WD_BLACK is official, Western Digital updates its SSD for gaming. Although sometimes it seems that, in gaming, graphics cards are everything, proposals such as WD_BLACK from Western Digital are a clear reminder that not only the graphics section depends on the performance of the system when playing. And this is something that anyone who has experienced the jump from hard disks to SSDs. Not even the best graphics in the world can do much without a storage medium capable of moving data with the speed demanded by the “ultra” settings of the most recent and demanding titles.
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WD_BLACK SN850 NVMe SSD
Thanks to the features offered by fourth-generation PCIe technology, this SSD can offer read/write speeds up to 7,000MB and 5,300MB respectively, with its capacity the performance in this regard will be higher than that offered by generic SSD.
The WD_BLACK SN850 NVMe SSD will have 3 versions with 500GB, 1TB and 2TB capacity, in versions with and without a heatsink. The versions without heating will reach the market at the end of October, while those with a heatsink will be available in the first quarter of 2021. Their prices start from $140.
WD_ BLACK AN1500 NVMe SSD
PCIe Gen4 means that SSDs can offer excellent performance, there are quite a few systems that do not offer this connection interface. Thinking of the players whose computers are maintained on PCIe Gen3, Western Digital also has a high performance and speed proposition. Specifically, this WD_BLACK AN1500 can provide read/write speeds of up to 6,500MB and 4,100MB respectively.
To deliver that performance, this expansion card is based on two SSDs in RAID 0 (split array) mode and the speeds provided by PCIe Gen3 x8. In addition, it features customizable RGB lighting, making it an even better fit for a gaming system that already has other lighting elements.
The WD_ BLACK AN1500 NVMe SSD card is already available in the market, with 1 TB, 2 TB and 4 TB capacities and its price starts from $270.
WD_BLACK D50 Game Dock NVMe SSD
With mobility in mind, Western Digital has designed the WD_Black D50 Game Dock, an external drive with a Thunderbolt 3 connection and 1TB capacity. The performance of the drive, coupled with the bandwidth provided by its connection interface, can provide the features needed by mid-range teams to improve their performance. It also has customizable RGB lighting.
