Western Digital 2.5 inch Blue Series SATA600

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 18 expert reviews

Excellent:

6
Good:

8
Average:

0
Bad:

4

Pros:

Competitive pricing, Solid performance
Strong 2MB sequential read, Known quantity based off of SanDisk X400 with some tweaks
Excellent mainstream performance, Software suite included

Cons:

Expensive – Due to volatile memory prices, Final Thoughts, The Western Digital BLUE 1TB 3D NAND SSD is a must have, for anyone who wants a large and fast storage device, that can also be used as a boot drive. For the extreme content creators… you now have...
Poor performance in mixed workloads, Priced higher than similar performance drives, Short 3-year warranty compared to other drives

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Last revision on July 12, 2018

Reviewers Liked

Competitive pricing, Solid performance
Strong 2MB sequential read, Known quantity based off of SanDisk X400 with some tweaks
Excellent mainstream performance, Software suite included
The WD Blue SSD is faster than any regular hard drive and you can write a ton of data to it before it wears out

Reviewers Didn't Like

Expensive – Due to volatile memory prices, Final Thoughts, The Western Digital BLUE 1TB 3D NAND SSD is a must have, for anyone who wants a large and fast storage device, that can also be used as a boot drive. For the extreme content creators… you now have
Poor performance in mixed workloads, Priced higher than similar performance drives, Short 3-year warranty compared to other drives
High price, Aging software toolbox
The drive is expensive and doesn't justify the added cost. It has a short warranty

Expert reviews and ratings

100

The WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD 1TB retails at RM 1,489.00 – so expensive? Not quite, you see even 256GB SSDs retail at around RM 400 these days so to have around 4 times of space without costing 4 times as much is excellent, after all drives often cost...

By GoldFries on December 29, 2017

What is your data worth? All those files, pictures, music, videos all must be stored somewhere safe and reliable. Most of us regular Joes opt for a pen drive or maybe one of the many cloud services that are available. However, what if you are running a...

By klgadgetguy.com on October 27, 2017

The original WD Blue SSD drive it would be fair to say, didn't cause much of a stir apart from the acknowledgement that WD had entered the highly competitive SSD market. However the new WD Blue SSD on the block, the Blue 3D NAND, will really stir things...

By Kitguru.net on August 08, 2017

Being a late entrant to a crowded market is a scary proposition for any brand. But this is made even more difficult by the fact that the mainstream consumer SSD market is so crowded and that there is no lack of strong contenders. Samsung, in particular,...

By hardwarezone.com.sg on April 11, 2017

WD Blue SSD 1TB Review – Western Digital (WD) is well-known for their storage solutions including the traditional hard disk drives. The one resides in my computer at the moment, the WD Black 7200RPM, has a humongous 6TB of space and I can never seem to...

By Craving Tech on April 11, 2017

". the excellent IOPS performance of the WD Blue SSD is on par with other drives in this price range....

By PC Authority on February 07, 2017

The WD Blue SSD is a decent SSD in today's standard, and it packs quite a nice punch into SSD market too with its price/gigabyte ratio of ~RM1.27/GB. Considering that WD is backing you up with a 3-year limited warranty and one complimentary year of...

By nasilemaktech.com on December 05, 2016

While the impact of SSDs hasn't quite been a drastic as, say, the impact of digital cameras on the photo film industry, which almost died over night, we can only imagine what the likes of Hitachi and Western Digital thought when SSDs hit the...

By GameAxis on December 05, 2016

The solid state market is very competitive right now, which has led to a plethora of choice. Western Digital's first mid-range SSD is competent, but it also doesn't stand out from the pack.We think the WD Blue's price needs to dip lower before it's the...

By Digital Trends on October 14, 2016

The WD Blue is the first full-fledged SSD produced by WD. Since the acquisition of SanDisk, it was only time till an SSD product was released under their brand. Overall, it is a good performer and one of the best performing planar TLC based options out....

By thessdreview.com on October 12, 2016

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