Weekending Deals Pick of The Week: WD_BLACK 500GB SN850 NVMe SSD

There is still a supply shortage of graphics cards and, to some degree, processors. As a result, we see inflated prices from various vendors. But when it comes to storage drives, the market is still saturated at reasonable price points. No matter if they're NVMe or HDD. This brings us to my Weekending Deal Pick of the Week, WD_BLACK 500 GB SN850 NVMe SSD.

What you're getting with this particular storage drive is not necessarily a mass abundance of storage capacity at 500GB, but the name of the game here is speed, blazing speed. It has an astounding 7000MB/s read speed, and 5300MB/s write speed. My recommendation is to use that storage drive as your primary boot device. You're guaranteed fast load time upon system boot.

The WD_BLACK 500GB NVMe has the latest generation PCIe 4.0 interface; it's compatible with PCs and laptops. Importantly, if you plan to do a new PC build, you should know it's also compatible with most motherboards on the market supporting PCIe 4.0 technology.

Currently, the WD_BLACK 500GB NVMe SSD retails for $117.99 on Amazon. Not a bad deal considering it was $149 a few months before writing this post.

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