Wd Black Sn850X Review

B&H had a great price and very fast shipping! The 2TB WD_Black SN850X NVMe PCIe SSD I received is lighting fast and I trust WD quality far more than their competitors.

Installed a WD_Black SN850X 2TB in it, and it works flawlessly. Comes with M.2 screw and silicone pads of different thicknesses.

It's an amazing MoBo! Maybe a small drawback with the design of the cooler for Gen4 M2 SSDs which is a single piece for both SSDs so you can either install 2 SSDs without a heatsing or can't use the suppliet heatsing. Gen2 M2 slots have separate heatsink for each of the 2 M2 slots. Beware the WD SN850X SSDs - these aren't detected in this MB's Gen4 M2 ports (firth the latest BIOS and firmware as of Dec 2023), but are seen in Gen5. Both WD SN850 and SN850X seem to work in the Gen5 M2 slots but you waste Gen5 slot for a Gen4 drive and in general there seem to be a lot of compatibility issues between these Western Digital SSDs and X570 & X670 chipsets (across various MB manufacturers). Otherwise I love the this motherboard, and I think the compatibility problem is rather issue of Western Digital SN850(X) M2 SSDs

I needed more space on my PS5 and felt like the cost of the WD SN850X with the heatsink was just too much. I bought the regular SN850X without the heatsink and added this to my purchase. This saved me a substantial amount of money and it has the added benefit of the heatsink being the door or cover for the drive meaning I get better cooling. My SN850X is still lightning fast and I saved a lot looking for a better option. I recommend this.

Along with the WD SN850X I also purchased this drive as you cannot go wrong with either one in my opinion! This SSD is very fast, comes with a Heatsink already attached and a snap to put into my PC!! Whether you purchase this one or the WD SN850X, you simply cannot go wrong with either one and I Highly recommend it!!!

The WD SN850X works flawlessly considering this was my first ever installation of an OS to a M.2 device. What's even better was B&H Photo's excellent price and very fast delivery!

WD Black a great drive

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The WD Black is a convenient way of storing your games. I hate that I’ve had to delete games to download new ones. This gives you that extra space so you don’t have to. Nice to have on hand for the extra storage.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Overall I love the WD Black series, it has become my go too for all my gaming storage needs. I installed this my daughter's PC, which needed and upgrade from an old 2.5 ssd. It made a huge improvement to overall system performance.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I love the WD_Black P10 for Xbox. I already have a 1tb Xbox One but anyone who is a gamer or even streams video services knows how fast a t.b can go so to have something to just plug in and give me another 3tb is amazing and makes me extreamly happy! I love that even the games speed seems to be up to when I'm playing. I absolutely recommend this.