Mar 30, 2022 · At one point, the SN550 was equipped with TLC for buffering, and WD moved it to QLC as a cost-saving measure. The 570 is probably cheaper because the 550 may have been made EOL and discontinued. This happens a lot - pricing algorithms look at the market and if there's not a lot of inventory available, they start slowly cranking up the price.

Aug 26, 2021 · Western Digital has confirmed that it changed the NAND flash memory in one of its most popular M.2 NVMe SSD models, the WD Blue SN550, which crippled writing speeds according to several reports ...

Apr 13, 2021 · SN530 is also present in pre-built desktops. I heard it is basically similar to a SN550 but is branded as SN530 for OEMs so they should be close to similar. Performance difference, if any, would be almost negligible. Both of them are probably made with similar process and both should be DRAM-less.

Dec 29, 2019 · The WD Blue SN550 is the company’s newest entry-level NVMe SSD of the M.2 2280 form factor, featuring an in-house controller, firmware and their latest 3D NAND. Though certainly not on the same level as more premium consumer NVMe drives like the Samsung 970, the SN550 is still a good (and very affordable) option for users looking to improve ...

Nov 7, 2021 · Hi I need help! I'm thinking of replacing the Micron 2300 256Gb NVMe M.2 SSD that comes in the Legion 5 as standard with either a WDBlue SN550 1Tb NVMe M.2 SSD or a WDBlue SN550 500Gb but need some advice if anyone can help as I'm completely lost with current SSD speeds and technologies?

Sep 12, 2020 · Page 1 of 3 - Buying SSD: Choosing between CRUCIAL P1 vs WD Blue NVME SN550 - posted in System Building and Upgrading: Hi everyone, I am looking to upgrade my laptop by purchasing a new SSD, and I ...

Jan 3, 2021 · I've been using an SN550 as my primary drive for a year without problems and this is the first I've heard of a "cold data" issue. I was using an Asrock b450m pro board and just moved it over to a b450 ITX build. A quick google returns an old Western Digital thread where it seems to be mostly ASUS X99 board owners who ran into this issue.

Aug 26, 2021 · In the same situation with recommendations. SN550 was a really good laptop drive because it had really low power usage, decent performance for 99% of laptop owners, and it was consistently well priced. Not even sure what laptop drive I'd recommend. Maybe the sn750 when it's on sale, but it's from the same company that pulled this.

Oct 30, 2021 · Hi all, I have WD Blue SN550 NVMe 1TB and with it's advertised speeds of 2.4k MB/s read and 1.9k MB/s write speed, it only reads following values for…

Apr 14, 2020 · Problem is, that SN550 doesn't have DRAM, nor does it use HMB. It has SLC-cache, which is supposedly ...