An Introduction to Five New WD_Black Gaming HDD and SSD

Five New External Drives for Gamers

This week, Western Digital released a new collection of WD_Black gaming drives (HDD and SSD) with radical new industrial designs.

Apparently, Western Digital went the extra mile in the right direction with their latest round of WD_Black gaming drives because users always pay attention to the capabilities of the drives (mostly innards) and the external bits.

The WD_Black SN750 NVMe SSD, previously released by Western Digital, was truly well made. It not only has good performance but also looks pretty awesome. Therefore, Western Digital is aiming to expand on its success with the first wave, bringing five new external drives to the gamer masses.

These WD_Black gaming drives include the new WD_Black P10 Game Drive, P10 Game Drive for Xbox One, D10, D10 for Xbox One, and the boss of them all: the WD_Black P50 Game Drive. These drives bring a variety of storage capacities to the gaming machines you’ve got in your living room, basement, or bedroom.

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1. WD_Black P10 Game Drive

The P10 Game Drive has the following capacity specifications: 2 TB, 4 TB, and 5 TB. The prices are 89.99, 129.99, and 149.99 dollars, respectively. In addition, this drive supports USB 3.2 Gen 1 and achieves speeds up to 140MB/s.

With this drive, your console or PC will be pushed to new levels of performance. On the other hand, you don’t have to compromise which games to delete on your console or PC to make room for new ones.

This drive is compatible with PlayStation 4 Pro or PS4 with system software version 4.50 or higher, Xbox One, Windows 8.1/10, and macOS 10.11+. Last but not least, it has a 3-year warranty.

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2. WD_Black P10 Game Drive for Xbox One

The Xbox One version of the P10 has capacity specifications including 1 TB, 3 TB, and 5 TB. It supports USB 3.2 Gen 1 and can reach speeds up to 130MB/s. In addition, it also has a 3-year warranty. In these aspects, the Xbox One version of the P10 is not much different from the P10 Game Drive.

However, this drive is only compatible with Xbox One and purchasing this drive will bring you a free, 2-month Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership which includes all the benefits of Xbox Live Gold, plus access to 100+ high-quality console and PC games5.

3. WD_Black D10 Game Drive

The D10 Game Drive is also an HDD with up to 8 TB space. It uses USB 3.2 Gen 1 and can reach a maximum speed of 250MB/s rated at 7200RPM. It also features active cooling technology built in to help maintain thermal conditions and reduce failure risk for an optimized gaming experience.

As for the compatibility and the warranty, it is similar to the WD_Black P10 Game Drive.

4. WD_Black D10 Game Drive for Xbox One

The Xbox One version of the D10 has up to 12 TB space and can reach a maximum speed of 250MB/s rated at 7200RPM. It also has built-in active cooling technology. As for the compatibility and the warranty, it is similar to the WD_Black P10 Game Drive for Xbox One.

However, purchasing this drive will bring you a three-month membership of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate.

5. WD_Black P50 Game Drive SSD

The WD_Black P50 Game Drive SSD has capacity specifications including 500 GB, 1 TB, and 2 TB. With the first-to-industry USB 3.2 gen 2×2 port for a game drive that’ll deliver speeds up to 2000MB/s, it is the speediest of the batch. In addition, it has a five-year limited warranty.

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Attention:

The WD_Black P10 Game Drive for Xbox One, the WD_Black D10 Game Drive and the WD_Black D10 for Xbox One will be made available in stores “this quarter.” The WD_Black P50 Game Drive won’t be out until the last quarter of this year.

The WD_Black D10 Game Drive will cost approximately $200 USD and the Xbox One version will cost approximately $300 USD. As for WD_Black P50 Game Drive, it currently has no quoted price.