Western Digital 2TB WD Blue SN5000 NVMe Internal Solid State Drive SSD - PCIe Gen 4.0, M.2 2280, Up to 5,150 MB/s - WDS200T4B0E

Upon purchasing a new iMac, I realized I needed more storage to meet my needs. There are many SSD configurations that satisfy that need. This card was easy to install in the hub I had to purchase to accommodate my older USB accessories. The drive came formatted FAT, so in order to make it readable in Mac OS, you have to reformat it to APFS. It is a simple process and once formatted, it has worked flawlessly. It is very reasonably priced. I have no complaints about its read/write speed. It is much better than the old hard drives--I have not noticed any latency issues when editing video.

Works good, fast, and has lower power consumption. Even lower than original nvme of my Lenovo yoga (intel optane 512)

I was able to upgrade my meager 128g main drive to this 1 T drive. Arrived in great condition and was easy to replace. I also bought an external SSD enclosure (M.2 NVMe SATA SSD Enclosure Adapter Tool-Free,Sokiwi USB 3.2 Gen2 10Gbps External to USB PCI-E 6Gbps SATA M-Key / B M Key) that I used to clone my original hard drive onto this and then replaced it on my motherboard. Computer works great now and no problem with not enough room to do anything.

Western Digital Blue SN580 NVMe SSD 1TB ReviewI have a 10-year-old computer running Windows 10. The system drive has been upgraded from a mechanical hard drive to a Crucial MX500 SATA SSD. This really increased the boot-up speed and functioning of the computer.For the computer I was installing the SN580 NVMe SSD into, I had to purchase a M.2 NVMe PCI-E adapter because my 10-year-old computer does not have a M.2 slot. It does have an available PCI Express x16 (Gen 2.0) slot. The adapter I bought is backward compatible to Gen2.0.The NVMe SSD can only be used as a secondary drive in the computer I was installing it in because the computer’s BIOS will not boot from PCI-E. If the computer’s BIOS could boot from PCI-E I would have cloned the SATA SSD and made the NVMe SSD the system drive.INSTALLATION1) After connecting the NVMe to your computer (remember, typically, the card is inserted into the slot at an angle and then gently pressed down and secured with a screw).2) Power on the computer and go to Disk Management (Click the Microsoft logo in the lower left of the screen and type “Disk Management”.)3) A dialog box will ask you to initialize the drive. Do so.4) Locate the new SSD in the disk drive section. In the Unallocated section, right click and format the drive. After it’s complete, close Disk Management window and you’re new SSD should be ready to use.RESULTSIn my situation, I connected the WD SN580 to the computer’s PCI-E X16 slot using an adapter. I was blown away at the read/write speeds compared to the Crucial MX500 SATA SSD (being used as the System drive).The NVMe SSD, using PCI-E adapter, had tremendous speed. For comparison, here are the CrystalDiskMark results for the two drives installed in the computer:Read WriteCrucial MX500 SATA SSD: 285.1. 267.6WD Blue SN580 NVMe: 3,533.3 3,395.5Although not exactly a fair comparison because the two drives use different technologies, upgrading to an NVMe SSD in my situation was the right choice.FINAL THOUGHTSInstallation was straightforward. The Western Digital SN580 NVMe 1TB SSD performed extremely well and has a very good price point. Also, Western Digital, at the company’s website, provides Acronis cloning software free of charge and no registration is required. I recommend this product.

I wanted a reliable, fast ssd for a thunderbolt 4/usb4 enclosure. After much research, I decided on this ssd. Yes, it's not the fastest ssd, and not the latest PCIe5. However, it delivers write/read speeds in excess of the bandwidth limitations. I'm getting write speeds of over 2775MB/s and read of over 2850MB/s. And, with the abundant hybrid cache, the sustained writes don't seem to recede. Super fast, with less temperature/power issues (than the top of the line, newer ssd cards). It delivers the same throughput as the newer, faster cards (which would max out at about the same level, due to the bandwidth limits). Saved some money, which is always a welcomed feature. In the near future, I'll spend the savings on a faster card (probably the WD SN850X) when I purchase a thunderbolt 5 enclosure.Very pleased with the specs and real world performance of this ssd. Five stars, definitely.