Testseek.com have collected 67 expert reviews of the Western Digital 2.5 inch SiliconEdge Blue Series SATA300 and the average rating is 75%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital 2.5 inch SiliconEdge Blue Series SATA300.
April 2010
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The editors liked
Competitive sequential read and write performance
Reliability carries forward from a long-time player in the embedded market
Fast performance that remains consistent over time
Sturdy Casing
Decent Performance
Backed by WD
High Capacity
Stylish
Sustained write speeds topped out at 171MB/s.
Very impressive read speeds
Nice gunmetal casing
Quality built
3-year warranty
Fast 246/187 MBps read/write speed with CrystalDiskMark
JMicron JMF612 processor supports TRIM and SMART
WD Functional Integrity Testing Lab Certified
Good enthusiastlevel operational I/O performance
Lightweight compact storage solution
Resistan...
The editors didn't like
Relatively low IOPS performance
Price (see below)
Expensive
Low capacity compared to standard hard drives
MSRP Way Out Of Line
High Cost Per GB
Outperformed By Older Gen Drives
Sustained write speeds were sometimes as slow as 1.1MB/s
Sturdy Casing, Decent Performance, Backed by WD, High Capacity
MSRP Way Out Of Line, High Cost Per GB, Outperformed By Older Gen Drives
The WD SiliconEdge Blue 256GB SSD that we took you on a tour of today, drops into the market at a time when product differentiation is key, at least in terms of the end user segment. Perhaps in the OEM space, where WD does so well with large volume agree...
Abstract: Western Digital is the first of the hard drive manufacturers to embrace SSD technology. Their new SiliconEdge Blue SSD is a mainstream SSD available in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB capacities, and claim 250MB/s sequential read and 170MB/s write speeds. The dr...
Expensive, slightly more power hungry than alternatives
Western Digital's first consumer-friendly SSD is fast and reasonably priced when compared to the competition, but it is still too expensive as a hard drive replacement in most PCs...
Published: 2010-03-03, Author: Chris , review by: tweaktown.com
So, what do we really have going on with the Western Digital SiliconEdge Blue? Let’s start with the easy stuff; pricing and availability. Western Digital has a vast network of resellers and I wouldn’t be surprised to see the SiliconEdge Blue s...
The WD SiliconEdge Blue is solid but heavy. Performance is good, but it's a little less impressive when the SSD is asked to multitask with a series of smaller files (a common task for a computer’s OS to field). Andrew Harrison ...
In its current state, the SiliconEdge Blue is something of a stinker but I feel sure it could be saved with a firmware update. After that the next step is to slash the price to £499 but until that time I simply cannot recommend this drive. ® More SSD ...
Abstract: New SSDs from Crucial, Kingston, and Western Digital haven’t made buying decisions any easier. In fact, buying the right drive just got more complex. One thing is clear, though: never, ever buy an SSD product without looking at..
Western Digital's first consumer-friendly SSD, the Western Digital SiliconEdge Blue is fast and reasonably priced when compared to the competition, but it is still too expensive as a hard drive replacement in most PCs. James Hutchinson, PCWorld.idg.co...
