WD_Black SN8100 PCIe 5.0 M.2 SSD leaks via Amazon
It looks like Western Digital will be launching new SSDs soon. This week, Amazon began displaying listings for the WD_Black SN8100 NVMe PCIe 5.0 M.2 SSD, with capacities ranging from 1TB to 4TB.
According to the now deleted listing on Amazon spotted by @momomo_us, the SN8100 is in the top tier of PCIe Gen 5 speeds. The drive is claimed to offer sequential read speeds of up to 14,900MB/s and write speeds up to 14,000MB/s. Random performance is also expected to be high, with claims of up to 2,300K IOPS for both read and write operations.
In Europe, MSRP appears to be around €200 for the 1TB, €300 for the 2TB, and €550 for the 4TB. UK pricing spotted shows figures around £170 for the 1TB, £260 for the 2TB, and £455 for the 4TB.
Chances are, these new SSDs will be shown at Computex later this month, with availability starting at the end of the month.
KitGuru says: Judging by the reported read speeds, the upcoming WD_Black SN8100 will probably be the fastest PCIe 5.0 release to date.
