One of the largest manufacturers of storage units, such as Western Digital, would have a new solution in the oven. Specifically, it seems that they have prepared the units WD Blue SN580 up to 2TB. They are an upgrade to the current SN570 units which, on the other hand, is quite necessary.
Currently, WD Blue SN570 drives are among the best sellers on the market today. The reason is that they are very well priced and offer great performance. But, these drives are based on the PCIe 3.0 interface, which is already becoming obsolete with the advent of PCIe 5.0.
WD Blue SN570 drives are M.2 2280 format and range from 250GB to 2TB in capacity. They belong to the company’s input range. Currently, they offer transfer speeds of up to 3,500 MB/s, taking advantage of all the properties of PCIe 3.0.
Improved solution for the basic range
WD would already be distributing new SSD drives to replace the current ones SN570 PCIe 3.0. the new units WD SN580 uses a controller PCIe 4.0 x4. These new storage drives use a controller developed by PCI-SIG and therefore would be already drive verified.
We know about these new drives, not from WD, because some retailers would already be listing them. We assume that these entry-level storage units will be presented shortly. The truth is that the Blue range already needed an update.
These new units WD Blue SN580 will arrive in capacities of 500GB, 1TB, and 2TB. As we can see, the 250 GB capacity present in the current Blue SN570 disappears. It has a reason and that is that this capacity, today, is totally insufficient.
But be careful, because the Blue SN580 would come with a big problem. The first prices listed are higher than the prices of the WD Black SN850X drives (including heatsink). We see how the WD Black SN850X 1 TB unit is around 100 euros. The listed price for the Blue SN580 would be above this price, which doesn’t make any sense.
Note that currently the WD Blue SN570 1 TB units cost 53 euros and the Blue SN570 2 TB costs 110 euros. If it is confirmed that they would cost twice as much, the truth is that these units would make little sense.
In addition, a retailer states that the WD Blue SN570 will move to EOL (end-of-life, end of production) the next July 31st. We assume that the arrival on the market of the new WD Blue SN580 could be launched in the coming days or weeks.
What features do WD Blue have?
These are one of the most basic solutions that the company offers today. They focus on economic systems, whether they are desktop computers, laptops and Mini PCs. We can find these units with M.2 and SATA interface, adapting to all kinds of needs.
They are units that are above the WD Green, which are basic solutions with performance limitations. At the same time, they fall short of WD Black drives, which offer exceptional performance and implement the latest technologies on the market.
As we see, the brand has brought its HDD product ranges to the current market with great success. They are very popular units in the market and excellently valued.
