Western Digital 500GB WD Blue SN550 NVMe Internal SSD - Gen3 x4 PCIe 8Gb/s, M.2 2280, 3D NAND, Up to 2,400 MB/s - WDS500G2B0C

Excelente producto ; funciona perfecto en juegos, muy buena inversión

Impecable en su funcionamiento. Instalado en mi notebook y velocidad increíble

My computer works so much faster. Good bank for your buck.

Good

My VISTRO 3681 went from molasses to lightning speed after installing this baby. I’m very pleased.

Exellent value

Funciona perfectamente fácil de instalar llego muy rapido

Personally, Ive always preferred WD drives in general from SSDs to platters, to NVME which is quickly becoming the new standard for SSDs these days. This drive is rated at 2400 MBsec read speed and as with most drives in its class, is backwards compatible with older interfaces. As you can see in the pictures I had to install it into an NVME PCI Express expansion card (this drive is utilizing the M-Key not the B-Key form factor) since my ASUS Motherboard only has one built in M.2 M-Key slot directly on the board itself. My primary NVME drive is a 256 GB Samsung Evo series which is slower than this one. Im utilizing this drive primarily to store files and most importantly, run PC games from my Steam collection since I prefer a dedicated drive for software leaving my primary drive intact for the operating system. My screen shots of Crystal Disk Mark show comparisons to my Samsung Evo to the WD Blue (The screen with the higher read and write speeds is the WD Blue FYI) Even running on PCI Express 2.0 its faster but not by much. Sadly, I cannot utilize the full potential of this drive since my AMD based PC only supports Gen 2 (AKA 2x4 interface) so the drive is only able to run at a little over half its rated speed. But then again, my board supports and AMD FX 8 core processor that is Pre Ryzen and before Ryzen based AMD CPUs were on the market. So, to get the near 2400 MBsec read speeds make sure your motherboard supports PCI Express 3.0. For years AMD was behind the curve in getting on board to support the 3.0 standard which started with AMD APUs (which no one really seems to like LOL!) then finally with AMD Ryzen processors. If youre on an Intel based system youre safe theyve been on the 3.0 standard for years well before AMD was. So, the bottom line is if youre running an AMD based CPU thats not an APU or Ryzen supported motherboard youll have to deal with the lower speeds. The good news is that as with any NVME compared to a standard SSD Sata drive youll always be double if not more even on the older hardware and it will breathe new life and speed into any build. Thats just hardware limitation folks, its lousy but it is what it is. For the inexperienced or anyone who is learning about PC hardware I wanted to touch on this so no one thinks it’s a bad product, remember your PC is only as fast as the slowest component in your setup so keep that in mind when installing these types of drives. Your motherboard and chipset are the deciding factor on how fast this drive is going to read and write. See screenshots for drive speeds, and I hope my input on this product helps because at this price range for this amount of storage is pretty good. Ive paid almost double for NVMEs half this capacity!

Installation was simple and straight forward. Make sure you have the needed screw. I moved my OS and all my large games onto this bad boy. Im not the most tech savvy guy when it comes to components but I know I picked a winner. I thought sata SSDs were fast this was mind blowing. My Alienware Aurora R5 boots up completely within 10-20 seconds and games like GTA V, Red Dead, Fallout 4 and Skyrim load lighting fast even when heavily modded. Everything just runs smoother. A great balance of price vs. quality especially if you snag it at a better than fair price like I did. This SSD is safe bet for excellence.

Happy with this purchase and with price