WD SSDs, how do they compare?

[mikeymikec]

I wasn't even aware that they made SSDs in the mainstream space until someone here posted an offer for a WD Black SSD. A WD Green SATA 120GB SSD is insanely cheap compared to Samsung's wares, but I'm having difficulty finding a decent review with technical details and a comparison.

The official datasheet doesn't even say what kind of flash the Green uses.

 

[ao_ika_red]

It's covered by AT almost 2 yrs ago.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/10748/western-digital-introduces-wd-blue-and-wd-green-ssds
Green and Blue are Sandisk rebrand.
WB Black m.2 SSD reviewed by AT.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/11174/the-western-digital-black-pcie-ssd-512gb-review

edit: added link and comment
Issue regarding WD's bundled "SSD Dashboard" software.
https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/wd-ssd-dashboard-is-broken-garbage-return-drive.2520511/
It's been around for a while and I believe they don't fix anything because personally I still experience some hiccup (read: freeze) and it's approximation about my SSD health seems a bit off.

 

[mikeymikec]

Thanks. That makes me wonder whether my minimum recommended spec for customers should have one of those WD budget SSDs in rather than a HDD.

 

[ao_ika_red]

For a budget system (like in my sig) it would be a tremendous upgrade from 7200rpm spinner. Putting aside its half-baked bundled software, I quite like it.

 

[Billy Tallis]

The WD Green and Black SSDs are overdue for an update to 3D NAND, but the Blue 3D is pretty good.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Thanks. That makes me wonder whether my minimum recommended spec for customers should have one of those WD budget SSDs in rather than a HDD.

It should.

 

[Glaring_Mistake]

I wasn't even aware that they made SSDs in the mainstream space until someone here posted an offer for a WD Black SSD. A WD Green SATA 120GB SSD is insanely cheap compared to Samsung's wares, but I'm having difficulty finding a decent review with technical details and a comparison.

The official datasheet doesn't even say what kind of flash the Green uses.

Nordichardware has reviewed the WD Green: https://www.nordichardware.se/test/storage/test-wd-green-hdd-klassiker-i-ssd-format.html
Not sure quite how fluent in Swedish you are but you'll probably get the gist even without translating to English.
Anyway, it's a DRAMless drive using 2D 15nm TLC NAND so it hasn't exactly got very impressive performance but would probably still be a step up from using an HDD.