A Western Digital announced last Friday (15) the new model NVMe for your solid state drives (SSD), the WD Blue SN500 NVMe. 68z4i
The new SSD promises three times more performance than the SATA model. For content creators and PC enthusiasts, the WD Blue SN500 NVMe SSD is optimized for multi-tasking and feature-rich applications, providing near-instant access to files and programs.
Keeping in mind the ever-growing storage demands, the new model is built on technology 3D NAND, firmware and controller of Western Digital, and offers sequential read and write speeds of up to 1.700MB/s and 1.450MB/s respectively (for the 500GB model), with efficient power consumption of just 2.7W.
“Transitioning content from 4K to 8K means it's a moment
Eyal Bek, vice president of Marketing, Data Center and Western Digital Client Computing, in a press release.
perfect for video and photo editors, content creators, data heavy s and PC enthusiasts switching from SATA to NVMe. The WD Blue SN500 NVMe SSD will enable customers to build high-performance laptops and PCs with fast speeds and sufficient capacity in a reliable, robust and thin form factor.”
The company was the creator of the first card format MicroSD, one of the most used units in smartphones in the world today, and is the global leader in data infrastructure.
Ideal for laptops ou Desktops reduced format, the WD Blue SN500 NVMe SSD will be available in the capabilities of 250GB e 500GB in a single-sided M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 x2 form factor.
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O SSD has a solid state disk that makes this process much faster, safer and more efficient.
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- Capacity: 250 GB and 500 GB;
- Interface: PCIe Gen3 8 Gb/s, up to 2 lanes;
- physical size: M.2 2280;
- Sequential read/write: 500 GB (Up to 1.700 MB/s read and 1,450 MB/s write), 250 GB (Up to 1.700 MB/s read and 1,300 MB/s write).
The manufacturer's suggested retail price in the US is $54,99 for the 250GB version and $77,99 for the 500GB variant.
The product will reach Brazil in May this year.
