Customer Ratings & Reviews

The Western Digital SN850X is the fastest SSD I have ever used. Windows boots in seconds. In fact, it takes longer to get through the bios screen than loading into Windows 11. I was able to easily clone my original SSD drive to this beast using Western Digital provided Acronis True Image. It only took about 10 minutes to clone the drive and swap to the new drive. Once installed, I downloaded WD's "Dashboard" software to enable "Gaming Mode 2.0" on the drive. You can set it to auto and select your gaming folders, or just set it to on. I set mine to be on all the time. SSD's are fast in general, but this one is ridiculous. Games are instantly booting and fully loading into gameplay in no time. There is also no noticeable lag or delay while recording/streaming gameplay. I don't much streaming, but I do record a lot of my gameplay at times, and have had zero issues with the drive do far, nor do I expect too. If your in the market a top tier gaming SSD drive, you should definitely check this one out. Likes: 1.) Crazy fast 2.) Support software can be downloaded from WD 3.) Did I say crazy fast? Dislikes: 1.) Absolutely none!

The first thing I saw was that the drive came delivered blank and there was no software or manual included even though it says it does. This is a very fast drive and so far very stable. I will tell you if you plan to use it in your system, then you will have to do a clean installation or if your system has two drive slots for two M2 PCIe SSD drives and you have the software to do the transfer from an older drive then that is the easiest way to get a quick installation. I was happy to find that I could at least download the software from the WD website but it does tell you that the software must be installed within 90 days of purchasing the drive. The software license once installed will roughly line up with the warranty for the drive at 5 years from purchase. You will see an improvement for your performance and it is nice that the drive is backwards compatible in case your system does not have the latest PCIe specification. I really like this drive and how well it performs. You can even use this with newer gaming systems as external storage which is great for the speed and performance.

If you need a m.2 SSD you're going to want to check WD out. The sn850x is super fast can handle speeds up to 7300mps. I got 6800mps so that's fast. It doesn't have a built in heatsink to keep cool i did install it on my PC i have 6 fans in there, so maybe that's why it ran well but i did install a heatsink later on i didn't want to risk damaging it being my first m.2 SSD. Now i am a gamer and for the gamers out there this thing will cut the load times by many seconds . Even running windows is even smoother . It felt weird in way because I have used the "older" SSD that looks like a traditional had drive , while the sn850x looks like a stick of gum. I don't know how this thing being much smaller can run so much faster but it does. I have transfered games to the other SSD and back, obviously it's much faster as well. I trust WD they have been around a long time. I'm loving this new era of SSD's definitely looking forward to getting the 4TB for my laptop since the holder is the heatsink and will save myself some of the weight . Every gram counts when carrying it on your backpack !

The new SN850X is another fast PCI-E 4.0 SSD in the Western Digital line-up. After a quick install into my Threadripper 3970X with 64GB RAM on a Zenith II Extreme Alpha I did some performance measurements of the SN850X (1TB) vs a pair of Corsair MP600 (2TB) SSDs in the same system. Under Windows 11 using AS-SSD I recorded the following: SN850X (1TB, Gen 4) Sequential Read: 5316 MB/s Sequential Write: 5396 MB/s 4K Read: 73 MB/s 4K Write: 186 MB/s MP600 (2TB, Gen 4) Sequential Read: 4269 MB/s Sequential Write: 3830 MB/s 4K Read: 73 MB/s 4K Write: 189 MB/s The tale of the tape shows the SN850X outpaces the MP600 in straight-line performance, but in random 4K situations is pretty much a dead match. The simple fact is the SN850X is extremely fast and a great price-to-performance ratio. I have an SN850 (non-X) in another system that is used as a daily driver OS drive and it has shown great reliability. If you are in the market for a Gen 4 NVMe drive I would feel comfortable placing Western Digital's newest SSD on my shortlist.

Review ------------- Extremely easy to install, 1TB is a good amount of space for storing games on the go and competitively priced. If your board already has a heatsink like most desktops do, you do not need a separate heat sink. Game mode 2.0 is the WD device management software which provides good information about the device health, drive etc. I did not get a chance to compare against any other models or makes but I can say that this is blazing fast! In the age of digital download, you want access to the information fast and storing games in this SSD is the way to go. Great for gaming overall. I highly recommend it, the price could have been a tad lower.. Pros ------- 1. For Both PC or Laptop or PS5 2. Easy Install. 3. Low latency resulting in no stutter 4. 1TB is a good capacity to store games 5. Faster read write than SN850 6. Cheaper than seagate firecuda Cons ------ 1. This model does not come with heatsink. 2. Price could be a tad lower. (Sometimes you can find it on sale)

Great middle of the road budget option if you're buildingyour PC or just want to upgrade performance, compatible with most platforms and will last a long time even with ugrades to components.

Great ssd running super fast on my linux built. It would be better to add a heat sink on it cauze the temperature can easily hit 60 degree C.

It arrived on time. It serves the purpose of a gen 4 SSD. I bought on sale for $80 off. Took 5 minutes to slot it right in my laptop.

great price and runs great. No issues at all love having more space

Great! I required this immediately, fearing I might have to spend more elsewhere instead of opting for Amazon. To my surprise, Best Buy offered the same price, and I could acquire it today. The drive is excellent and has been functioning well as an external home drive on my Mac.

Does exactly what you need it to. Easy to install and powerful.

Easy to install and add the OS. So far very fast and stable.

Loving my new hard drive, but most of all I loved the service that I received from the geek squad team. They were helpful and answered all my questions, even the ones I didn't know I needed to ask.

Put this in my computer at work without their knowledge. Recovery worked right away. 10x faster than the original m.2 drive. I beat all my co workers to the leads now and they ain’t even know it.

Great SSD for your PC. WIll probably buy again. Wish it was cheaper

Im satisfied with this ssd. I use it as a Linux drive in my Alienware M17 R5 and have no complaints or problems. Would recommend.

Was easy to install and made my computer run a lot faster than it did

solid price for a solid drive. good read and write speeds.

Works great in ps5. Great buy. Would buy again. Tr

Finally was able to upgrade my laptop with a much faster larger drive. This drive is fast.