Western Digital Black AN1500 1TB NVMe Gen3 SSD (Add In Card)

The Western Digital Black AN1500 1TB (WDS100T1X0L, GTIN 718037883823) is an NVMe solid state drive supplied as a PCIe add-in card rather than the more common M.2 stick. According to the source listing, it is a Gen 3 NVMe SSD with a PCIe connector and PCIe form factor, configured at 1TB of storage. That combination makes it a useful option for desktop builders whose motherboards do not have a spare M.2 slot, or who prefer to keep their M.2 sockets free for separate boot or scratch drives. Because it installs into a standard PCIe expansion slot, the AN1500 sidesteps the airflow and thermal constraints of a tight M.2 socket - the card has room for its own heatspreader rather than relying on a motherboard shroud. For shoppers, the practical takeaway is that this drive is well-suited to systems where M.2 slots are already occupied, where a single high-capacity NVMe volume is preferred, or where the case has good airflow over the PCIe area. Verified specifications (from the supplier listing): - Capacity: 1TB - Interface: NVMe - Bus / generation: PCIe Gen 3 - Form factor: PCIe add-in card - Connector: PCIe - Brand: Western Digital (WD_Black family) - SKU: WDS100T1X0L - GTIN/EAN: 718037883823 Sequential and random throughput figures, endurance (TBW), warranty length and bundled software are not present in the source data we hold, so they are intentionally not stated here - please refer to the manufacturer datasheet for those numbers before purchase if they are decision-critical. Best suited to: builders adding NVMe to a board with no free M.2 slot, or anyone wanting an NVMe volume that mounts in a PCIe slot. Less ideal where: your platform is already PCIe Gen 4 / Gen 5 end-to-end and you want to extract maximum sequential bandwidth from a current-generation M.2 drive