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WD Blue 1TB SSD reviewed

by on12 October 2016

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Test setup

Our full test configuration consisted of an Intel Core i7 5820K CPU at 4.33GHz, an EVGA X99 Classified motherboard, 16GB (4 x 4GB) of Kingston HyperX DDR4 2800MHz CL14, a Samsung 840 Pro SSD as the primary drive, an EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2 PSU and a Corsair Carbide Air 540 gaming case. The system was operating in a room temperature environment with side panels off, using an air-cooled Thermalright TRUE copper CPU heatsink, two Noctua heatsink fans and five Corsair case fans.

Warranty

The WD Blue solid-state disk lineup comes with a three-year warranty, and this is where the multi-stream write support and any additional firmware improvements in lower write amplification come into play. At 20GB per day, the warranty is enough to last around 22 terabytes written. At 40GB per day, this is around 44 terabytes written, and at 80GB per day this should be enough to last just under 90 terabytes written.


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