The WD Blue SN550 is a great value SSD for those after a quick yet wallet-friendly NVMe drive, as it offers PCIe 3.0 speeds for the same sort of prices as slower SATA models. You’ll need to make sure you’ve got a compatible motherboard with a free M.2 slot in order to use it, of course, but most modern motherboards come with at least one M.2 slot these days, if not two or three depending on how fancy it is. The P2 actually has a faster random read speed than the SN550, coming in at 54MB/s in my tests versus the SN550’s 44MB/s, but the SN550 has a much faster random write speed (157MB/s as opposed to 117MB/s). The SN550 also came out on top in my transfer speed tests, too, and offers marginally faster loading times in games, too, often beating the P2 by a couple of seconds in my benchmark tests. They’re both great drives, though, and I’m sure you’ll be happy with whichever one you decide to go for. I should also note that the 1TB Blue SN550 has, admittedly, been cheaper in the past - its lowest price was £80 over Black Friday - but I’ve included it above anyway as it normally goes for around £95 when it’s not on sale. In any case, it’s still better than paying £110 for a 1TB WD Black SN750 drive, and definitely a much better use of your money than spending £142 on a 1TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus.
