You get free VPN with this WD_BLACK SN8100 4TB NVMe SSD deal, SN7100 also discounted

If you are looking to upgrade the storage on your system and are eyeing NVMe SSDs then Western Digital (WD) is offering a couple of great deals you should definitely take a look at.

The WD PCIe Gen4 SN7100 4TB variant is still up for grabs at just $250. You can find it here in this article. Meanwhile, WD, or rather, SanDisk, also has the new PCIe Gen5 drive with nearly the double the speed, with its WD_BLACK SN8100 model.

The 4TB of this drive has received the first discount as it is now priced at $500 (purchase link down below).

Since this is a PCIe 5.0 SSD it is very fast, but like other Gen5 drives, it gets very hot especially for sustained reads and writes. So a heatsink is definiely recommended.

The S8100 promises sequential reads of up to 14900 MB/s and sequential writes of up to 14,000 MB/s. In terms of random reads, it is rated for 2.3 million IOPS (input output operations per second) and random writes of up to 2.4 million IOPS.

There are two reasons for the high random throughputs, first is the DRAM as the SN8100 packs its own DRAM cache instead of relying on system memory, and second, the relatively new NAND technology called CMOS directly bonded to array (CBA) that helps boost interface speed.

Speaking of NAND, the SN8100 features TLC or triple level cell which provides excellent endurance and this 4TB drvie is rather for 2400 TBW. Get the SN8100 at the links below (make sure to checkmark the Free VPN option on Newegg's site):

• 4TB WD_BLACK™ SN8100 PCIe® 5.0x4 NVMe™ M.2 SSD - WDS400T1X0M-00CMT0: $499.99 (Amazon US first party seller) || $499.99 (Newegg US first-party seller + free Norton VPN)

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