4TB WD Black SN850X

chaparral · 10 Mar 2024 at 16:47

Hi Guys

Would a 4TB WD Black SN850X be good for using as a Game Storage drive (for steam & Gamepass etc games )
Was going try get another Samsung 4TB 990 pro but these WB black SN850X are a fair bit cheaper

(Am just trying to save a bit of money where i can on this PC build)

Devious · 10 Mar 2024 at 17:03

From the reviews I have seen the gaming benchmarks are the one scenario in which the SN850X beats the 990 pro so yes it will be a great game storage drive.

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5abr3 · 10 Mar 2024 at 17:03

When I looked at them in November (SN850 vs 990 Pro) they were very similar in terms of performance and the main difference I could see was the price so should be good to go with either.

I got the 990 Pro, it was about 10% cheaper due to a deal that was on at the time.

Snapshot · 11 Mar 2024 at 07:11

There are a couple of 4TB SN850X in the members' market if you want to save a bit more.

StephenJ · 11 Mar 2024 at 22:07

I use a 4TB SN850x as a steam drive works well

coupe69 · 12 Mar 2024 at 15:51

It'll be absolutely fine, it's unlikely you'd ever notice the difference in day-to-day use between any high-end NVMe's.

Ace Modder · 12 Mar 2024 at 19:26

I bought the same 4TB drive recently and it is great, performance is a none issue and well recommended for a gaming drive.

Tetras · 12 Mar 2024 at 19:56

If you're willing to go 2TB, I'd get the SN770, since it is a pretty good price at the moment at £110.

Ace Modder · 12 Mar 2024 at 20:12

I just checked I paid £239 for my 4TB, it's now £289 for the same drive.

We all knew NAND prices were going to rise at the start of 2024, they will continue to rise over the next few months too.

chaparral · 13 Mar 2024 at 20:56

Tetras said:
If you're willing to go 2TB, I'd get the SN770, since it is a pretty good price at the moment at £110.

Sorry a 2TB one would be to small

I really wanted a couple of 8TB ones but the prices of them are still far to high.

chaparral · 16 Mar 2024 at 15:04

I Ordered the 4TB SN850x

So at very long last am really hoping this means i can get rid of the last 3TB 3.5 hard drive out of my PC case

But i still have a 4TB 2.5 SSD to replace with another 4TB M.2 at a later date

So my storage setup should end up looking like this

2TB 990 Nvme for Main system drive C
4TB 990 Nvme for Games (Game Pass games and any other games that are not on steam)
4TB SN850X for Nvme Games (Steam Games !)
4TB 870 SSD for everything else i have on my system that isn't games

ChocAndGray · 16 Mar 2024 at 18:58

I have the 4tb SN850X as a storage drive and the 2tb SN850X for the OS, and owned the 990 pros.

I notice no difference between them. Go with what’s cheaper!