Western Digital WDS100T1X0L-00AUJ0 User Manual

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AN NVMe SSD ADDINCARD

BOOTABLE PLUG AND PLAY WITH INSANELY FAST SPEEDS

Experience lightning fast gameplay with

GAMING SSD STORAGE

this bootable, plug and play add-in-card that reaches extreme velocity with minimum effort. Includes customizable RGB lighting (Windows

only) and heatsink.

■ PCIe® Gen3 technology to provide access to insane read/write speeds up to 6500/4100MB/s

■ Up to 4TB* capacity to store your games

■ Bootable and easy-to-install RAID0 solution using PCIe® slot

■ Downloadable WD_BLACK™ Dashboard software to customize and control your gaming experience

■ Customizable RGB lighting with 13 LED pattern effects programmable with our WD_BLACK™ Dashboard, or seamlessly integrate with most motherboards from major brands (Windows® only)

■ Engineered to minimize thermal throttling with integrated heatsink technology

WD_BLACK™ / DRIVE YOUR GAME

PRODUCT FEATURES

AN1500 NVMe

REACH EXTREME VELOCITY

Get in the game faster with PCIe® Gen3 technology, reaching up to 6500MB/s read speed and up to 4100MB/s write speed to minimize load times.

MORE CAPACITY FOR YOUR GAMES

Keep numerous games and your rig running smooth with the WD_BLACK up to 4TB

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AN1500 NVMe™ SSD Add-in-Card, allowing you to save

of data.

PLUG AND OUTPLAY

This plug and play, bootable add-in-card simply connects into your

PCIe

expansion slot, requiring no external power or cables. Primed with an enterprise grade RAID controller to run your entire operating system while you game.

LIGHT UP YOUR STATION WITH RGB

Enhance your gaming station with fully customizable RGB lighting controlled through the downloadable WD_BLACK (Windows

only), designed to match your style with various colors

and 13 different LED pattern effects to choose from.

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Dashboard

THROTTLE THE ENEMY. NOT YOUR RIG.

Help keep your rig running at top speeds with the WD_BLACK™ AN1500

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NVMe

SSD Add-in-Card, featuring a fanless and silent heatsink to

sustain performance and help keep you from throttling down.

OPTIMIZED WITH THE WD_BLACK™ DASHBOARD

Take total control with the downloadable WD_BLACK™ Dashboard, allowing you to monitor the health of your drive, and optimize performance using gaming mode.

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SSD AIC

PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

CAPACITIES AND MODELS

4TB: WDS400T1X0L-00AUJ0

2TB: WDS200T1X0L-00AUJ0

1TB: WDS100T1X0L-00AUJ0

CONTENTS

■ WD_BLACK™ AN1500 NVMe™

SSD Add-in-Card

INTERFACE

Gen3 x8

PCIe

*As used for storage capacity 1TB = one trillion bytes. Actual user capacity may be less depending on operating environment.

**Based on read speed and internal testing. As used for transfer rate, megabyte per second (MB/s) = one million bytes per second. Performance will vary depending on your hardware and software components and configurations.

Operational temperature is measured by an on board temperature sensor. Non-operational storage temperature does not guarantee

data retention.

DIMENSIONS

LENGTH: 176 mm (6.93 in)

WIDTH: 72 mm (2.83 in)

HEIGHT: 13 mm (0.51 in)

WEIGHT: 0.21 kg (0.47 lb)

OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS

OPERATING TEMPERATURE

5°C to 35°C

NON-OPERATING TEMPERATURE1:

-20°C to 65°C

SYSTEM COMPATIBILITY

■ Backward compatible with

PCIe Gen3 x2, PCIe Gen3 x1,

PCIe Gen2 x4, PCIe Gen2 x2,

and PCIe Gen2 x1

■ Windows® 8.1, 10

LIMITED WARRANTY

5 Years

09/20