Western Digital has just announced its latest NVMe SSD aimed at PC gaming, the WD_Black SN770 NVMe SSD. It’s both faster and more power efficient than its predecessor, the SN750 SE. It’s also using newer tech and is built on the PCIe Gen 4 format, which means if you wanted to you should be able to use this for both a gaming PC or PS5. However, Sony does recommend that the SSD you use has a sequential read speed of at least 5,550 MB/s or faster, and this is only up to 5,150.
So it may not be your best bet if you’re looking for a PS5 SSD.
Since this is a PCIe Gen 4 SSD, you’ll need a motherboard that supports PCIe Gen 4 technology if you want the speed benefits that the WD_Black SN770 offers. It is however backwards compatible with PCIe Gen 3 motherboards. Which means you can still use it in a PC that has one of those older boards if you want or need to do so.
The WD_Black SN770 SSD is 40% faster than the SN750 SE
For those looking to amp their PC gaming speeds up, this is a substantial upgrade from the SN750 SE. Western Digital says it’s 40% faster and 20% more power efficient. And in the end that’ll add up to faster load times for your games without drawing as much power.
This new SSD also works for both desktops, as well as laptops that support expandable storage via M.2 drives. Better yet, is that the drive comes in four sizes. Starting at 250GB you can pick the SN770 up for as little as $59.99.
There’s also a 500GB option at $79.99, a 1TB option at $129.99, and a 2TB option at $269.99. Compare that to the SN850 2TB model which is $309.99.
Western Digital already sells the new drive on its own web store. It’s also available through Newegg. That means in due time it should show up at the websites of other third-party retailers like Amazon and Best Buy among others.
While not as fast as the SN850, it’s more affordable for the same sizes and should give your gaming a noticeable boost.
2022-02-03 15:08:04