Testseek.com have collected 97 expert reviews of the Western Digital M.2 2280 Blue SN550 Series NVMe PCIe and the average rating is 85%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital M.2 2280 Blue SN550 Series NVMe PCIe.
March 2020
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97 Reviews
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Published: 2021-03-12, Author: John , review by: pcmag.com
Abstract: Shopping for an SSD means facing a sea of acronyms. The trickiest of them are jagged reefs sticking out of the water, shaped like circuit boards and ready to run your upgrade aground if you're not careful."SSD," standing for "solid-state drive," is the on...
Published: 2021-01-04, Author: Ben , review by: hothardware.com
Spinning hard disks are completely out for just about all but the very cheapest of systems. Solid state drives like the WD Blue SN550 we'll be evaluating in this article are here to stay, and continue to make their way into lower-priced, ever more afforda...
Published: 2020-12-30, Author: John , review by: pcmag.com
Abstract: Under the hoods of the newest, skinniest laptops (and in the hollows of the latest desktop-PC motherboards), solid-state storage has undergone a transformation. Even if you're a close observer of all things tech, it's understandable if you didn't even rea...
Published: 2020-12-15, Author: Sebastian , review by: pcper.com
The WD Blue SN550 is a solid option if you don't need the fastest performance that Gen3 NVMe can provide. The price is appealing at $109.99, though I would personally opt (right now, anyway) for Western Digital's significantly higher-performance WD_BLACK...
Published: 2020-10-19, Author: Tim , review by: techspot.com
Abstract: Today we're revisiting storage performance with an emphasis on gaming. Since we tested the first batch of PCIe 4.0 SSDs about a year ago, we've been wanting to run more tests. Up until now, most games have been built with hard drives in mind, but as we mo...
Published: 2020-07-16, Author: Will , review by: servethehome.com
In our WD Blue SN550 1TB review, we see how this PCIe Gen3 NVMe SSD stacks up to its competition in the value 1TB SSD arena vying to displace SATA SSDs...
The WD Blue SN550 offers up a great value in a PCI Express-based M.2 solid-state drive, holding its own in our tests against drives almost twice its cost...
Technologies like TLC and QLC face pose challenges writing more bits per NAND cell, we noticed a drop-off in performance with mixed heavy workloads that exceed writing we think roughly 18 gigabytes continuously. Then perf dropped to 850 MB/sec coming from...
Published: 2020-02-24, Author: Sean , review by: tomshardware.com
Competitive performance, Affordable and efficient, 5-year warranty,
1TB maximum capacity, Not pretty, Small SLC cache, Power optimization on desktops could be better
WD's Blue SN550 is a substantial update to the Blue line-up. It is fast, efficient, and comes into the market at a low cost per GB. We highly recommend it to those looking for a low-cost M.2 drive...
We just wanted to let our community know what we have been working on behind the scenes and this is just a quick look at a couple of the new things that we are doing. The new SSD test system will be heavily used in the months ahead and we look forward to...
