Western digital announces nvme pc sn720 and pc sn520 units

Western Digital has been busy at the Mobile World Congress presenting its storage solutions of all kinds, including the new PC SN720 and PC SN520 SSDs in NVMe M.2 format.

PC SN720 and PC SN520 are announced with speeds of up to 3, 400 MB / s

The two units presented by Western Digital appear to use the company's most advanced driver.

SN720

The SN720 PC reportedly achieves read speeds of up to 3, 400 MB / s, saturating the PCIe Gen3 x 4 connection. This particular model will be available in capacities ranging from 256GB to 2TB, and uses an M.2 form factor. 2280. It also has a resistance rating of 500 TBW with a generous 5 year warranty.

SN520

The SN520 PC, on the other hand, runs at half the speed of the SN720 PC with up to 1, 700 MB / s. It will be available in capacities ranging from 128GB to 512GB and takes advantage of the PCIe Gen 3 x 2 interface. Unlike the SN720 PC, the SN520 PC will be available in M.2 2230, M.2 2242 and M.2 sizes. 2280 depending on capacity. Its resistance index is also slightly lower at 300 TBW, although it shares the same 5-year warranty duration.

How much do the SN720 PC and the SN520 NVMe SSDs cost?

Western Digital has not wanted to reveal the prices that both NVMe SSD memory models will have, so we will have to wait a few weeks to know them, in addition to their release dates.