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[ethomaz]

SN850.

Western Digital Launches New WD Black NVMe SSDs And Thunderbolt Dock

www.anandtech.com

 

[LOLCats]

customizable RGB lighting, yes Ps5 requirement.

 

[Skifi28]

RGB lighting? Buying twelve.

 

[cormack12]

1TB $229.99 eek
At least they do a 500GB version

 

[Jose92]

 

[ethomaz]

1TB $229.99 eek
At least they do a 500GB version

It is about the same price as Samsung 950 Pro.

 

[cormack12]

It is about the same price as Samsung 950 Pro.

To be honest I think I'm going to be fine just swapping games between HDD and SSD for a while.

 

[NullZ3r0]

That chart really doesnt say what you think it does. It looks like the USB stuff is Xbox and PS compatible, which we already know.
Edit: Oops! Just saw it.

 

[ethomaz]

To be honest I think I'm going to be fine just swapping games between HDD and SSD for a while.

Prices will go down when more options are available... right now we have 3 7GB/s SSDs announced yet.

 

[ethomaz]

That chart really doesnt say what you think it does. It looks like the USB stuff is Xbox and PS compatible, which we already know.

The chart says PS5 for the SN850.
It is blue and big words.

It is pretty clear in platforms.

 

[BlueXImpulse]

Very exciting. PS5 players are going to be spoiled for choice. Options, that's what it's all about.

 

[wvnative]

Ugh still not enough and wayyyyyyyy too high a price

 

[Birdo]

Bring back cartridges.

 

[iJudged]

DAMN the price...just gonna stick with my external SSD

 

[martino]

 

[BlueXImpulse]

To be honest I think I'm going to be fine just swapping games between HDD and SSD for a while.

Competition will see to it that prices come down.

 

[30yearsofhurt]

DAMN the price...I'll get two.

 

[danielJackson]

4tb for 1000€ or less and I get it

 

[Night.Ninja]

I thought open market was so cheap

 

[Darklor01]

1TB $229.99 eek
At least they do a 500GB version

$249.99 with heatsink

 

[MoreJRPG]

Does it come with a screwdriver?

 

[alabtrosMyster]

1TB $229.99 eek
At least they do a 500GB version

This is a high end consumer SSD drive... On your PC you have tons of options if you want to spend less money... You could spend much less than half that amount if you take the low end SATA road.

 

[ManaByte]

$249.99 with heatsink

The 2TB version is FUCK NO.

 

[Breakage]

Yup, next gen is gonna be expensive.

 

[Gamerguy84]

I'll be gaming for a while waiting for the prices to come down and more competition to hit the market.

I don't play more than a few games at a time and don't mind swapping for a while.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

.

 

[Skifi28]

I thought open market was so cheap

It's going to be eventually, but certainly not for the first few months with barely any choices.

 

[GHG]

I thought open market was so cheap

Do you not understand why prices for electronics tend to get cheaper over time or something?

 

[MastaKiiLA]

What does the fine-print say about that asterisk? You'd expect Sony to have released a list of compatible drives, if there were any.

 

[GrayFoxPL]

How much money?

 

[MastaKiiLA]

The 2TB version is FUCK NO.

I'm pretty sure that 2TB is cheaper than the 970 Pro/Evo when they were first released. Hell, possibly cheaper than the 1TB versions of those drives. That'll be a $200 or less drive by next summer. You won't need an expansion drive for PS5 before then, unless you buy every game made for PS5.

 

[Bojanglez]

What does the fine-print say about that asterisk? You'd expect Sony to have released a list of compatible drives, if there were any.

Yeah tried to click through to the WD source page to find out but got a 404 error

 

[MHubert]

I thought open market was so cheap

You thought wrong.

Expected it to be more expensive, tho. We will see how the prices compare with what the rest of the competition has to offer.

 

[Calverz]

Very exciting. PS5 players are going to be spoiled for choice. Options, that's what it's all about.

Seems like way more hassle than the xbox option. Load ur games on, take to ur friends pop it in and play. Other manufactures to come down the line. Elgant, simple, intuitive.
Ps5 approach, "please snap off the plastic, get a screwdriver, once in it aint going nowhere. Download the games at ur friends if u want to play".

 

[Bog]

$200 doesn't seem that bad to double the storage.

I paid nearly that much to put an SSD into my Pro a few years ago and that barely even does anything.

 

[ManaByte]

You thought wrong.

Expected it to be more expensive, tho. We will see how the prices compare with what the competition has to offer.

1TB without a heatsink is $229. The 1TB XSX expansion card is $219. (cue someone pointing out how the PS5 SSD is faster)

 

[MHubert]

1TB without a heatsink is $229. The 1TB XSX expansion card is $219. (cue someone pointing out how the PS5 SSD is faster)

I mean compared to other ssd vendors.

 

[Handy Fake]

... Quite frankly that's a lot less than I was expecting.

 

[GHG]

Seems like way more hassle than the xbox option. Load ur games on, take to ur friends pop it in and play. Other manufactures to come down the line. Elgant, simple, intuitive.
Ps5 approach, "please snap off the plastic, get a screwdriver, once in it aint going nowhere. Download the games at ur friends if u want to play".

Jokes on you.

Social gatherings are banned for the remainder of the year.

(but seriously... Are we seriously having this conversation in 2020 when the vast majority of people just play online when they want to play games with their friends?)

 

[GenericUser]

can I please get the 2TB drive? much appreciated, thanks a lot.

 

[BlueXImpulse]

Seems like way more hassle than the xbox option. Load ur games on, take to ur friends pop it in and play. Other manufactures to come down the line. Elgant, simple, intuitive.
Ps5 approach, "please snap off the plastic, get a screwdriver, once in it aint going nowhere. Download the games at ur friends if u want to play".

It is more hassle but it will be cheaper in the long run. If you are an adult you should be able to install this. If you are a child the adult who bought you this should be able to install it. It's not that hard.

 

[Low Moral Fibre]

The first thing I did with both PS3 and PS4 was swap out the hard drive for something better but no need this gen as it's not replacing the built in drive.

I'll wait until next year and see how I'm going for space and I would recommend others to do the same as I can't see the benefit at this stage and prices are only going to go down.

 

[THE DUCK]

Where is everyone that was slamming the xbox ssd price at $229? I swear this is the exact same price. Let's be fair at least.

 

[ManaByte]

I mean compared to other ssd vendors.

Same price. The 1TB Samsung 980 Pro is also $229.

 

[KingConan]

As a Western Digital stock owner I love to hear about this.

 

[Handy Fake]

Where is everyone that was slamming the xbox ssd price at $229? I swear this is the exact same price. Let's be fair at least.

Okay.

It's essentially the same price but three times faster.

 

[DeepEnigma]

To be honest I think I'm going to be fine just swapping games between HDD and SSD for a while.

Same, because I know when more makers come out with these, there will be undercutting sales by the manufacturers. I can wait.

Also, PS4 games should theoretically receive a boost in load times off the 10Gbs USB on an external 3.5" SSD.

 

[Allandor]

Still way to expensive. I really hope prices will go down if there is more competition.
I really need to replace my 8TB HDD with an SSD. Waiting for years now that prices come down.

 

[Bojanglez]

Seems like way more hassle than the xbox option. Load ur games on, take to ur friends pop it in and play. Other manufactures to come down the line. Elgant, simple, intuitive.
Ps5 approach, "please snap off the plastic, get a screwdriver, once in it aint going nowhere. Download the games at ur friends if u want to play".

On PS5 you can still use an external USB SSD (or HDD ) to transfer games and take to a friends.

Maybe some people place more worth on being able to expand their usable storage by 2TB from day 1?

Both solutions have their pros and cons.

 

[Calverz]

Jokes on you.

Social gatherings are banned for the remainder of the year.

(but seriously... Are we seriously having this conversation in 2020 when the vast majority of people just play online when they want to play games with their friends?)

I often would visit a mate and take my external hard drive, plug it into his xbox and we'd play some games he didnt own or couldnt afford to buy on launch (fifa for example). So it does still happen.