Testseek.co.uk have collected 60 expert reviews of the Western Digital M.2 2280 Blue SN500 Series NVMe PCIe and the average rating is 86%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital M.2 2280 Blue SN500 Series NVMe PCIe.
May 2019
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The editors liked
NVMe at affordable prices
Solid all-round performance
Five-year warranty
Good Performance for Entry-Level NVMe
Good looking
Large heatsink
Up to 2TB capacity
High Endurance Rating
Great performance for a value drive
Good price
Cheaper than their SATA M.2 alternatives
No wires
Neutral
- Faster drives are available
Cheap
Speedy
NVMe specification
Highly affordable
Speedy performance
Great value
Well priced for an entry level NVMe drive
Price
5-year warranty
The editors didn't like
1TB model
None
“Western Digital WD Blue SN500 delivers a solid performance for casual gaming rigs as well as office systems.”
In the end, the Western Digital Blue SN500 NVMe SSD is an amazing value at under $100, and hopefully we will get expanded sizes in the future. The drive is a B+M key configuration, so when you are looking at compatibility, make sure to check which key you...
Published: 2019-06-12, Author: Chris , review by: pcmag.com
Competitive 4K write results, Management software gets top marks, Decent TBW rating, Performs at manufacturer spec, Five-year warranty,
Beat in sequential tests by much faster, cost-competitive drives, No 1TB or larger capacity
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...
Published: 2019-05-28, Author: Bình , review by: topnewreview.com
8.2 Total ScoreWD Blue SN500 NVMe 500GB ReviewWe have a new budget M.2 SSD king, even if it isn't going to break any performance records.Where to buy?Product...
Low Sequential Transfer Speeds, Relatively Low Endurance Rating
WD Blue SN500 Solid State Drives - Find Them At AmazonStreet prices for the WD Blue SN500 series 250GB and 500GB drives currently hover around $55 and $65 dollars respectively. At those prices, the 250GB drive cost about $0.22 per gigabyte, which is relat...
Published: 2019-04-30, Author: Sean , review by: tomshardware.com
Solid performance, Software package, Power efficiency under load,
Very small SLC cache, Could use idle power optimization, Limited capacity options
The WD Blue SN500 delivers NVMe-class performance at SATA prices. With a five-year warranty, an in-house designed controller and NAND that supports endurance ratings of up to 300TBW, you can buy the drive in confidence. We just wish WD offered higher capa...
Published: 2019-04-24, Author: Billy , review by: anandtech.com
The WD Blue SN500 defies expectations. Its basic specifications say it's an entry-level NVMe drive: only two PCIe lanes (so it can't possibly exceed 2GB/s), a DRAMless controller that isn't using the NVMe Host Memory Buffer feature either, and a tiny SLC...
Outstanding price/performance and cost per GB, No thermal throttling, Much higher sequential speeds than SATA drives, 5-year warranty, Compact form factor
SLC cache could be bigger, Lack of DRAM affects random writes, Very low mixed-access performance, Peak transfer speeds not as high as on PCIe x4 SSDs, Could be much shorter—half the PCB is empty
The 500 GB version of the WD Blue SN500 NVMe SSD is currently listed online for $73. Outstanding price/performance and cost per GB No thermal throttling Much higher sequential speeds than SATA drives 5-year warranty Compact form factor SLC cache could be...
The WD Blue SN500 is a single-sided NVMe M.2 SSD designed for client PCs, gaming, and embedded applications. While WD's “Blue” family has been around for a while, the SN500 is the first of the family that utilizes NVMe technology which aims to give a perf...
Abstract: Last month Western Digital released the WD Blue SN500 NVMe SSD and it was a rather significant launch as this is the first time we have seen a PCIe NVMe drive in the mainstream WD Blue series. PCIe NVMe drives have long been coveted by the high-end users...
The new WD Blue drive being an NVMe is exciting because it finally means that SATA based drives are going away and really drives like this also mean that the 2.5-inch format is on the way out as well when it comes to SSDs. I came into this review know...
