WD_BLACK SN850 NVMe SSD 500GB Internal Game Drive

Western Digital’s SN850 is now an ‘official’ PS5 SSD, but it could be more expensive
THE WD_BLACK SN850 NOW HAS PS5 PACKAGING AND A NEW PRICE TAG
Western Digital has announced a partnership with Sony to re-release one of its most popular PS5-compatible SSDs with official branding.

The WD_BLACK SN850 NVMe SSD was originally released in February 2021, and Western Digital stated in July 2021 that it was compatible with the required specs needed to expand the PS5’s internal SSD storage.

Now the device is being rebranded the WD_BLACK SN850 NVMe SSD for PS5 Consoles, and will come in new packaging that makes it look similar to other official PS5 peripherals.
According to both the model name and the technical specifications on the Western Digital site, both the PS5 branded and Western Digital branded versions of the SN850 appear to be identical in terms of performance and form factor – both have a PCIe Gen4 x4 interface with read speeds of 7000MB/s and write speeds of 5300MB/s.

The only difference, other than the new packaging, appears to be that the PS5-branded version has a light blue LED on the SSD itself instead of an orange one (though since it’s installed internally in the PS5 the user will never see this)