Used Western Digital SN5000 NVMe PCIe Gen 4 Internal Solid-State Drive

The WD Blue SN5000 NVMe PCIe 4.0 SSD is engineered to accelerate content creation pipelines and heavy desktop workloads. Built on a PCIe® Gen4 x4 NVMe architecture, the SN5000 combines a high-efficiency controller, QLC/TLC NAND configurations with Western Digital’s nCache™ 4.0 caching algorithm, and an M.2 2280 single-sided layout to fit modern desktops and many performance laptops. The result is fast sequential transfers for large media files, improved sustained write behavior during prolonged exports or backups, and competitive random read/write IOPS for snappy application performance and quick project load times.

Key Feature:

• PCIe Gen4 x4 interface for maximum throughput and low latency.

• High sequential performance — up to ~5,150 MB/s (1TB model) and up to ~5,500 MB/s on the 4TB model (manufacturer-published peak figures vary by capacity).

• Strong random I/O (hundreds of thousands IOPS) for responsive OS/app loads and multitasking.

• nCache™ 4.0 (dynamic SLC caching) to improve sustained write performance and background write handling for large transfers and creative workloads.

• Capacities up to 4TB suited to large media libraries, game libraries, and project storage