktop-board configurations that aren't... 

2018-07-20 ·  The Kingston A1000 960GB NVMe SSD sells for $315 and makes your system fell less responsive than a nice SATA SSD like the Samsung 860 EVO. We like the HP EX920 1TB more at $349, and think you will,... 

2018-05-16 ·  on Newegg While faster is always better when it comes to storage, all things are relative. Even a slower M.2 NVMe SSD, such as the entry-level Kingston A1000 NVMe reviewed here, offers a noticeable... 

Pricing of the Kingston A1000 is excellent, with $152 for the tested 480 GB version. This brings cost per gigabyte down to just 32 cents—pretty much unheard of for an M.2 NVMe drive. 

2019-12-13 ·  Kingston A2000 review: Verdict Maybe it’s the 96-layer NAND, maybe it’s the Silicon Motion SM2263ENG controller, but whatever the true cause of the A2000’s data-shuffling prowess, it’s a superb... 

The Kingston A1000 PCIe NVMe SSD is also available in three sizes that include 240GB, 480GB (reviewed) and 960GB with a limited 5-year warranty. Besides the speed, one of the most fascinating aspects about this SSD is its tiny size (80mm x 22mm x 3.5mm) and it uses a M.2 2280 form factor with a multi-purpose SFF connector. 

2018-06-19 ·  Review: Kingston A1000 M.2 NVMe SSD 0. By Ryan on June 19, 2018 Product Reviews. It’s time for another trip down the fast lane with a lighting fast storage solution for your PC. This time, we have a 960GB A1000 M.2 NVMe SSD by Kingston, and although we ... 

We just recently reviewed Kingston’s pretty affordable SATA SSD, the Kingston UV500. Looking through their product lineup, we found the Kingston A1000 PCIe NVMe SSD. PCIe-based SSDs are usually much pricier, even costing north of RM2/GB. This one, is a lot more affordable. 

2020-05-26 ·  Kingston A1000 Nvme SSD is the latest addition to the Kingston internal SSD market. The Kingston A1000 is available in different versions with a capacity of 240, 480 and 960 GB and uses PCIe NVMe interface. In our Kingston A1000 Review, we will be reviewing the base variant of 240 GB. 

2017-06-13 ·  Kingston A400 specifications and features. The Kingston A400 is a standard 2.5-inch SATA SSD, but you can tell it's aimed at the commodity market just by looking at it. For starters, it comes in ... 

2019-09-04 ·  Kingston A2000 is an upgrade from their older A1000 which only offers 1,500MB/s read & 900MB/s write speed, so it might be worth to just grab the A2000 if the price is not much more. The impressive writing speed actually makes the A2000 a budget drive with a very good value, unless you really want that fast reading speed that the KC2000 offers. 

Best 2 ssds under $50 based on 21 expert reviews

1: WD Blue SN550

2: Kingston A1000