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Pros & Cons
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Speed
Customers are thrilled with the fast speeds of the WD_BLACK SN7100 NVMe Internal Gaming SSD Solid State Drive, significantly improving their gaming and video editing experiences. The drive is highly recommended for those planning to stick with PCIe Gen 4.
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Reliability
Customers have had mixed experiences with the reliability of this WD_BLACK SSD. While some have reported successful usage for video editing and everyday computing, others have encountered issues within a year resulting in the drive becoming undetectable by their systems.
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Quality
Easy installation, my surface pro 9 feels a lot faster and i love extra space
I do a ton of video editing, and am always in need of additional storage solutions, and these speeds are more than sufficient for me.
Since my mac isn't able to use this internally (thanks apple), i've forced to use these via thunderbolt.
Took about 5 minutes to install and another 5 to reimage the deck.
Price
Especially for the price to performance, i think this is a product i would buy again if i needed more storage.
At the current $100, it is pricy for a 1 tb drive.
Packaging/appearance
Unpacked it, installed it, formatted it in windows and it was ready to rock.
Competitiveness
You can get 2 tb drives for about the same price, some even, like the wd blue, achieving speeds close to 5500 mb/s for that price.
The sn7100 idles at 25°c with an aftermarket heatsink, and while running crystal diskmark 8 under heavy load, the drive maxed o... Read More
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- This product had a total of 20,108 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 8 2025.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Not an expert on drives in general so not much else to say but i didnt have a single issue
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Took about 5 minutes to install and another 5 to reimage the deck
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Installment was easy and fast and i didnt have to sweat to install first time opening my prebuilt
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Wd has been largely one of the top performers in my opinion for nvmes these days and the wd black sn7100 is another sure fire option
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I was a littler surprised when i came across it originally that it was a pci gen4 still vs the latest and greatest gen5 but frankly 7000 mbs is still just crazy fast
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Since my mac isnt able to use this internally thanks apple ive forced to use these via thunderbolt
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Since i only have thunderbolt 4 on my mac studio these only max out at about 2800 mbs anyway despite being capable of so much more
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