Testseek.com have collected 67 expert reviews of the Western Digital 2.5 inch SiliconEdge Blue Series SATA300 and the average rating is 75%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital 2.5 inch SiliconEdge Blue Series SATA300.
April 2010
(75%)
67 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Competitive sequential read and write performance, Reliability carries forward from a long-time player in the embedded market
relatively low IOPS performance, Price (see below)
For Western Digital's first crack at SSD, this new drive performed well. Sequential transfer rates are competitive with most modern units and can best Intel in write speeds. That said, this new offering leaves something to be desired when it comes to ra...
The WD SiliconEdge Blue has solid sequential performance, but the overall performance of the drive and price leaves us wanting more bang for the buck. ...
Sturdy Casing, Decent Performance, Backed by WD, High Capacity
MSRP Way Out Of Line, High Cost Per GB, Outperformed By Older Gen Drives
The WD SiliconEdge Blue 256GB SSD that we took you on a tour of today, drops into the market at a time when product differentiation is key, at least in terms of the end user segment. Perhaps in the OEM space, where WD does so well with large volume agree...
Abstract: Western Digital is the first of the hard drive manufacturers to embrace SSD technology. Their new SiliconEdge Blue SSD is a mainstream SSD available in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB capacities, and claim 250MB/s sequential read and 170MB/s write speeds. The dr...
Expensive, slightly more power hungry than alternatives
Western Digital's first consumer-friendly SSD is fast and reasonably priced when compared to the competition, but it is still too expensive as a hard drive replacement in most PCs...
Published: 2010-03-03, Author: Chris , review by: tweaktown.com
So, what do we really have going on with the Western Digital SiliconEdge Blue? Let’s start with the easy stuff; pricing and availability. Western Digital has a vast network of resellers and I wouldn’t be surprised to see the SiliconEdge Blue s...
The WD SiliconEdge Blue is solid but heavy. Performance is good, but it's a little less impressive when the SSD is asked to multitask with a series of smaller files (a common task for a computer’s OS to field). Andrew Harrison ...
In its current state, the SiliconEdge Blue is something of a stinker but I feel sure it could be saved with a firmware update. After that the next step is to slash the price to £499 but until that time I simply cannot recommend this drive. ® More SSD ...
