Anyone using a new wd sn850? How's it run...

djxput · 22 Dec 2020 at 20:01

Had a 'coupon' and sort of spent more then I planned...
Building a new system and bought a
1tb sn850 and 1tb sn750.

I'll use the 850 for my OS/games drive and my 750 for work (you can see what I value more

So will I be glad I spent extra for a nice 850?
Originally I thought I might get 1 Nvme drive a PCIe 3.0 and I got 2 now arriving .

Putting them in a b550 board btw.

Deluxe1 · 23 Dec 2020 at 11:10

No complaints from my two, one is in the motherboard the other in a pcie slot.

My SN750:

Awahwah · 23 Dec 2020 at 14:29

Happy with my 850.

Doug2507 · 23 Dec 2020 at 14:41

500gb 850 in for OS. No complaints. Changed platform so can't really comment againat my old 960s but does feel pretty snappy in win.

djxput · 23 Dec 2020 at 14:45

thanks for the heads up guys ... I 'feel' a bit better about splurging now

and Merry Christmas

Awahwah · 23 Dec 2020 at 17:00

Merry Christmas, enjoy the drive

GregI · 25 Dec 2020 at 03:28

The 3 negative points raised in the tom's hardware review for the SN850 is putting me off it but I don't know how much they matter.

1: Hot under heavy load

The included motherboard heatsink should make this a non issue I would think? I'm not paying an extra like £35 for the heatsink version.

2: High idle power consumption

The other drives are better than the SN850 including the 980 Pro for this. It seems to only be by about 1 watt or so but still something to consider.

3: Lack of AES 256 bit

Seems like Samsung has it. Gotta be honest I doubt this matters since if you were to sell it or whatever you'd just run a secure erase in BIOS.

Hakanese · 25 Dec 2020 at 03:41

I have no issue with temps on mine, but I am using it as my gaming/storage drive

Deluxe1 · 25 Dec 2020 at 10:11

Temps are fine on mine but I do have them in good enclosures not the motherboard ones.