Testseek.com have collected 45 expert reviews of the Western Digital AN1500 Black Series AIC NVMe PCIe and the average rating is 82%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital AN1500 Black Series AIC NVMe PCIe.
November 2020
(82%)
45 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Abstract: Last year, Western announced their WD_BLACK lineup of storage products, aimed squarely offering high speed storage designed to meet the needs of gamers. The lineup includes SSDs and HDDs models, both internal and external variants and today, for this revi...
Published: 2020-12-02, Author: Ron , review by: gamingtrend.com
Gen 4 speed on a Gen 3 platform, Excellent internals, Industrial look with RGB lighting, Solid software suite, 5 year warranty
Premium drives at a premium cost, Game improvements may vary, You need an open X8 lane to take full advantage
Offering PCIe 4.0 speeds in a PCIe 3.0 card slot, the WD_Black AN1500 is an incredibly fast and simple to use add-in card that fits a very specific niche
Published: 2020-11-27, Author: Home , review by: lanoc.org
Western Digital has kept busy expanding their gaming WD_Black lineup and It's great to see them go beyond your standard drives with the AN1500. PCI drives aren't all that typical but they do open up options for people who don't have M.2 slots or only...
Published: 2020-11-08, Author: Les , review by: thessdreview.com
I won't shy away from the fact that I love this card. It has been quite awhile since we have really seen anything in an AIC form factor and there are just so many pluses here that they can't be overlooked. The WD Black AN1500 is a plug and play solution f...
Benchmarks far faster than single M.2 NVMe drives, RGB lighting and full-board heat spreader
Very expensive for little real-world return
while you wouldn't want to use an AN1500 as the tip of the storage spear in a high-transaction server, you needn't worry about wearing it out during normal use.PerformanceThe AN1500 performs as advertised, at least on synthetic benchmarks. Real-life 48G...
The WD_Black AN1500 Add-in-Card is an interesting storage product that may be appealing to those looking to get the most from their available PCIe 3.0 x8 slots on their desktop board. Our 2TB AN1500 test sample managed to reach 6,539.10 MB/s read and 4,41...
Not quite as fast as native Gen4 SSDs, Takes up 8 PCIe lanes for full performance, Power hog, Runs hot, but not too hot, Expensive
WD's Black AN1500 delivers high bandwidth and speed that rival's Gen4 competitors, thanks to an enterprise-grade RAID controller, and comes with a price tag to match...
Abstract: Western Digital is dialing up the performance with a few new SSDs aimed at enthusiasts. These include the WD_Black SN850, the WD_Black AN1500, and the WD_Black D50 Game Drive, which all take different approaches to delivering blistering data transfer spee...
Abstract: WD Black has been the enthusiast and gaming brand for WD for the last decade. More recently, WD has lit a fire under the brand, releasing new products to the portfolio, namely the SN850, which out of nowhere, no hype involved, became the best drive you ca...
PerformanceThe AN1500 performs as advertised, at least on synthetic benchmarks. Real-life 48GB transfers generally didn't stack up to PCIe 4.0, though our PCIe 3.0 testbed (see below) is now quite a few generations older than our PCIe 4.0 testbed. Because...
