kidfresh718
Member
Do i need to get the heat sink?
Mark Cerny reveals the M.2 SSD he bought for his PS5
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MasterCornholio
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Wait for more test to find out for sure but it's highly recommended. Sony does say that you need it though. But that could be them just covering themselves incase something happens.
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Topher
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Windle Poons
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
If you get a cheap one, it can't hurt.
Bojanglez
The Amiga Brotherhood
I'm all digital. If you think that I want to get off my ass and swap physical media, you are grossly mistaken
Blond
Banned
They sell the Black drives which are rated differently. If you look at spinning hard drives they all have ratings which give them an idea of their expected life span in this sense Black > Blue > Green in terms of performance and life expectancy. Right now we're dealing with hard drive failures almost daily at work because well, surprise surprise, drives rated to spin 8 hours a day for 5 years are reaching that.
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
2.5" are all 5200rpm. Even game or black.
Blond
Banned
Not true.
Game drives are WD blue that have additional mechanism like head parking.
Their blacks have a larger cache and better read/write speeds, additionally because blacks are built for heavier work loads their enclosure's have physical heat dissipation.
Game drives are 5400rpm while back 7200rpm, one's going to the work site with flip flops and the other steel toe boots.
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rofif
Can’t Git Gud
what not true I said that 2.5" drives. no matter if blue, black or game drive are all 5200rpm and that is true. At least I havewd black drive here and it's just a normal external drive with fancy fake enclousure
Topher
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WitchHunter
Banned
Now SSDs have heatsinks. Just a matter of years and they will need fans, just like GPUs. Wondering when will they get LEDs?
Windle Poons
Made a crappy phPBB forum once ... once.
SSD's with RGB? Already out there…
Darklor01
Might need to stop sniffing glue
I could be wrong, but I believe the versions of the WD SN850 with built on heat sink have RGB lighting:
WD_BLACK™ SN850 NVMe™ SSD PCIe® Gen4 for PC or Laptop | Western Digital
Long load times are obsolete with next-gen PCIe® Gen4 technology. Arm your system with RGB lighting, an optional heatsink model, and up to 2TB1 capacity.
"Long load times are obsolete with next-gen PCIe® Gen4 technology. Arm your system with RGB lighting, an optional heatsink model, and up to 2TB1 capacity."
"Enhance your gaming station with fully customizable RGB lighting controlled through the downloadable WD_BLACK™ Dashboard (Windows® only), designed to match your style."
"Customizable RGB lighting (Windows® Only) programmable with the WD_BLACK™ Dashboard (heatsink model only)"
sircaw
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Captain Toad
Banned
This just gets 1 week? I don't understand the rules lately.
rofif
Can’t Git Gud
First time I hear about such fuckery as long as I live. 7200rpm 2,5" is not normal
And not available on usb only powered drives
WitchHunter
Banned
Oh jesus... end of the world is already here.I could be wrong, but I believe the versions of the WD SN850 with built on heat sink have RGB lighting:
WD_BLACK™ SN850 NVMe™ SSD PCIe® Gen4 for PC or Laptop | Western Digital
Long load times are obsolete with next-gen PCIe® Gen4 technology. Arm your system with RGB lighting, an optional heatsink model, and up to 2TB1 capacity.shop.westerndigital.com
"Long load times are obsolete with next-gen PCIe® Gen4 technology. Arm your system with RGB lighting, an optional heatsink model, and up to 2TB1 capacity."
"Enhance your gaming station with fully customizable RGB lighting controlled through the downloadable WD_BLACK™ Dashboard (Windows® only), designed to match your style."
"Customizable RGB lighting (Windows® Only) programmable with the WD_BLACK™ Dashboard (heatsink model only)"
PharaoTutAnchAmun
Member
Ore....buy your games on a disc....problem solved