SiliconEdge Blue
SATA 2.5" · SATA 2 3GBps · JMicron JMF612
Specifications
| Interface | SATA 2 3GBps |
|---|---|
| Controller | JMicron JMF612 |
| NAND Type | MLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Warranty | 3 years |
| Active Power | 3.5 W |
| Idle Power | 0.6 W |
| Seq Read | 250 MB/s |
| Seq Write | 170 MB/s |
Overview
Western Digital enters the SSD world with their SiliconEdge Blue. It harnesses a custom made WD branded controller backed up with a 64 MBDDR2 RAM chip and and 32 double stacked Samsung MLC Flash Modules. The drive is available at capacities of 64 GB, 128 GB and 256 GB.
The Blue label is Western Digital's symbol for mainstream SSDs. Other colour schemes include Green (energy efficient) and Black (high performance). Therefore, the SiliconEdge Blue is not the best SSD that WD has to offer. However, the drive still boasts a read of speed of 250 MB/s and a write speed of 170 MB/s. It has a three year warranty and has an operational write limit of 70 GB per day.
The SiliconEdge Blue utilizes advanced wear-leveling algorithms that can prolong the drive's life and preserve speed by overcoming performance degradation brought about by continual heavy use. It also has advanced error correction technologies and data integrity protection. The drive supports TRIM commands and NCQ.
Specifications:
- Sequential Read: Up to 250 MB/second
- Sequential Write: Up to 170 MB/second
- NAND type: MLC
- Interface: SATA 2 3GBps
- Controller: Western Digital
- Form Factor: 2.5 inches
- DRAM Cache: 64 MB
- Power Consumption (Active): 3.5W
- Power Consumption (Idle): 0.6W
- TRIM support: Yes
- SMART support: Yes
- Warranty: 3 years
- MTBF: 1,400,000 hours
Part Numbers:
- 64GB: PP60GS25SSDR
- 128GB: PP120GS25SSDR
- 256GB: PP240GS25SSDR
Reviews
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“The drive performed right up there with other solid state drives in all of the sequential read tests, which was impressive, but the write tests were not very good at all. It seemed the drive sort of decided to dive towards the end of some of the tests.”
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“Western Digital's SiliconEdge Blue is just a bit behind the performance of an Indilinx based SSD. The drive performed relatively well in our tests. TRIM worked as expected under Windows 7. Compared to a standard hard drive it's great, but so are just about all other SSDs. Given that the Blue isn't the fastest SSD in the world, what this really boils down to is price.”