No DRAM? No Problem! - WD Blue SN580 Review

Testing the WD Blue SN580 M.2 NVMe SSD. Get yours: https://geni.us/rPS0GF (affiliate)
Sponsor: Seasonic Vertex PSUs are awesome! Get yours: https://amzn.to/3mCeutK (affiliate)

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Some other SSDs in this comparison: (affiliate links)
Crucial P3 Plus - https://geni.us/GZAL
Crucial P5 Plus - https://geni.us/GKGp9Xx
Crucial T700 - https://geni.us/4Ss4W3O
Corsair MP700 - https://geni.us/0yVN
Corsair MP600 PRO LPX - https://geni.us/bD6WeE1
Gigabyte Aorus 10000 - https://geni.us/Q62Srt
Kingston NV2 - https://amzn.to/3ZwNdra
Kingston KC3000 - https://geni.us/czu8
Kingston Fury Renegade - https://geni.us/wmPXz
Samsung 980 - https://geni.us/dJzenpZ
Samsung 990 PRO - https://geni.us/Gm5T4q
WD Black SN850x - https://geni.us/LvFJ

Heatsink tips for non-heatsinked SSDs: (affiliate links)
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Timestamps:
0:00​ - Introduction
0:30 - WD Blue SN570 Overview & Specs
2:29 - Performance in Light Use
3:34​ - Performance in Heavier Use (OS Drive, Video Editors, etc)
4:25 - Performance in Extreme Use (Consistency Test)
5:05 - Gaming Performance
5:50 - Techtesters SSD Gaming Performance Ranking
6:10- Sequential Performance
7:05 - Playstation 5 Use
7:20 - Lower End System Test
8:15 - Thermal Performance
9:20 - Pricing
10:30 - Final Thoughts

Disclosure:
This product was provided by WD for the purpose of testing. As per my own guidelines, they don't get any say about anything in this video or any of my other reviews. It's not sponsored by them, they also didn't get to preview this video beforehand, or any other nonsense like that. My reviews reflect my own views, nothing more, nothing less.
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