WD Black 500GB High-Performance NVMe PCIe Internal SSD - M.2 2280, 8 Gb/s - WDS500G2X0C

Analyzed on

1,036Total Reviews

Electronics

A

Company Review Grade:

Western Digital

8 Total Products

WD Black 500GB High-Performance NVMe PCIe Internal SSD - M.2 2280, 8 Gb/s - WDS500G2X0C

Analyzed on

Sold by Western Digital

B

Fakespot review grade

B

What does this mean?

Fakespot Adjusted Rating

Amazon Rating

Ask Fakespot Chat questions about this productAlpha

Initializing Fakespot Chat

System error,

Loading suggested questions

Suggested Questions

No suggested questions were found

Please note: The content is generated by an AI language model based on reviews. We are constantly improving the accuracy, however, its outputs may contain errors or offensive content from certain reviews. Please report any errors or offensive content to us. Also, please note that we will not collect your questions unless you click the thumbs up/down button to provide feedback. The answers displayed will be stored by us so if another Fakespotter asks a similar question we can provide them an answer faster. Your feedback will only help us make Fakespot Chat better! By using Fakespot Chat, you agree to Fakespot's terms of use and privacy notice.

Pros & Cons

Update Pros and Cons

The AI used to provide these results are constantly improving. These results might change.

pros

See Details

pros

Features with many positive mentions

See Details

Cooling System

Customers are impressed with the cooling system of the WD Black SSD, stating that it runs cool even without additional cooling measures. Some have gone as far as installing fans to ensure optimal performance.

Top Tier Performance

Customers are highly satisfied with the top tier performance of this WD Black NVMe PCIe Internal SSD, reporting instantaneous load times and impressive benchmark results. Some have noted a slight improvement in performance compared to similar drives on the market. A few customers mentioned that the drive's performance is limited by their motherboard or laptop specifications. Overall, customers are thrilled with the price/performance ratio of this SSD.

Easy Installation

Customers have overwhelmingly positive feedback regarding the easy installation process of the WD Black 500GB High-Performance NVMe PCIe Internal SSD. The majority of customers reported that it took only a few minutes to install, and some even mentioned that they were able to install their operating systems from a USB flash drive or clone their existing drives without any issues. A small number of customers encountered motherboard-related installation challenges but overall expressed satisfaction with the product's performance and significant improvement in boot times.

neutral

See Details

neutral

Frequently mentioned features with split sentiment

See Details

Durability

Customers generally express positive sentiment towards the durability of WD Black SSDs, with some mentioning their previous experiences with reliable service from this product line. However, a small group of customers have experienced issues within a short period of time.

Pcie Lanes Compatibility

Customers have mixed opinions regarding PCIe lanes compatibility with the WD Black 500GB High-Performance NVMe PCIe Internal SSD - M.2 2280, 8 Gb/s - WDS500G2X0C. Some customers reported that they had to sacrifice some GPU lanes or disable certain SATA ports for the drive to operate at full speed. However, others were able to use it with an adapter and achieve excellent results. Overall, customers agree that this SSD is fast but recommend checking compatibility before purchasing.

Was this feature helpful?

Highlights

The AI used to provide these results are constantly improving. These results might change.

Quality

Very good performance from this small piece of great electronic engineering.

These are fantastic drives and after several builds and over a year past - all are going strong - even the ones with gaming rigs.

I dont recommend use the nvme unit for special write operation, becuase this memory has a limit of tb, for this model: 300tbw

They have all failed within having them from a one to six months.

Price

This is a really good nvme for the money, i got it around $100/$110 and it's super fast.

Hope it van value this price and work long time for my pc.

A couple hours later it jumped up 50 bucks.

I got it for 144 so at that price it was great (200 maybe, maybe not).

Shipping

There is a delay to deliver since busy holiday.

0 drive to the ssd it was just under 5 minutes from when i accepted the agreement to when it came up and asked my location us.

So fast in fact that it's to sata ssds as sata ssds are to hdd.

Packaging/appearance

Comes in a small box, which contains the nvme ssd and some paper work.

Competitiveness

Western digital's ssd dashboard is just as good as my intel ssd's toolbox.

If you want great, leading-edge performance for a bit less than the cost of the samsung 960s, this is your drive.

I honestly can't tell the difference between this one and the samsung 970 pro 512 which i also own.

I've tried seagate, toshiba, hitachi, and others.

Overview

How are reviewers describing this item?
new, fast, black, good and great.

Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.

Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.

This product had a total of 1,036 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 21 2025.