Comments on: WD Black SN850X NVMe SSD Review – “X” Means Better and Faster (Updated) https://thepcenthusiast.com/wd-black-sn850x-nvme-ssd-review/ Hardware News and Reviews Wed, 02 Aug 2023 15:47:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Peter Paul https://thepcenthusiast.com/wd-black-sn850x-nvme-ssd-review/#comment-71736 Wed, 02 Aug 2023 15:47:09 +0000 https://thepcenthusiast.com/?p=35081#comment-71736 ]]> In reply to ubronan.

True, it’s very difficult to notice any improvement or not at all. But when transferring (very) large file sizes, you can see some differences.
There are so many things going on in a system that SSD is just one factor.
I have not retested Win 10 since I migrated to Win 11 for all testing. But yes, it does feel somewhat less responsive regardless of the SSD used.
Ubuntu feels far more responsive 😅

]]> By: ubronan https://thepcenthusiast.com/wd-black-sn850x-nvme-ssd-review/#comment-71708 Tue, 01 Aug 2023 20:13:19 +0000 https://thepcenthusiast.com/?p=35081#comment-71708 I heard some motherboard would need a bios update but i have not heard anyone complaining
All the people i know who accepted my advise to buy this nvme ( cheaper than the samsung 990) are very happy with it most who complained where running it on pci-e 3 lanes xD
As some motherboards have a pci-e 4 slot which is only enabled if you got the right intel cpu as a friend installed a intel lower range 12k series and it turns out the pci-e 4 slot only works if install the 13k series cpu which activate the lanes on the 3th slot being the pci-e 4 slot
Which proofed to me again that most people never read the specs really thye just asume it will work, which in fact it did but the pci-e 4 slot was not used as it did not work
Most people forget that the cpu regulates the lanes which come available on the intel boards

]]> By: ubronan https://thepcenthusiast.com/wd-black-sn850x-nvme-ssd-review/#comment-71707 Tue, 01 Aug 2023 19:53:30 +0000 https://thepcenthusiast.com/?p=35081#comment-71707 In reply to Peter Paul.

lol i have not noticed anything faster on win 11 it is funny enough that win 10 scores higher with the silly benchmarks which has nothing todo with real life performance AT ALL
In fact i compared my just bought WD SN850X to a SN770 and behold between both the systems there is a marginal speed increase of the newer toy but it is nothing to talk about
All these silly benhcmarks show nothing realistic they are just made to show the difference between de competition a bit.
If you think you can notice it for real i have to blow your dream it is not.
win 11 is a hog and i stay at win 10 for sure now.
Too much background spying going on with that worst OS ever.

]]> By: Peter Paul https://thepcenthusiast.com/wd-black-sn850x-nvme-ssd-review/#comment-70979 Wed, 12 Jul 2023 11:11:53 +0000 https://thepcenthusiast.com/?p=35081#comment-70979 In reply to Dan.

I have not encountered this issue.
By the way, do you mean NOT being recognized in the BIOS?
I’ll try to reach out to WD regarding this matter.

]]> By: Dan https://thepcenthusiast.com/wd-black-sn850x-nvme-ssd-review/#comment-70967 Wed, 12 Jul 2023 03:30:56 +0000 https://thepcenthusiast.com/?p=35081#comment-70967 Many folks are reporting BIOS issues with the drive being recognized especially MSI, ASUS, etc.
Are you aware of this issue, and can you kindly provide any official update in your reviews please.
Has WD provided any new firmware updates to mitigate/fix these bootup issues?
Overall SN850X’s a great SSD for the money, assuming there were no lingering BIOS compatibility issues.

]]>