Western Digital SiliconEdge Blue 256GB SSD

I have been keeping my eye on Solid State Disks(SSD) for a while and patiently waiting on Western Digital’s first one to come out. The day has finally come and Western Digital has released Western Digital SiliconEdge Blue SSD in three different sizes of 64 GB, 128 GB, and 256 GB.

The performance of the Western Digital SiliconEdge Blue SSD is not up to par with the latest SSD out on the market but this is Western Digital’s entry level SSD and not the top of the line Black label drives they are known for in the spinning disks world. Western Digital has three lines of drives the Green drives which are power efficient drives, the blue label which are mainstream drives, and the black label which are the highest performing drives.

Here are the reviews of the drive that I have found so far.
PC Perspective’s http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=878&type=expert
Anandtech’s http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=3757
Ligitreviews’s http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1233/1/
Hot Hardware’s http://hothardware.com/Articles/WD-SiliconEdge-Blue-256GB-SSD-Review/
Storage Review’s http://www.storagereview.com/western_digital_siliconedge_blue_ssd_review
Tweak Town’s http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/3172/western_digital_siliconedge_blue_256gb_solid_state_drive/index.html

I have been keeping my eye on Solid State Disks(SSD) for a while and patiently waiting on Western Digital’s first one to come out. The day has finally come and Western Digital has released Western Digital SiliconEdge Blue SSD in three different sizes of 64 GB, 128 GB, and 256 GB.

The performance of the Western Digital SiliconEdge Blue SSD is not up to par with the latest SSD out on the market but this is Western Digital’s entry level SSD and not the top of the line Black label drives they are known for in the spinning disks world. Western Digital has three lines of drives the Green drives which are power efficient drives, the blue label which are mainstream drives, and the black label which are the highest performing drives.

Here are the reviews of the drive that I have found so far.
PC Perspective’s http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=878&type=expert
Anandtech’s http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=3757
Ligitreviews’s http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1233/1/
Hot Hardware’s http://hothardware.com/Articles/WD-SiliconEdge-Blue-256GB-SSD-Review/
Storage Review’s http://www.storagereview.com/western_digital_siliconedge_blue_ssd_review
Tweak Town’s http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/3172/western_digital_siliconedge_blue_256gb_solid_state_drive/index.html

Here is Western Digital’s press release about the drives: http://www.wdc.com/en/company/releases/PressRelease.asp?release=72d72e65-f4d1-4054-858d-e65ffc5d9ae8

Newegg.com has all three sizes 64 GB, 128 GB, and 256 GB for sale here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=Western+Digital+SiliconEdge+Blue&x=0&y=0