Review on Western Digital WD Black NVMe 250GB M.2 SSD WDS250G3X0C by Amphai Sangchang ᠌

Name: Western Digital WD Black NVMe 250GB M.2 SSD WDS250G3X0C
Item: Western Digital WD Black NVMe 250GB M.2 SSD WDS250G3X0C
Rating: 5

April 12, 2023

High-quality product, the price corresponds to the quality.

Feedback on the version with 256GB of memory without a heatsink.

The computer has gone. Torrents with my Internet now download three times faster, a dozen loads 5 seconds after starting UEFI, a 45GB Skyrim build was installed in a few minutes, Sibelius with all sound banks too. All the same, the speed of the drive to the greatest extent affects the performance of the PC. Doesn't get warm at all. When recording a fifteen-minute RAW video from the screen, the temperature did not exceed 59 degrees. Startup and operation in Premiere and Photoshop are 20 times faster compared to two 5400rpm screws in the RAID 1 I used earlier. When working in a browser with a large number of tabs, the paging file is not felt. In general, the device exceeded all expectations. The speed is lower than stated in the specifications, since there are only two PCI-E lanes in the M2 of my laptop.
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Pros

Quick. Under 100% write load, the temperature is stable at 59°C in a laptop without a pressure plate and a heatsink. 5 years warranty. The system boots in seconds. Work in the paging file, when the PC goes beyond 8GB of RAM, is not felt.

Cons

It may not matter, but the SSD PCB is slightly curved on the front side, as if it was overheated when the chips were soldered. I hope it will not affect the reliability and performance in any way.