WD Black SN8100 review - beats Samsung to become the fastest ever gaming SSD
The big guns are finally coming out to join the PCIe 5.0 SSD party, first with the Samsung 9100 Pro, and now with the new WD Black SN8100, and both drives are aiming their banks of high-speed flash memory squarely at the ‘fastest ever gaming SSD’ title. In fact, in most of our tests, the WD Black SN8100 has the new Samsung drive squarely beaten, which is no mean feat. It’s not cheap, of course, but if you want the very best SSD available, the WD Black SN8100 has pretty much nailed the brief when it comes to performance. Cunningly, WD has also undercut the price of the Samsung 9100 Pro across the board, by just enough to make it look like a no-brainer. So what makes this new drive tick? Let’s take a look inside. [site_jumplinks] Continue reading WD Black SN8100 review - beats Samsung to become the fastest ever gaming SSD MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best graphics card, Best gaming PC, Best SSD for gaming


The big guns are finally coming out to join the PCIe 5.0 SSD party, first with the Samsung 9100 Pro, and now with the new WD Black SN8100, and both drives are aiming their banks of high-speed flash memory squarely at the ‘fastest ever gaming SSD’ title. In fact, in most of our tests, the WD Black SN8100 has the new Samsung drive squarely beaten, which is no mean feat.
It’s not cheap, of course, but if you want the very best SSD available, the WD Black SN8100 has pretty much nailed the brief when it comes to performance. Cunningly, WD has also undercut the price of the Samsung 9100 Pro across the board, by just enough to make it look like a no-brainer. So what makes this new drive tick? Let’s take a look inside.
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