Today Western Digital is saying a serious enlargement of their WD Black household of gaming-oriented storage merchandise. In a digital occasion later immediately on Twitch, Western Digital will introduce their first PCIe Gen4 SSD, a brand new high-end PCIe Gen3 SSD, and their first Thunderbolt Dock.
WD Black SN850 PCIe Gen4 SSD
The new WD Black SN850 is Western Digital’s first PCIe Four SSD and the successor to their WD Black SN750. The SN850 options Western Digital’s second technology in-house NVMe SSD controller and might hit speeds of 7GB/s (sequential) and 1M IOPS (random). The SN850 will initially be out there as a typical M.2 NVMe SSD, appropriate for gaming PCs and anticipated to work within the upcoming Sony PS5. Western Digital can be engaged on a model of the WD Black SN850 that may add a heatsink and RGB lighting. The plain M.2 model can be hitting the market later this fall with capacities from 500GB to 2TB, whereas the RGB+heatsink model seemingly is not going to be prepared till subsequent 12 months.
| WD Black SN850 Specifications | |||||
| Capacity | 500 GB | 1 TB | 2 TB | ||
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 single-sided optionally available heatsink |
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| Interface | PCIe Four x4 NVMe | ||||
| Controller | Western Digital in-house, second technology | ||||
| NAND Flash | SanDisk 3D TLC | ||||
| Sequential Read | 7000 MB/s | ||||
| Sequential Write | 4100 MB/s | 5300 MB/s | 5100 MB/s | ||
| Warranty | 5 years | ||||
| Write Endurance | 300 TB 0.Three DWPD |
600 TB 0.Three DWPD |
1200 TB 0.Three DWPD |
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| MSRP (No heatsink) |
$149.99 | $229.99 | $449.99 | ||
WD Black AN1500 SSD: PCIe Gen4 Speeds for Gen3 Systems
For avid gamers on desktops that solely assist PCIe Gen3 speeds, Western Digital is introducing a brand new high-end SSD choice. The WD Black AN1500 PCIe Three x8 add-in card SSD places two of their SN730 SSDs (OEM equivalents of the SN750) in a RAID-Zero configuration for elevated efficiency and capability. The AN1500 makes use of the Marvell 88NR2241 NVMe RAID chip, which we reported on earlier this week as a part of HPE’s new RAID1 card for server boot drives. Thanks to that {hardware} RAID functionality, the AN1500 operates as a single drive with a PCIe 3.Zero x8 uplink permitting for learn speeds of 6.5GB/s and write speeds of 4.1GB/s. Since the AN1500 internally makes use of a pair of SN730/SN750 M.2 SSDs, the AN1500’s capacities are doubled: the smallest mannequin is 1TB and the biggest choice is 4TB. The card is armored by a considerable aluminum heatsink and backplate that match the latest WD_BLACK design language, together with customizable RGB lighting across the edge.
Single-chip NVMe SSD controllers supporting a PCIe Three x8 interface do exist, however they’re solely utilized in high-end enterprise SSDs. That means the WD Black AN1500 is the primary shopper NVMe SSD able to utilizing an 8-lane interface, with out the trouble of software program RAID as utilized by competing NVMe RAID options. The AN1500 doesn’t require PCIe port bifurcation assist from the host system, and can be usable (with decreased efficiency) in PCIe slots that solely present 4 lanes of PCIe.
| WD Black AN1500 Specifications | |||||
| Capacity | 1 TB | 2 TB | Four TB | ||
| Form Factor | PCIe add-in card | ||||
| Interface | PCIe Three x8 | ||||
| Controller | 2x WD in-house NVMe + Marvell 88NR2241 RAID-0 | ||||
| NAND Flash | SanDisk 3D TLC | ||||
| Sequential Read | 6500 MB/s | ||||
| Sequential Write | 4100 MB/s | ||||
| 4kB Random Read IOPS | 760okay | 780okay | 780okay | ||
| 4kB Random Write IOPS | 690okay | 700okay | 710okay | ||
| Power | Read | 15.7 W | |||
| Write | 12.Eight W | ||||
| Idle | 8.5 W | ||||
| Warranty | 5 years | ||||
| MSRP | $299.99 | $549.99 | $999.99 | ||
WD Black D50 Thunderbolt 3 Game Dock
The WD Black household of merchandise for exterior storage can be getting a brand new member. The present lineup consists of the P10 transportable exhausting drive, P50 transportable SSD, and D10 desktop 3.5″ exterior exhausting…
