Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is the first time I have tried using a PCIe drive. I was impressed with the improvement it made to my system performance and even happier at how the use of such a device helps reduce a little bit more wire management in your build!!

The Samsung SSD NVME works just fine in my gaming pc and has no problems whatsoever to this day.

The creation of m.2 SSD drives has changed the way we all use computers. I bought this to add to my motherboard, I installed Windows OS in less than 15 minutes. Instead of having to wait hours for Windows to install, its up and running in no time.

Good inexpensive m2. Games good and beats other computer part competitors and prices!

Pro -NVMe speed -Available with optional heat sink -Excellent five-year warranty -Free drive imaging software download ( Acronis ) Con -Pricier than regular SATA drives -The version of Acronis that comes with the drive is stripped down and limited TL/DR Western Digital markets this specifically at gamers and the product description says it's for laptops. Neither is particularly accurate. It will work just as well in a regular desktop as in a laptop. And the performance increase over a typical SATA SSD benefits regular users just as much as gamers. It's a good drive for a decent price with an excellent five-year warranty. Just be aware this drive is NVMe. It's not SATA, it won't work on a SATA controller ( neither of the two boards I tested could force it to SATA mode ). This isn't a quick drop-in upgrade for most people. Cloning your existing drive to this one will most likely involve a backup image, external hard drive, and drive restore. Overall Solid-state drives have been mainstream ( or at least close to it ) for almost ten years now, but most people still don't understand what a SSD does for their computing experience. Here it is in a nutshell: it makes every aspect of your computer faster. Shorter system boot up times, faster OS updates, faster application loading, faster system shut down Basically, your CPU no longer waits for data to be read from a slow spindle drive. This is why you can have a computer boot in literally five seconds or less. In just about every way, a SSD makes your computer feel snappier and more responsive. However contrary to Western Digital's claims, it has limited benefits for gamers. Your games may load faster, which may or may not be noticeable with all the non-skippable movies and splash screens. Those that play MMOs like Guild Wars and World of WarCraft will see a big difference when loading between zones. Some large open world games that stream the map directly from the drive, like Skyrim, will also see the benefit in fewer pauses when opening doors or entering dungeons. But your overall framerate and in-game performance won't change. For those that don't know, NVMe is the fastest currently available type of SSD ( as much as 6x faster than normal SATA SSDs ). In terms of performance, the SN750 isn't the absolute fastest option available, but it's far from the bottom. In terms of user experience, this doesn't mean much though. Just like even the slowest SATA SSDs are way faster than the fastest spindle drives, the "slow" NVME drives are still much faster than premium SATA SSDs. You can quote things like IOPS, Gbps/Mbps and what not, but the average computer user can't tell the difference between a slow and fast SATA SSD. They might notice a difference between SATA SSD and NVMe, but likely not. That said, those users who are constantly moving large amounts of data, or using professional applications that like fast scratch disks, will appreciate the performance from the Black. And if you're using this drive in a desktop tower case, it's also available with a heatsink for extra longevity. Some may scoff a heatsink is unnecessary ( and it kind of is if you've got good ventilation in your case ), but tests have also shown excess heat can cause flash memory to wear down 5x faster than normal. The heatsink model won't fit in most laptops of course. So what's the downside here? The obvious is price. Good NVMe drives will cost about twice that of a SATA SSD, sometimes more. Second is compatibility. As NVMe is a new kind of drive and protocol, it won't work on a lot of older hardware. My old-ish ASRock X99 Professional Gaming i7 and Asus Maximus VII Gene motherboards supported the drive just fine, but those are also premium boards and have features most boards at the time didn't. Even though a lot of older chipsets support PCIe storage, not all of them can use it as a boot drive. If you're unsure at all, double-check your motherboard documentation or contact their customer service to make sure it supports PCIe-based as a boot drive. You also need proper firmware/software support. This isn't much of an issue as current versions of Windows, Linux, and MacOS all support UEFI and NVMe. Be aware, upgrading your computer to the SN750 and copying your system drive over might be a bit of an ordeal. Those already on an NVMe won't have a problem, but if you're coming from a SATA drive, you have a few steps to take. First, the source drive needs to be converted to GPT if it isn't already ( note 512 byte sector MBRs can't be converted to GPT so far as I know ). Your computer/motherboard needs to boot in UEFI mode ( preferably disabling the CSM ). Even after cloning the old drive over, the OS will still be looking for an AHCI device, not NVMe, so you'll need to fix that too. Going from AHCI to NVMe can be done in Windows Safe MOde ( boot to Safe on old drive, uninstall drive controller drivers if possible, shut down, clone drive, reboot in Safe and Windows will rescan and load new drivers ). If you don't understand the previous paragraph, either get someome else to copy the drive for you or just start with a fresh OS install. Even if you do understand the previous paragraph, for best compatibility/stability, you should still start with a fresh OS install and transfer files over from the old drive afterward. This isn't to say the drive is not worth the hassle of switching over. It's just a warning that if you want the best out of your new upgrade, you'll need to put some work into it. As a performer, the WD Black SN750 is close to the top of the list. It's a reasonable price and has a good five-year warranty. You certainly could do a lot worse.

It's great. I use it to quickly boot VMs; however, it unfortunately cannot be used to boot ESXi 7.0 on a Dell Poweredge R730XD.

Great ssd to upgrade from. Fast speedy and quiet, not like the old mechanical hard drives!

installation was easy and works just like a solid state drive should. Good value for the money

Decent Sold State drive. Works as advertised. I upgraded my 250 SSD on machine with this unit to 500GB. Works great so far

This device seems to be working correctly. However it is not seen by Windows 7 install disk. Windows 10 install sees it and it boots and performs well. I had to remove all other SATA SSD to get the installler to see the M.2 drive though.

Very nice little drive with good read and write speeds....wish it included securing screw...

WD makes solid drives and this NVME is no different. Great speeds no doubt

I prefer the samsung NVMe but if you buy this on sale.. there isn't a reason not to pick this up as a secondary drive

Solid SSD, with speeds that match quotes. Price was a little high but they match online.

Good value for an NVMe SSD. Currently using it in a Ryzen 5 2600 with a GTX 1080 system. 500 GBs is fine, I have a Samsung 500 GB and a 2 TB Barracuda hard drive as well. Has been working well for the past 9 months.

Using this on a small motherboard called a LattePanda Alpha and is the second time I used one on another build. Able to use this over some other brands with some non Windows OS’s without compatibility issues.

Great SSD for the price. Not the best, but it will get the job done

Works very well and has good transfer speeds on my Ryzen 2700x system. I also like that the PCB is not green, makes it much easier to have a clean build for systems that don’t have integrated heat sinks for M.2 drives.

Awesome SSD for those who cant go the Pro route. A much needed upgrade from my SATA SSD.

So I originally purchased this for my brother's 2019 HP Omen. Thought this was going to be easy, but every time we tried loading his music software on the new drive, it would crash. He decided to go back to his original drive. So before returning it I decided to see if it could replace my girlfriends drive on her 2017 MacBook Air. Worked without a hitch.