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WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe Internal Gaming SSDs: 1TB $120, 1TB w/ Heatsink

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Various Retailers have Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe Gen4 PCIe M.2 2280 Internal Gaming Solid State Drives on sale at prices listed below. Shipping is free.

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Various Retailers have Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe Gen4 PCIe M.2 2280 Internal Gaming Solid State Drives on sale at prices listed below. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member phoinix and staff member LovelyCheetah [discuss] [discuss] for finding this deal.

Available Deals:

Editor's Notes

Written by oceanlake | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This 1TB WD_BLACK 1TB SN850X NVMe Internal Gaming SSD w/ Heatsink is $10 lower than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting at $129.99 at the time of this posting.
  • About this product:
    • See the forum thread for additional discussion of this deal and the best uses for this drives.
  • About this store:
    • Amazon offers free returns for this item. You can return the item for any reason in new and unused condition: no shipping charges.
    • See the B&H Photo Video returns page for returns information.
    • Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
    • If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.

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BayuU
If you don't need it asap, just wait
WingsOfF
The 850 had the older BiCS4 96L TLC NAND. The X uses the newer BiCS 5 112 layer TLC to better compete with the Micron 176 layer NAND used by competitors and stay on top as one of the fastest.

The controller is a newer version tweaked for the new NAND. I don't think the controller hardware has changed though.

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about 2 years ago
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RaheekPK
about 2 years ago
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Best has the same for 114
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skazi.wins
about 2 years ago
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Quote from RaheekPK :
Here is the link for 114 at best buy
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/wd-b...Id=6425636
Not the same, the one posted by OP is 850X and has heatsink not 850 as in this best buy link.
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nzalog
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Quote from WingsOfF :
The 850 had the older BiCS4 96L TLC NAND. The X uses the newer BiCS 5 112 layer TLC to better compete with the Micron 176 layer NAND used by competitors and stay on top as one of the fastest.

The controller is a newer version tweaked for the new NAND. I don't think the controller hardware has changed though.
Have things changed? Are more layers actually a good thing now? Is the drive able to access them simultaneously?
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Quote from nefta :
Should I jump on this now? Or wait for BF?
Definitely wait.
TrendForce expects consumer SSD prices to drop up to 8% in the coming quarter due to oversupply.
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I ordered the 850 from WD two days ago for $100 and it still hasn't shipped…
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WingsOfF
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Quote from nzalog :
Have things changed? Are more layers actually a good thing now? Is the drive able to access them simultaneously?
More layers increase bit density requiring smaller dies reducing latency, power and increase throughput. But there are additional architectural differences and so layer numbers cannot be compared across architectural differences such as Micron's 3D NAND CuA technology vs the BiCS architecture WD/Toshiba uses. But within the same architecture, more layers that can be fabricated, the better.

The number of layers are not related to the cell levels TLC, QLC, etc.
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nzalog
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Quote from WingsOfF :
More layers increase bit density requiring smaller dies reducing latency, power and increase throughput. But there are additional architectural differences and so layer numbers cannot be compared across architectural differences such as Micron's 3D NAND CuA technology vs the BiCS architecture WD/Toshiba uses. But within the same architecture, more layers that can be fabricated, the better.

The number of layers are not related to the cell levels TLC, QLC, etc.
Thank, yeah I was mixing up cell levels.

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aajeev
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Quote from brmail :
Definitely wait.
TrendForce expects consumer SSD prices to drop up to 8% in the coming quarter due to oversupply.
Thanks. Guess I'll wait maybe into the Nov time frame. Don't really need a new one. But the SATA III is feeling slow. Time to upgrade to the M2 onboard finally.