WESTERN DIGITAL’S Black SN7100 is a bit of an oddity, as far as product launches go. It arrived with very little fanfare, and with good reason. On the surface, this absolutely muddies the waters when it comes to WD’s PCIe 4.0 product stack. The problem child? The SN850X.
You can buy 1TB variants of both the SN850X and the SN7100 for exactly $85 right now. Identical capacity, extremely similar performance, and of course, the same brand, warranty, endurance ratings, security features, and more that you’d expect from a WD drive.