SanDisk WD Blue SN5100 500 GB

This is a 500GB M.2 2280 SSD on the NVMe Gen4 interface. At roughly $0.27 per gigabyte it sits in the high-end tier. Sequential throughput reaches 7000 MB/s reads and 5000 MB/s writes. NVMe drives this fast mainly shine in game-load times and large file moves; everyday snappiness is similar across the tier.

Its $134.00 price tag places it squarely in high-end territory. Drop it into the PlanMyPC builder to check compatibility with the rest of your parts and compare current drive prices across retailers. Support and warranty service run through SanDisk, with terms that vary by region. The full specification sheet below breaks out every listed detail, and the compatibility checker flags conflicts with parts already in your build.