Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 M.2 NVMe SSD Pictured

Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 M.2 NVMe SSD Pictured

Western Digital is ready with the WD Blue SN5100, the successor to the WD Blue SN5000 that the company launched in June 2024. While the SN5000 offered sequential speeds of up to 5.5 GB/s reads and up to 5 GB/s writes for the top 4 TB model; the SN5100 steps up performance, offering up to 6.6 GB/s of sequential reads for even the entry level 500 GB model. For context, the SN5000 only offers up to 5 GB/s sequential reads and up to 4 GB/s sequentia…