SanDisk says goodbye to WD Blue and Black SSDs, hello to new “Optimus” drives

Today SanDisk announced that mainstream WD Blue and WD Black SSDs would be going away, to be replaced by SanDisk ...
TweakTown

Sandisk Optimus is the new SSD brand for PC gamers formerly known as WD_BLACK

Sandisk Optimus, Sandisk Optimus GX, and Sandisk Optimus GX PRO are the new names for the PC gaming-focused WD Blue and ...

SanDisk is replacing WD Blue and Black SSDs with new Optimus models

The transition marks the unspooling of the 2015 merger between the two firms, when Western Digital paid $19 billion for SanDisk to combine hard drive and ...
How-To Geek on MSN

RIP WD_Black: SanDisk's best SSDs are getting new names

WD_Black solid state drives are some of the best SSDs for workstations, gaming PCs, PlayStation 5 consoles, and anything else ...

WD_Black is dead but the best PS5 SSD on the planet lives on

The best gaming storage brand has been shut down, but SanDisk will continue to make the award-winning products ...
Kotaku

Western Digital Offloads Its 1TB and 2TB WD_Black SSDs, Now Selling for Peanuts with Speeds up to 7,300 MB/s

This article is part of Kotaku Deals, produced separately from the editorial team. We may earn a commission when you buy through links on the site. File sizes of video games have gotten out of control ...
Gizmodo

Walmart Has the WD_Black Internal Gaming SSD at Its All-Time Low, Even Amazon Can’t Match It

This article is part of Gizmodo Deals, produced separately from the editorial team. We may earn a commission when you buy through links on the site. Reading time 2 minutes No storage? No problem. If ...
PC World

WD Black SN8100 SSD review: Fantastically fast, rock solid in re-testing

This fantastically speedy PCIe 5.0 SSD will deliver the 14GBps goods. It had compatibility issues on our older test bed but tested rock solid on our new one. Buy it, but test it thoroughly on your ...