WD Black SN850X SSD - Should You Buy It?

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WD Black SN850X SSD - Should You Buy It?

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Before you sink your teeth into the review of the WD Black SN850X SSD, it is important to understand that this is not the same as the widely available and industry applauded SN850 SSD. On the face of it, the difference is simply the ‘X’ prefix - Is that really much of a difference? I think it would be pretty fair to say that when the PCIe 4 generation of SSDs hit the consumer market, the one that made the BIGGEST (and earliest) splash was the WD Black SN850. Originally released in Autumn 2020, although it wasn’t the first PCIe4 M.2 SSD, it WAS the first commercially available drive to hit 7,000MB/s (followed incredibly closely by Samsung’s 980 Pro). Now, 2020 was quite a while ago now (give or take a pandemic or two) and in that time a wide variety of top tier (and indeed mid-low tier) brands have expanded in the PCIe 4 SSD tier, challenging the WD Black SSD in terms of performance, durability and price. The 2020 released WD Black SN850, although still hot in the basket of buyers of PS5 storage and regularly on sale during Black Friday and the like, is no longer the groundbreaking drive that it once was. And THIS with where the WD Black SN850X comes in. Now, the SN850X is NOT designed to be a replacement to the SN850. In fact, in recent months, we saw Western Digital roll out the WD Black SN770, a DRAMless, more efficient and more affordable alternative. The SN850X is designed to complete the product family in the PCIe4 M.2 NVMe tier and whereas the SN850 gains notoriety and licencing with the Sony PS5, the WD Black SN850X has its sights squarely on the Premium PC Gamer and Premium Performance tier exclusively (content creators, professional streamers and eSports). But is the WD Black SN850X really that much different? Is this a cash grab or is this a legitimate answer by WD to challengers in the PCIe4 SSD tier? Let’s find out.
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@joemondello4312 Жыл бұрын

Hello, Robbie . . . your numerous and thorough recommendations and tests led me to purchase a few things I'd not heard of until your reviews . . . Terramaster D5-300C (DAS), Nextorage 1TB NVMe, and 3 refurbed HDDs, WD Gold 8TB, HGST 8TB and 10 TB (yeah they can be a bit noisy, but I'm looking for longevity over all) plus I picked up a WD SN850X 2TB after your earlier reviews as it was cheaper than the older WD NVMes at the time. Thanks for all the great info! As a teacher who's been remote teaching since March 2020, I am in awe of your ability to speak knowledgeably and earnestly for long stretches of time. So glad I found your channel. Cheers from NYC

@CrityCrit 10 ай бұрын

Hello Joe hope youre happy with everything.

@asbregafio8891 Жыл бұрын

hi, Thanks for the video, one question, which controller manufacturer do you think is the safest and has a history that proves its reliability? Between Kioxia, WD, SK Hynix, Silicon Motion, InnoGrit and Phison?

@bamban_garcia5562 Жыл бұрын

What are the requirements to look for when looking into the best thermal pad available for a PlayStation 5 4tb ssd plus Elecgear P5 NVMe Heatsink combination Would love to hear your take on it plus a video would be nice as well Are the Thermal Grizzly Carbonaut - Carbon Pads or Kritikal Thermal Pads Extreme Conductivity good options Or should I pay a little bit more for a pre installed ssd heatsink

@tomkay5899 Жыл бұрын

Great video. It seems like the heat issue with the drive isn’t an issue for PS5. Maybe I have that wrong though

@davidrivera9061 Жыл бұрын

I'm interested in a Kingston Fury ssd for my PS5, what are your thoughts or review on it?

@ragathielcross2179 Жыл бұрын

you mentioned it runs alil hot....is it to the point of being concerned or just hotter than others? i mean if the temperatures are still at a point that are ok then im good. Im trying to by it for a hardcore game system and i just dont know if this is a good one i should get...im looking for the best i can get to firecuda and 4tb.

@BCE-111 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your great reviews. Just bougtht the 4TB version of this which is now selling for $299.99 on Western Digital and received 15% off for being a student and 16.5% off from a coupon site = 31.5% off. Just arrived a few hours ago. Really looking forward to setting it up. Heard many great things about it. As you know the Samsung 990 PRO doesn't have a 4TB version and also there were many problems with it and the Samsung 980 PRO. But these may have been solved with firmware updates. Just felt more secure buying this drive.

@carlosvile9832 Жыл бұрын

Agree, right now, WD is worth more than Samsung. At this time, Samsung 990 Pro about $20 more than WD Black SN850X per TB. Even if they were the same price, I would go with WD.

@fahminagi5397 Жыл бұрын

What is the best samsung 980 pro with heatsink or the wd black sn850 with heatsink ?

@nossy232323 Жыл бұрын

Other current reviews show that it is in fact the fastest drive to load games.

@kkycble47 Жыл бұрын

After watching your videos I decided to get either this or a firecuda for my ps5. Ending up getting the firecuda 2tb simply necuase it's in stock!

@zinelabidineturki3670 Жыл бұрын

heard that they run quite hot when mounted in laptops. Is the heat a problem for these ssds?

@teddyholiday8038 Жыл бұрын

I bought the 1TB version for my PC not knowing it’s slower than the 2TB version. I have the heatsink SN850 in my PS5 and a 980 Pro as my PC’s boot drive. The 1TB SN850x is my extra storage/game drive and it’s still very fast in gaming. Control and Spider-Man Remastered load very close to the PS5 version load times

@beaver6d9 Жыл бұрын

I just got one of these and I swear to God it was a wd black sticker 2tb on a totally different and blue sticker model of drive. Thankfully best buy didn't hassle me for the exchange

@THKJamesMaxx Жыл бұрын

Does the SN850X output higher temperatures inside the PS5 than the SN850? Is the Sabrent SSD cover still effective for it? Will you be reviewing the Samsung 990 Pro on PS5?

@DavidM2002 Жыл бұрын

OT : Robbie, I'm a home NAS user but have always avoided remote access because the risks just outweighed the benefits. I recently explored Tailscale for remote access and it appears to work extremely well with far less risk than the built in remote access apps from QNAP and Synology, no open ports, and far more straight forward than garden variety VPN's. And far faster. It was dead easy to install and setup. I have no connection to Tailscale and no axe to grind but I found what seems like a brilliant solution to an old, complex problem. Thought you might want to check it out and maybe do a video.

@RayRiv73 Жыл бұрын

Bought this 2tb for $90 from WD plus paypals 12% cashback...arrives tomorrow...also bought Samsung 2tb 980pro with heatsink for $100. Which should I use for a boot drive and main games install? I would have to buy a heatsink for the 850x is used as a boot drive?

@richardoh3666 Жыл бұрын

Hey Robbie, are you pre-ordering the Samsung 990 pro on Nov 1st? And how soon will you have a review on your channel?

@ambigus7 Жыл бұрын

I would like to know this too!!

@OmarGarcia-cg8wb Жыл бұрын

Can you play straight from the SSD drive on the PS5? (Apparently you can on the official one. But I can’t find any info on the X)

@livinglegacy8429 Жыл бұрын

990 pro or this for the PS5? Is there any difference from the 980 pro?

@ravenskygusti Жыл бұрын

which better WD_BLACK SN850X or Samsung 990 pro ?

@ChrisDaytrader Жыл бұрын

Strange why the 4TB drive don't come with a heat spreader, anyone know why ?

@Slickman2006 Жыл бұрын

Got the 4TB SN850X for $400 after taxes on Cyber Monday deal. This will be my game drive on my PC, can't wait to try it.

@nallanosbor Жыл бұрын

How is your SSD 4tb going ? I just ordered mine.

@Slickman2006 Жыл бұрын

@@nallanosbor It's awesome man, games load real fast even compared to my 3rd gen SSD.

@LebronCCP Жыл бұрын

I have a couple of these, and the read speed is stuck between 2 and 3 gb/s

@user-xu6fx2pz3g Жыл бұрын

هل يعمل بشكل جيد و متوافق و بدون اي خطأ او مشاكل مع PS5 Does it work well and compatible and without any errors or problems with PS5

@v3boy217 Ай бұрын

Will this SSD work to the fullest with 32GB 3200mhz ddr4 RAM?

@pjimmbojimmbo1990 Жыл бұрын

Picked up the 4Tb version for $299($399 can) last week

@lesserlogic9977 Жыл бұрын

I'm a Samsung Pro kind of guy but I think you might have talked me into this. I could use something bigger than a terabyte now and the heat sink 2 terabyte version is looking just right

@khaos555 Жыл бұрын

Same in regarding M.2 I have on my 2 year old gaming rig Samsung 970 evo and pro but right now I ordered the WD SN870x 2 days ago instead of buying 2 990pro due to the health degrading issue going on I may buy one but for using it in my secondary drive for gaming only and not OS the sn870 one will be for my OS due to its fast loading time which beats the Firecuda 530

@_Alfa.Bravo_ Жыл бұрын

... but the Samsungs are made in China and more slow! WDs are from Malaysia

@lextr3110 Жыл бұрын

you should give alternative when you find some flaws into a product.. alternative that dont have the same flaws

@m-alam Жыл бұрын

@NASCopares May you or anyone else could please tell me if you have seen SN850X 4TB in your hand that, is 4TB single sided or it is double sided SSD? I am seeing conflicting comments, some says it is single sided and some saying it is double sided! Even in official data sheet they have mentioned exactly same thickness of SN850X regardless the capacity, that means according to data sheet 1TB and 4TB has same thickness, my laptop cannot accept double sided NVMe that's why I want to be sure if 4TB is one sided (I know 1 or 2TB are one sided)

@goldeneagle8259 Жыл бұрын

same question

@James_m7 Жыл бұрын

Which drive is better for speed and longevity - WD Black SN850X vs Samsung 980 Pro?

@_Alfa.Bravo_ Жыл бұрын

WD for sure.

@FighterFlash Жыл бұрын

What are the best internal SSD for those that can’t do a firmware update?

@bamban_garcia5562 Жыл бұрын

Seagate Firecuda 530 seems to be the only ssd you can install without needing to do a firmware update since on their website its just unscrew, insert done

@marioskarageorgiou6758 Жыл бұрын

If I put 2x 1Tb Sn850x nvmes into my qnap ts-673a, shall I see significant performance? Right now Im not using any nvmes.

@_Alfa.Bravo_ Жыл бұрын

Will boost faster than your TFT gets lights, 2-3 seconds

@_Alfa.Bravo_ Жыл бұрын

Nice video! The 1TB is 94,-€ at the moment

@_Alfa.Bravo_ Жыл бұрын

I recomment Kingston Fury Renegate 1GB for 74 € , it is made in Taiwan

@0farmerjohn0 Жыл бұрын

I'm married and have children. I settled for the crucial p5 1tb to have enough budget for a msi Optix MAG322CQR. The P5 was on sale for

@princegroove Жыл бұрын

Too late, I got it over the weekend! 😊

@_Alfa.Bravo_ Жыл бұрын

WD !!!!

@teemuvesala9575 Жыл бұрын

180 euros on German Amazon at the moment for 2TB SN850X.

@Lachlan_McDougall Жыл бұрын

Picked up the same deal excessively long shipping time for me though, it’s saying over a month 💀

@pedrosanchez6060 Жыл бұрын

Can I still use it for my ps5?

@TheRealAlpha2 Жыл бұрын

there's no reason you can't.

@tofu_golem Жыл бұрын

If I were getting an m.2 right now, I would probably get the Firecuda for the high TBW.

@THKJamesMaxx Жыл бұрын

Does the high TBW really matter if you're using it exclusively on the PS5?

@richardoh3666 Жыл бұрын

@@THKJamesMaxx No it doesn't. All you're doing is deleting and saving games on your ssd. You would have to delete and save 300 times a day every day for 5 years for your ssd to fail. At most, you'll be deleting and saving a couple of times a week. TBW is unnecessary for ps5 users.

@teemuvesala9575 Жыл бұрын

@@richardoh3666 More like million times every day for 5 years... Save games don't take much space. You'd need to install and uninstall whole's drive's worth of data every day for 5 years to get it fail. And even then, often SSDs last lot longer than their rated TBW is. Rated TBW is just what the manufacturer is willing to cover by warranty in that 5 year time.

@noverwolf9 Жыл бұрын

i couldn't find many places that sold the SN850 2Tb

@bamban_garcia5562 Жыл бұрын

Always go directly to the company that creates what you are looking for since they are the best option of getting said object

@richardoh3666 Жыл бұрын

If you wait for Black Friday, the 2tb SN850X was on sale for $209 on both Best Buy & Amazon.

@bamban_garcia5562 Жыл бұрын

@@richardoh3666 Hopefully Amazon has most 4tb PlayStation 5 compatible ssds on sale during those times as well That being said for Best Buy you do not have to wait for Black Friday they will start their sales at the first of the month for the entire month to try to avoid overcrowding as confirmed by the regional director in my area

@bamban_garcia5562 Жыл бұрын

@@noverwolf9 Sadly Western Digital does not offer a heatsink for their currently on sale $494.99 from $699.99 4TB Black SN850X NVMe SSD only for their 1TB or 2TB variations Most likely I will try to find a PlayStation 5 compatible 4tb ssd elsewhere with a pre installed heatsink considering I lack the knowledge to make an informative decision thus avoid frying the ssd by acquiring an unreliable or a too thin thermal pad for it I was thinking of going with the Grizzly Thermal Carbonaut - Carbon Thermal Pad combining it with the Elecgear PS5 NVMe SSD Heatsink for better results

@socalju2447 Жыл бұрын

Him : the sn850x will be more expensive. 2023 : sn850x 2tb is almost $40 cheaper.

@philodox7599 Жыл бұрын

a Samsung 980 Pro for $170 or a WD Black SN850X for $200? what do you all think? ( I put comments below that you can thumbs up for your vote )

@philodox7599 Жыл бұрын

Samsung 980 Pro for $170

@philodox7599 Жыл бұрын

WD Black SN850X for $200

@ambigus7 Жыл бұрын

I asking to myself the same question!!! I can't get an answer!! Except for the heatsink version in the SAMSUNG 980 Pro 1TB model is little cheaper in my case and It takes only 1 week to get it in my house.

@bamban_garcia5562 Жыл бұрын

@@ambigus7 Both are good options I say hold off until black friday while you save up for a better deal while in the meantime just use any ehd as cold storage

@propeldragon Жыл бұрын

If it’s for the ps5 wd for sure.

@KofiBlades Жыл бұрын

The two main reasons I’m buying this one are, 1) It’s the best one that comes in 4TB storage. The SN750 comes in 4TB but it’s too darn expensive. And 2) It is the best one suited for macOS compared to the Samsung.

@birdz9252 Жыл бұрын

Getting this. Does it have a heatsink i don't wanna have issues on PS5.

@mydogeatspuke Жыл бұрын

1 and 2 tb have heatsinks. 4tb doesn't.

@birdz9252 Жыл бұрын

@@mydogeatspuke Yeah had to return why do they make it without lol. Gonna get the one with heatsink. Amazon hide it so i didn't know about it

@mydogeatspuke Жыл бұрын

@@birdz9252 just get the Sabrent PS5 heatsink for it? It's made to fit the bay perfectly.

@birdz9252 Жыл бұрын

@@mydogeatspuke Well i already returned it and i didn't wanna get an off brand one when the heatsink for it was only ＄10 more

@mydogeatspuke Жыл бұрын

@@birdz9252 k

@theslayerdog7669 24 күн бұрын

I am an owner of the two terabyte version and I have had nothing but problems with the drive I'm actually going to RMA it very very soon The game mode makes things stutter I've had freezing I've had crashing all just garbage I have a secondary drive Samsung 980 pro has no problems all games that stutter on the WD black or crash I moved them over to the second drive and they work perfectly I've even had my USB port malfunction I am an owner of very very high-end hardware i-94900 KS rtx4090 rog Maximus Apex encore motherboard I really hate how this drive has a game mode I think it's one of the dumbest things they ever could have did all you do is reset your whole system turning game mode on and off to see if you still crash or have any problems and it just becomes a monotonous circle of doom

@fwabble Жыл бұрын

Game Mode 2.0 - come on man, that's blatantly just another gimmick which is going to cause more problems than it solves - I'd love to see a SINGLE piece of evidence to support Game Mode 2.0 utilization. And I mean that, I'd actually love to see it.