Massive 4TB WD Black SN850X SSD is only five cents per GB for Black Friday
WD’s excellent 4TB SN850X SSD is now only $229 at Amazon for Black Friday 2023, a savings of $60 over the normal pricing (it debuted at $699!). This speedy SSD is optimized for the PS5 but is just as adept in a leading-edge gaming rig. It provides enough capacity to hold even the largest of game libraries, regardless of which type of machine you slot it into. The drive peaks at 7,300 / 6,600 MB/s of sequential read/write throughput, so you won’t be left lacking on the performance front, either.
The WD Black SN850X leverages an improved PCIe 4.0 SSD controller and newer flash, thus delivering excellent performance with the Sony PlayStation 5 (it’s one of our leaders on the list of Best SSDs for PS5 and our list of Best SSDs for PCs). Performance is improved across the board, and the drive also comes with a heatsink option at 1TB and 2TB.
The SSD dishes out an incredible 1.2 / 1.1 million random read/write IOPS, so it is plenty snappy and has a respectable five-year warranty. This drive is made for the PlayStation 5, but it is normally quite a bit pricier than other options, so this deal is an excellent proposition. It’s also super fast for gaming on a PC, which is important with DirectStorage games finally coming to market.
If you don’t need quite as much storage, WD also has the SN850X in 1 and 2TB capacities for a solid $79 and $114, respectively. Both of these drives deliver nearly the same level of performance as their larger counterpart, but make sure to check the spec table below for the particulars.
| Product | 1TB | 2TB | 4TB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing | w/HS | $159.99 / $179.99 | $289.99 / $309.99 | $699.99 |
| Capacity (User / Raw) | 1000GB / 1024GB | 2000GB / 2048GB | 4000GB / 4096GB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface / Protocol | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Controller | WD Proprietary | WD Proprietary | WD Proprietary |
| DRAM | DDR4 | DDR4 | DDR4 |
| Flash Memory | 112-Layer BiCS5 TLC | 112-Layer BiCS5 TLC | 112-Layer BiCS5 TLC |
| Sequential Read | 7,300 MBps | 7,300 MBps | 7,300 MBps |
| Sequential Write | 6,300 MBps | 6,600 MBps | 6,600 MBps |
| Random Read | 800K | 1,200K | 1,200K |
| Random Write | 1,100K | 1,100K | 1,100K |
| Security | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Endurance (TBW) | 600TB | 1200TB | 2400TB |
| Part Number | w/HS | WDS100T2X0E / WDS100T2XHE | WDS200T2X0E / WDS200T2XHE | WDS400T2X0E |
| Height | w/HS | 2.38mm / 8.80±0.22mm | 2.38mm / 8.80±0.22mm | 2.38mm / 8.80±0.22mm |
| Warranty | 5-Year | 5-Year | 5-Year |
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