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Western Digital
Blue
11 positive 1 neutral 16 negative
Based on 28 Reddit mentions
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Windows 11’s Latest Security Update (KB5063878) Is Reportedly Causing Several SSD Failures When Writing a Large Number of Files at Once
From GOTA(Twitter) Landmine Pattern 1: DRAM-less NVMe relying on HMBIn 24H2, the HMB allocation jumped from 64 MB to 200 MB → DMA fault → Controller went silent → OS detected "Surprise Removal" and SMART could no longer be read. 2. Old Phison FWThe E12 generation is prone to timeouts when rewriting
...Pictus_Invictus in r/Windows11
August 19, 2025 7:01 PM
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Did I screw myself with this WD Blue drive?
The 2TB SA510 uses a different(better) controller and is a better drive than the lower capacity SA510 drives. The lower capacities uses a WD controller that was pretty bad. WD literally used the controller on just the WD Blue SSDs and then abandoned it...I wonder why... The 2TB version uses a Silico
...newtekie1 in r/PcBuildHelp
March 22, 2026 10:57 PM
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Does this WD SSD look legit? (VERY slow speeds)
Sorry for the late reply but this is fake.You can refer to this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewMaxx/comments/z5kdsc/wd_blue_sa510/First thing that the case should be metal on the underside and plastic on topside.Second, WD uses it's inhouse controller and Marvell's for newer dirves like this. (In t
...TQD1996 in r/pchelp
October 3, 2025 2:22 PM
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