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Why is the SN750/SN850 the default SSD, given it has relatively high power consumption[1] and separately is there any reason to believe that building a DIY vers
by zucker42 4y ago
Why is the SN750/SN850 the default SSD, given it has relatively high power consumption[1] and separately is there any reason to believe that building a DIY version with a different SSD wouldn't work?
[1] https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/wd-black-sn850-m-2-nvme-ssd-review/3 https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/wd-black-sn850-m-2-nvme...
- nrp 4y agoWe see folks in the community using a range of different SSDs, but SN750/SN770/SN850 are what we have done the most validation on. We see good perf/watt on the WDC drives. It's unclear why Tom's Hardware was seeing poor idle power with power saving modes on.
- zucker42 4y agoThanks for the response.