Best New Budget SSD? - WD Blue SN5000 Gen4 NVMe SSD Review

Testing the WD Blue SN5000 M.2 NVMe SSD - Get yours: geni.us/sIRl (affiliate)
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*No Lego was harmed in the making of this video.

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Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction
0:34 - WD Blue SN5000 Capacities, Specs & Overview
2:06 - Performance in Light Use (For use as a secondary drive)
3:14​ - Performance in Heavier Use (OS Drive, Video Editors, etc)
3:55 - Latency
4:05 - Performance in Extreme Use (Stress Test)
4:57 - Gaming Performance
5:35 - Techtesters SSD Gaming Performance Ranking
6:00 - Sequential Performance & Playstation 5 Use
7:30 - Thermal Performance
8:11 - Pricing & Final Thoughts

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Disclosure
This product was provided by WDfor the purpose of testing. As per my own guidelines, they don't get any say about anything in this video, they also didn't get to preview this video beforehand, or any other nonsense like that. This video reflects my own views, nothing more, nothing less.
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Prices mentioned in the video are accurate at the time of filming. Always remember that prices change constantly and you should always check updated prices before making your decision.

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