Put simply, Optimus is the brand for Sandisk’s lineup of NVMe SSDs for desktop PCs, consoles, and handhelds. They all use the NVMe protocol and PCIe bus in some form or another, unlike old-school 2.5in SATA drives, and SD cards for that matter, which means they can offer very fast read and write speeds. Many of the Optimus drives currently available were previously issued under WD Black and Blue branding, but have since been rebranded with a flash of Sandisk lightning, along with moody black, red, and white colour schemes, while retaining the same core model numbers. That’s a great legacy on w