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WD_BLACK 1TB AN1500 NVMe Internal Gaming Solid State Drive SSD Add-In-Card - Gen3 PCIe, Up to 6500 MB/s - WDS100T1X0L
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Brand | WD_BLACK |
Hardware Interface | PCI Express 3.0 |
Style | Classic |
Item Weight | 210 Grams |
Compatible Devices | Desktop |
About this item
- Pcie Gen3 Technology To Provide Access To Insane Read/Write Speeds Up To 6500/4100Mb/S
- Up To 4Tb Capacity To Store Your Games
- Bootable And Easy-To-Install Raid0 Solution Using Pcie Slot
- Downloadable Wd_Black Dashboard Software To Customize And Control Your Gaming Experience
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Technical Details
Brand | WD_BLACK |
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Series | AN1500 |
Item model number | WDS400T1X0L |
Hardware Platform | PC, Mac |
Item Weight | 7.4 ounces |
Product Dimensions | 6.93 x 2.83 x 0.51 inches |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 6.93 x 2.83 x 0.51 inches |
Color | Black |
Flash Memory Size | 1 |
Hard Drive Interface | NVMe |
Manufacturer | Western Digital |
ASIN | B08HBZCSHW |
Date First Available | October 8, 2020 |
Additional Information
Customer Reviews |
4.1 out of 5 stars |
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Best Sellers Rank | #1,193 in Internal Solid State Drives |
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REACH EXTREME VELOCITY
Get in the game faster with PCIe Gen3 technology, reaching up to 6500MB/s read speed and up to 4100MB/s write speed to minimize load times.**
MORE CAPACITY FOR YOUR GAMES
Keep numerous games and your rig running smooth with the WD_BLACK AN1500 NVMe SSD Add-in-Card, allowing you to save up to 4TB* of data.
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PLUG AND OUTPLAY
This plug and play AIC simply connects into your PCIe expansion slot and is primed to run your entire operating system while you game.
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LIGHT UP YOUR STATION WITH RGB
Fully customizable RGB lighting controlled through the downloadable WD_BLACK Dashboard (Windows only). Match your style with various colors and 13 different LED pattern effects to choose from.
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THROTTLE THE ENEMY. NOT YOUR RIG.
Help keep your rig running at top speeds with the WD_BLACK AN1500 NVMe SSD Add-in-Card, featuring a fanless and silent heatsink to sustain performance and help keep you from throttling down.
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OPTIMIZED WITH THE WD_BLACK DASHBOARD
Take total control with the downloadable WD_BLACK Dashboard, allowing you to monitor the health of your drive, and optimize performance using gaming mode.
Internal SSD AIC | TECHNOLOGY | Internal SSD |
PCIe Gen3 x8 | INTERFACE | PCIe Gen4 x4 |
Up to 6500MB/s | SPEED (READ) | Up to 7000MB/s |
Up to 4100MB/s | SPEED (WRITE) | Up to 5300MB/s |
Yes | RGB | No |
PC | COMPATIBILITY | PC/Laptop |
1TB, 2TB, 4TB | CAPACITIES* | 500GB, 1TB, 2TB |
Internal SSD AIC | TECHNOLOGY | Internal SSD |
PCIe Gen3 x8 | INTERFACE | PCIe Gen3 x4 |
Up to 6500MB/s | SPEED (READ) | Up to 3470MB/s |
Up to 4100MB/s | SPEED (WRITE) | Up to 3000MB/s |
Yes | RGB | No |
PC | COMPATIBILITY | PC |
1TB, 2TB, 4TB | CAPACITIES* | 500GB, 1TB, 2TB |
Internal SSD AIC | TECHNOLOGY | Internal SSD |
PCIe Gen3 x8 | INTERFACE | PCIe Gen3 x4 |
Up to 6500MB/s | SPEED (READ) | Up to 3470MB/s |
Up to 4100MB/s | SPEED (WRITE) | Up to 3000MB/s |
Yes | RGB | No |
PC | COMPATIBILITY | PC/Laptop |
1TB, 2TB, 4TB | CAPACITIES* | 250GB-2TB |
Internal SSD AIC | TECHNOLOGY | Portable HDD |
PCIe Gen3 x8 | INTERFACE | USB 3.2 Gen 1 5Gb/s |
Up to 6500MB/s | SPEED (READ) | Up to 140MB/s |
Up to 4100MB/s | SPEED (WRITE) | N/A |
Yes | RGB | No |
PC | COMPATIBILITY | PS4/Xbox/PC |
1TB, 2TB, 4TB | CAPACITIES* | 2TB, 4TB, 5TB |
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Product Description
Get in the game faster with the WD_BLACKTM AN1500 NVMe SSD Add-in-Card. Internally powered by two SSDs using PCIe Gen3 technology, reach up to 6500MB/s read speed and up to 4100MB/s write speed to minimize load times. Based on read speed and internal testing. As used for transfer rate, megabyte per second (MB/s) = one million bytes per second. Performance will vary depending on your hardware and software components and configurations.
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Customers like the performance, ease of use, and appearance of the output card. They mention that it's more than 5x the speed of their old sata, and the plug and play aspect was extremely simplistic. Some appreciate the appearance, saying that the rainbow lights are cool. That said, some complain about the heat, saying it gets pretty hot.
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Customers are satisfied with the performance of the input output card. They mention that they are very pleased with the speed, as it is more than 5x the speed of their old sata. Some say that the upgrade to improve performance was easy and that the product performs amazing.
"I've owned this drive for about two weeks now. It's wicked fast, but has several drawbacks:1. It uses 2x NVMe SSDs in RAID...." Read more
"This drive matches it's performance ratings and is very fast under heavy loads and/or large file transfers...." Read more
"...Is real fast in 16x slot but gets pretty HOT...." Read more
"Load up times are faster, nothing dramatic. Definitely worth half it's price...." Read more
Customers find the input output card easy to use. They mention that the plug and play aspect was extremely simplistic. Some say that the issue recognizing it was easy to fix.
"Was easy to use, just plug it in and configure it in windows. Is real fast in 16x slot but gets pretty HOT...." Read more
"...Installation is as it says, plug and play...." Read more
"...this in as an additional gaming drive, and the plug and play aspect was extremely simplistic." Read more
"Win 10 issue recognizing it but easy fix and amazing performance..." Read more
Customers like the appearance of the product. They say it looks cool and the rainbow lights are cool, but aren't necessary.
"...Get a better cooling system. The rainbow lights are cool, but aren't necessary...." Read more
"...Also, it looks cool :-)" Read more
"...Rbg looks cool, like some decent corsair ram rgb. Would I purchase again? NO. The Samsung 970 evo plus is just as good...." Read more
Customers are not satisfied with the heat of the input output card. They mention that it gets pretty hot.
"...3. HOT, HOT, HOT! Did I mention hot? This thing is so freaking hot that I had to add a fan that goes into the PCI bay right below it and even..." Read more
"...It seems to run hot in my system, although that may be my fault since I have installed it in pci slot 3, between two 2080 Ti in SLI...." Read more
"...Is real fast in 16x slot but gets pretty HOT...." Read more
"...It gets hot, my case has amazing airflow and doesn't effect my gpu temps. Rbg looks cool, like some decent corsair ram rgb. Would I purchase again?..." Read more
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1. It uses 2x NVMe SSDs in RAID. This means the chances of failure is TWICE as high as a normal NVMe SSD because if one of them goes, the drive is no longer functional. Whether or not you can just replace these SSDs and rebuild the RAID array remains to be seen.
2. The write endurance is pitiful. Only 400TB. The 2TB Samsung 980 Pro is $150 less than the 2TB version of the WD and the write endurance of that drive is 1,200TB. That's almost on-par with a low end Enterprise drive. WD markets this as an enthusiast drive, but I doubt it will last me more than a year or two as a professional. This drive will last your average computer user 7-10 years, but they don't market this as a device for the average computer user.
3. HOT, HOT, HOT! Did I mention hot? This thing is so freaking hot that I had to add a fan that goes into the PCI bay right below it and even then this drive idles at 45C. By comparison the 980 Pro idles around 30C. Under load without the fan the WD reached 60C and beyond. At those temps this will burn out very quickly. I was able to get it to stay around 50C under full load with the fan, which is better, but still not ideal. Under full load the 980 doesn't go past 42C and it has no fan or even a heat sink in my build (if it's not obvious by now, I have both the 980 Pro and this WD drive in the same machine)
If you have PCI Gen 4 then this drive is actually slower than the 980 Pro in most instances. The only reason you should get this is if you want the best possible speed out of your drive and you don't want to pay to upgrade your motherboard to Gen 4. This was my case. I have a very expensive motherboard and CPU so it made sense to pay the $150 premium for a genuinely worse experience vs. spending $1,500+ upgrading my motherboard, processor, and memory to something that's on the same budget level as what I bought before. If you either have or can upgrade to Gen 4 without spending too much money then skip this drive. and go with the 980 Pro.
Message to WD: Shame on you for marketing a drive with 400TB of write endurance to enthusiasts. Get a better cooling system. The rainbow lights are cool, but aren't necessary. I'd much rather you put that money into a built-in fan or better materials that draw away heat. When this low-end drive dies you bet your biscuits I'm filing a warranty claim. I'm betting you'll have to replace it 3-4 times under the 5 year warranty. Wouldn't it just make more sense to use higher quality drives and materials? I'm sure you don't want to affect sales of your enterprise class drives by making this too good a deal, but I would expect at least 800TB of write endurance from a product marketed to enthusiasts.
Enterprise customers aren't going to consider a drive with only 800TB of write endurance even if it is 1/3 the price of an Enterprise class drive. You didn't have to make this such a dud product just to avoid cutting into your Enterprise sales, so my only conclusion is this is deliberate price gouging. You're betting a lot of average computer users will buy this just because it looks cool and those drives will last the 5 years, and you're right, but professional users like me will kill these drives very quickly. Had I known the write endurance was so low (a fact that you conveniently leave out of all your marketing materials and even the specs listed on your website), I never would have bought this. Unfortunately I'm using this drive for a project that will take months to complete. I can't turn my computer off during this project, so I'm forced to keep this.
So yeah people, stay away from this drive unless your circumstances are identical to mine. It's a ripoff. If this thing were $300 instead of the $550 I paid OR if the write endurance was 800TB+ I wouldn't be complaining so much, but at $550 it really doesn't make sense for 99% of users. When you can get a drive that's 20% faster for $150 less with 300% more write endurance, why the heck would you choose this?
Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2021
One thing to keep in mind is that this drive requires 8 PCIe gen 3 lanes for full speed. This can impact the performance of high end graphics cards on motherboards with limited PCIe lane availability.
Also, it looks cool :-)
Anyway 5/5 on Storage for Gaming and Speed READ/WRITE for Storage & Gaming. Installation is as it says, plug and play. However, you may need to set to an NVMe SSD Storage setting in the bios for the computer to detect 100% of its speed capability. Thats what I had to do, after that you are blazing fast.
5/5 Stars!
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Le WD Black AN1500 est une Carte SSD en PCIe 8X et il est très rapide, il est facile à installer dans le pc mais assurez vous que votre carte mère supporte le Boot par SSD NVMe et contient un Bios UEFI (Très important) sinon sa sera impossible de l’utiliser comme SSD principal, aussis sa vous prend un CPU acceptant 28 lignes PCI Express minimum pour ne pas avoir des baisses de performance de la carte graphique
ceci est un système en RAID 0 alors si 1 des 2 Carte SSD meurt vos données sont perdu et le prix est un peu cher si vous lacheter pas en rabais, c’est les seul inconvénient selon moi
Sinon la couleur de la bande qui allume lors que le pc est en fonction est super beau, le logiciel WD Dashboard est très recommandé pour déterminer la durée de vie de vôtre SSD
La chaleur dégagée du WD Black AN1500 est pour certains un problème mais la mienne fonctionne entre 41-45c stable lorsque que je fait rien sur mon pc alors sa vous prend un bon système d’aération avec une ventilation directe sur la Carte SSD et un boîtier de pc moderne ce qui est mon cas
Pour finir je recommande ce produits pour les fans d’intel comme moi étant donné que le PCIe Gen4 et le NVMe gen 4 est pas encore adapté par intel et le WD Black AN1500 est un bon upgrade pour un boost de performance comparable a un SSD NVMe gen 4 sur un AMD neuf
Reviewed in Canada on December 6, 2021
Le WD Black AN1500 est une Carte SSD en PCIe 8X et il est très rapide, il est facile à installer dans le pc mais assurez vous que votre carte mère supporte le Boot par SSD NVMe et contient un Bios UEFI (Très important) sinon sa sera impossible de l’utiliser comme SSD principal, aussis sa vous prend un CPU acceptant 28 lignes PCI Express minimum pour ne pas avoir des baisses de performance de la carte graphique
ceci est un système en RAID 0 alors si 1 des 2 Carte SSD meurt vos données sont perdu et le prix est un peu cher si vous lacheter pas en rabais, c’est les seul inconvénient selon moi
Sinon la couleur de la bande qui allume lors que le pc est en fonction est super beau, le logiciel WD Dashboard est très recommandé pour déterminer la durée de vie de vôtre SSD
La chaleur dégagée du WD Black AN1500 est pour certains un problème mais la mienne fonctionne entre 41-45c stable lorsque que je fait rien sur mon pc alors sa vous prend un bon système d’aération avec une ventilation directe sur la Carte SSD et un boîtier de pc moderne ce qui est mon cas
Pour finir je recommande ce produits pour les fans d’intel comme moi étant donné que le PCIe Gen4 et le NVMe gen 4 est pas encore adapté par intel et le WD Black AN1500 est un bon upgrade pour un boost de performance comparable a un SSD NVMe gen 4 sur un AMD neuf
Nach dem Tauch der beiden SSD mit 2 Stk. Samsung 970 EVOPlus 1TB und Formatierung mit dem Festplattendienstprogramm, war das Booten vom RAID 0 ein vergnügen. Mit 4500 MB/s schreiben und 4500 MB/s lesen ist das Laufwerk hervorragend.
Tests mit jeweils 2 Stk. Samsung 990Pro 1TB oder 980Pro 1TB oder Crucial 500T 1TB ist das RAID weit nicht so schnell. Bei all diesen Varianten kam ich sowohl lesend wie schreibend nur auf max. 3500 MB/s
Also das RAID ist an meinem Mac Pro 2019 Intel mit der 970EVOPlus am besten!
Eindeutige Kaufempfehlung.
Reviewed in Germany on February 7, 2024
Nach dem Tauch der beiden SSD mit 2 Stk. Samsung 970 EVOPlus 1TB und Formatierung mit dem Festplattendienstprogramm, war das Booten vom RAID 0 ein vergnügen. Mit 4500 MB/s schreiben und 4500 MB/s lesen ist das Laufwerk hervorragend.
Tests mit jeweils 2 Stk. Samsung 990Pro 1TB oder 980Pro 1TB oder Crucial 500T 1TB ist das RAID weit nicht so schnell. Bei all diesen Varianten kam ich sowohl lesend wie schreibend nur auf max. 3500 MB/s
Also das RAID ist an meinem Mac Pro 2019 Intel mit der 970EVOPlus am besten!
Eindeutige Kaufempfehlung.