--- title: In 2025, I bought four WD Black 8TB NVMe… | daily.dev description: A developer shares that in 2025 they purchased four WD Black 8TB NVMe SSDs, placed them in a Thunderbolt enclosure, and configured them as a 32TB RAID 0 volume... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/in-2025-i-bought-four-wd-black-8tb-nvme--f8eufjkpn twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: In 2025, I bought four WD Black 8TB NVMe… | daily.dev og:description: A developer shares that in 2025 they purchased four WD Black 8TB NVMe SSDs, placed them in a Thunderbolt enclosure, and configured them as a 32TB RAID 0 volume... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/in-2025-i-bought-four-wd-black-8tb-nvme--f8eufjkpn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/F8euFJkpn.png og:image:alt: In 2025, I bought four WD Black 8TB NVMe… og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # In 2025, I bought four WD Black 8TB NVMe… **[Justin Searls](https://daily.dev/sources/searls)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A developer shares that in 2025 they purchased four WD Black 8TB NVMe SSDs, placed them in a Thunderbolt enclosure, and configured them as a 32TB RAID 0 volume for a Mac Studio. The original cost was ~$2,200, but the same drives now cost over $5,800, making the early purchase feel prescient in hindsight. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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