Western Digital’s popular SN850P NVMe SSD will soon be available in an 8TB model.
But there is one large snag here: The WD Black 8TB SN850P retails for a staggering $1,000.
It’ll be available to purchase at major retailers later this month.
As a small bonus, it comes with one month of PlayStation Plus Premium ($18 value).
The SN850X is also available without a heatsink for $850.
Instead of PS Plus Premium, you’ll get aWD_Black RGB T-shirtvalued at $19.
Sadly, it doesn’t have RGB lighting effects.
Amazon also has the8TB SN850X with heatsink for $930andwithout a heatsink for $880.
Like the SN850P, the SN850X has four storage-size options.
We’ve listed the models with heatsinks below, though all four are also available without heatsinks.
The WD Black SN850P and SN850X are excellent NVMe SSDs for PS5 and PC.
They offer 7,200MB/s read speeds, which is well over the minimum 5,500MB/s required for PS5.
For PC users, 8TB makes more sense considering you’re storing more than just games.
After all, plenty of people have external hard drives exceeding 8TB.
For example, the8TB Western Digital Elements external hard driveis $170 at Amazon.
You could buy five of these drives for the price of one 8TB SN850X.
With all that said, AAA game file sizes are only getting bigger as time goes on.
At the moment, the 8TB SN850P can store approximately 45 copies of Call of Duty on PS5.
All of these drives are compatible with PS5.Crucial also has an 8TB PS5-compatible SSD with a heatsinkand 7,000MB/s speeds.
