Impartial. No-nonsense. Real stuff.
All reviews and overviews on this website are based on thorough hands-on testing and real-world first-hand experience.
Note: This category also includes previews, first-takes, and opinions—all derived from initial impressions, past experience, or preliminary assessments.
The all-new WD My Passport SSD of 2020, first announced late last month, is different from the previous models. It now has a different look, a slightly larger physical size, and, most importantly, much faster. But it inherits some valuable similarities, too, from the rugged design to the built-in hardware …
The new WD Blue SN550 is a significant upgrade to the previous budget-minded SN500 solid-state drive (SSD). The new internal storage device has double the connection bandwidth and capacity, capping at 1TB. Most importantly, it’s also more affordable, costing as low as just 10 cents per gigabyte. At its core, …
The WD Red SA500 SSD is Western Digital’s formidable contender to Seagate’s IronWolf 110. The new NAS-centric solid-state drive proved to be faster than its rival in my testing. Most importantly, it costs significantly less, just around 15 cents per gigabyte, than some 25 cents of the Seagate. And it’s …
If you search for a portable drive, chances are you’ll run into a WD My Passport from Western Digital. For years, this brand has been a popular and safe choice of storage on the go. The latest version ups the storage space to 5TB with the suggested retail price of …
The WD Black P10 is the first in a series of Game Drives announced earlier this month. But you don’t need to be a gamer to appreciate it. The portable drive is fast in my testing, and its rugged, cool-looking design is a boon for any user. On the downside, …
The WD Blue SN500 NVMe solid-state drive (SSD)—announced on March 14—is not to be confused with the existing SATA WD Blue. The new internal drive, among other things, is much faster. But it’s in no way the fastest on the market due to its modest NVMe specs. Still, at a …
The My Passport SSD 2018 version, available up to 2TB, is a bit of a surprise. Even though it appears very similar to a namesake drive that shipped last year, it’s different enough to qualify as a new portable drive entirely. For one, it’s faster, in fact, one of the fastest …
The latest WD Black SSD turns the competition in the NVMe market up a notch. Indeed, this new drive is a significant upgrade to WD’s last year’s NVMe SSD of the same name. It’s much faster and has significantly higher endurance. At the cost of fewer than 40 cents per gigabyte, …
