- Which one should I put in a PS5?
- The SN850P. It is officially licensed for the PS5 and ships with a heatsink that fits the console's expansion slot. The SN8100 has no listed heatsink and is not PS5-certified.
- Is the SN8100 worth it over the SN850P for a PC?
- Yes, if your motherboard has a PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot. It roughly doubles sequential read speed and adds DRAM cache and hardware encryption. On a PCIe 4.0 board it runs at Gen 4 speed and the gap narrows.
- Which lasts longer?
- The SN8100 is rated at 600 TBW for the 1TB model, with a 199.6-year MTBF figure on its spec sheet. The SN850P listing gives no endurance rating, so there is no like-for-like number to compare.
- Can I use the SN8100 in a PS5?
- It fits the M.2 2280 slot, but it is not licensed or tested for the PS5 and no heatsink is listed. Sony requires a heatsink, so you would need to add one.
- Does the SN850P work in a PC?
- Yes. It is a standard M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 drive, so it works in any PC with a Gen 4 or Gen 3 M.2 slot. You just won't get PCIe 5.0 speeds.
- Which is better for storing a large game library?
- Both are 1TB. WD estimates the 1TB SN850P holds about 50 games. The SN8100 is the faster drive for loading large PC titles, but capacity is the same.
