Purposebuilt for gamers based on WD BLACK quality and reliability so you can play without limits. Highperformance HDD in speeds up to 250MB/s to optimise your console or PC gaming experience. Portable form factor that provides fast access to your gaming library, anywhere you go. Comes with a free 1months membership of Xbox game pass ultimate, giving you access to over 100+ game titles and Xbox Live gold. Up to 5TB that can hold up to 125 games, so that you can save old favorites and still have room for new titles.
Purposebuilt for gamers based on WD BLACK quality and reliability so you can play without limits. Highperformance HDD in speeds up to 250MB/s to optimise your console or PC gaming experience. Portable form factor that provides fast access to your gaming library, anywhere you go. Comes with a free 1months membership of Xbox game pass ultimate, giving you access to over 100+ game titles and Xbox Live gold. Up to 5TB that can hold up to 125 games, so that you can save old favorites and still have room for new titles.
Purposebuilt for gamers based on WD BLACK quality and reliability so you can play without limits. Highperformance HDD in speeds up to 250MB/s to optimise your console or PC gaming experience. Portable form factor that provides fast access to your gaming library, anywhere you go. Comes with a free 1months membership of Xbox game pass ultimate, giving you access to over 100+ game titles and Xbox Live gold. Up to 5TB that can hold up to 125 games, so that you can save old favorites and still have room for new titles.
Purposebuilt for gamers based on WD BLACK quality and reliability so you can play without limits. Highperformance HDD in speeds up to 250MB/s to optimise your console or PC gaming experience. Portable form factor that provides fast access to your gaming library, anywhere you go. Comes with a free 1months membership of Xbox game pass ultimate, giving you access to over 100+ game titles and Xbox Live gold. Up to 5TB that can hold up to 125 games, so that you can save old favorites and still have room for new titles.
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WD_BLACK 4TB P10 Game Drive for Xbox, Portable External HDD, USB 3.2 Gen 1 Interface, Up to 130 MB/s Speed, for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Micro-B Con
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WD BLACK P10 For Xbox 4TB External USB Portable Game Drive
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BLACK 4TB P10 Game Drive for Xbox - 1-Month Xbox Game Pass, Portable External Hard Drive for On-The-Go Access To Your Xbox Game library - WDBA5G0040BB
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FIrst I got WD 8TB Red NAS PRO internal, as I need to substitute my WD Blue 3TB Media storage. That drive temps easily got into high 40s Celsius during file transfer, too hot for my Desktop setup (I have 3 WD Gold Helium (2TB, 8TB and 10TB), a WD Green (3TB) and a WD Blue (3TB) and Samsung SSD as system drive). All my drives very seldom got close to 50 C, and only during hot Summer days.I needed new hard drive fast as something got corrupted on my Blue HDD and at that time I did not know yet what it was, HDD bad sectors or just files got corrupted (right now it seems like I got 5 corrupted media files, but planning to scan my Blue with HDScan just in case), so urgent rescue was necessary.WD Red PRO could stay somewhat cool only with household fan blowing directly ... MoreFIrst I got WD 8TB Red NAS PRO internal, as I need to substitute my WD Blue 3TB Media storage. That drive temps easily got into high 40s Celsius during file transfer, too hot for my Desktop setup (I have 3 WD Gold Helium (2TB, 8TB and 10TB), a WD Green (3TB) and a WD Blue (3TB) and Samsung SSD as system drive). All my drives very seldom got close to 50 C, and only during hot Summer days.I needed new hard drive fast as something got corrupted on my Blue HDD and at that time I did not know yet what it was, HDD bad sectors or just files got corrupted (right now it seems like I got 5 corrupted media files, but planning to scan my Blue with HDScan just in case), so urgent rescue was necessary.WD Red PRO could stay somewhat cool only with household fan blowing directly into HDD cage, not good. So I looked around and saw a comment that External Black has HGST HDD, that was a revelation, and that happened during Black Friday, price dropped to $199, so I returned my RED PRO and got this Black one.As of now, writing my review, my files are getting copied to External Black from Internal Blue. I tried to put Black vertically as it should be, but my temps went up to 48 C very fast (MAX temp allowed is 60C), so I decided not to get any chances, placed Black horizontally, put 2 external 80cm USB TermalTake fans full speed on one side - not as loud as household Vonado fan and temp is steady at 43 C during past 5 hours of file transfer. Idle temp after transfer is 41-42C, so it gets only 1-2 C up during hard work with adequate cooling, that is excellent. Good choice for my needs.So I investigated a bit to figure out what is really going on with temps, as my WD Gold Enterprise Class HDDs run much cooler.Apparently, WD is moving away from Helium filled HDDs (Gold, or anything what have HE in model name) to Air filled, cheaper to produce, but Air filled HDDs are in fact run 10-12 C warmer than Helium HDDs. So my previous experience with WD RED NAS PRO was in fact normal, but it has to be run in very good ventilated Server, not tight Desktop.So, what is really inside of this 8TB Black box? HGST hus728t8tale6l4/UltraStar DC HC320 (AIR filled), which is Enterprise Class HDD coming to replace WD Gold Helium filled WD8003FRYZ-01xxxxx, which are discontinued a few years ago, but still possible to find nowadays. And External enclosure comes with 3 years warranty, which I guess is limited by enclosure, as UltraStar DC HC320 comes with 5 year warranty, which is a winner compare to 3 years warranty for RED NAS PRO.I hope it will last as my Gold HDDs (almost 3 years now, and all perfect) and longer.So get it before WD will realize that consumer don't need Enterprise Class HDD enclosure and will substitute it with something cheaper as it done in past - I have 6-7 years old My Book External 8TB Helium HDD, one of the first ones, still working like new, not a single hiccup. Nowadays regular WD Externals come with either Green or RED HDDs, which are far inferior to my 7200 rpm Helium.If it is not DOA or produces loud clicking noise, it will last most likely forever in regular consumer applications, so strongly recommend.
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I've used my D10 for something like 2 years since ordering off of Newegg early on in the pandemic, and was very satisfied with the actual performance of the drive when using it as a secondary SteamLibrary unit.Allocating disk space during Steam game installs can either be instantaneous, semi-fast, or agonizingly slow depending on the type of storage media you're installing your game onto, and most HDDs tend to err on the agonizining slow slide of things--even the 7,200 RPM drives (especially the external drives) unless you've got a proper SATA setup going on.Suffice it to say, the D10 is nothing like other HDDs insomuch as Steam library installations go. Every install that I've put on this drive has been on the instantaneous/very-fast side of things, and when ... MoreI've used my D10 for something like 2 years since ordering off of Newegg early on in the pandemic, and was very satisfied with the actual performance of the drive when using it as a secondary SteamLibrary unit.Allocating disk space during Steam game installs can either be instantaneous, semi-fast, or agonizingly slow depending on the type of storage media you're installing your game onto, and most HDDs tend to err on the agonizining slow slide of things--even the 7,200 RPM drives (especially the external drives) unless you've got a proper SATA setup going on.Suffice it to say, the D10 is nothing like other HDDs insomuch as Steam library installations go. Every install that I've put on this drive has been on the instantaneous/very-fast side of things, and when you're queueing up multiple games (especially if you've got several terabytes worth of titles you're interested in putting in your download queue) this seemingly simple difference in space allocation speed can literally shave as much as 30-60 minutes of waiting time off of your queueing process if you're lining up 30-40+ titles for download.Not to mention, faster write speeds and space allocation also means there's less of a hardware throttle/bottleneck on your download speeds; if you have 2.5GB fiber optic like me, this can mean the difference in as much as 50-100MB/s of download throughput per second. I have external SSDs (first generation, mind you) that are slower than my D10--this is one impressive HDD, and for the price its seriously hard considering buying anything else for the excellent performance. I got mine on sale during Black Friday for something like $79--that's a hair less than $10 per terabyte of storage. This is buy far the best price:performance ratio on any single piece of storage hardware (hell, maybe even just hardware in general) that I've ever paid for. The only disk better for my money that I've bought is my SK Hynix P41 2TB @ $139, and that's a Gen4 M2 clocking 7,000MBs both R/W that I was able to cop at a freakishly good Cyber Monday deal. So that's saying something.Unfortunately, I had to take off a star because I bought a brand new computer and with my new battlestation came a transition from Windows 10 to the new Windows 11. And now I can't get my new computer to read my D10 WD_Black drive at all, no matter which USB port I plug it into--I'm using an ASUS Crosshair VIII, so all my ports are 3.1 and 3.2. And it's not a Endpoints issue common with USB problems on Win 11; I've uninstalled all my other USB devices and left this the only one plugged in but it still won't be recognized by the explorer shell. If I plug it in to my Win 10 computer, however, it shows up just fine still. Talk about frustrating!! Sadly, I had to remove a star on the rating due to this serious compatibility issue, because I've downloaded all the suggested software and drivers/driver updates recommended in troubleshooting guides to zero avail.I'm keeping my fingers cross that it'll magically appear in explorer one day and I can once again enjoy this wonderful device. The performance difference while using these other spare external drives is massively noticeable when playing games, particularly when it comes to preloading textures and streaming cutscenes during gameplay. The D10 was smooth as butter and absolutely mellifluous, and now I'm having to deal with macro and microstuttering on the older external SSDs that I've been forced to replace my D10 with in the meantime, and it's an annoyingly disappointing nuisance. I just want my D10 back in action! :(
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replaced 4tb wd external drive with this one for both ps4 and xbox. I didn't want to at first because the 4th drives don't require a separate power cable and things were nice and tidy, but I ran out of space on both with games. I purchased a 5tb wd black external first, but that was still not enough space. This was my final option and I am content. Don't like having a separate power cord for it, but it seems 5 tb is the highest for the usb powered ones so this has to do. Its 7.35tb as one would expect and it can hold plenty of games. over 119 ps4 games on it now, BUT I see a 12 tb wd black drive and I think i need that one. I have 90% of all my digital games for ps4 loaded and I am almost out of space again. I dont like to delete and download games over again, ... Morereplaced 4tb wd external drive with this one for both ps4 and xbox. I didn't want to at first because the 4th drives don't require a separate power cable and things were nice and tidy, but I ran out of space on both with games. I purchased a 5tb wd black external first, but that was still not enough space. This was my final option and I am content. Don't like having a separate power cord for it, but it seems 5 tb is the highest for the usb powered ones so this has to do. Its 7.35tb as one would expect and it can hold plenty of games. over 119 ps4 games on it now, BUT I see a 12 tb wd black drive and I think i need that one. I have 90% of all my digital games for ps4 loaded and I am almost out of space again. I dont like to delete and download games over again, rather just have them all on the drive to play at any time. Good drive, not loud.
| General | |
| Device Type | Hard drive - external (portable) |
| Capacity | 4 TB |
| Interface | USB 3.2 Gen 1 |
| Width | 88 mm |
WD_BLACK 4TB P10 Game Drive for Xbox, Portable External HDD, USB 3.2 Gen 1 Interface, Up to 130 MB/s Speed, for Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Micro-B Con
Delivery between 15–22 May $45.70
WD BLACK P10 For Xbox 4TB External USB Portable Game Drive
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BLACK 4TB P10 Game Drive for Xbox - 1-Month Xbox Game Pass, Portable External Hard Drive for On-The-Go Access To Your Xbox Game library - WDBA5G0040BB
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WD_BLACK P10 4TB Game Drive for Xbox One On-The-Go Access to Xbox Game Library
Delivery between 16–20 May $15.52
FIrst I got WD 8TB Red NAS PRO internal, as I need to substitute my WD Blue 3TB Media storage. That drive temps easily got into high 40s Celsius during file transfer, too hot for my Desktop setup (I have 3 WD Gold Helium (2TB, 8TB and 10TB), a WD Green (3TB) and a WD Blue (3TB) and Samsung SSD as system drive). All my drives very seldom got close to 50 C, and only during hot Summer days.I needed new hard drive fast as something got corrupted on my Blue HDD and at that time I did not know yet what it was, HDD bad sectors or just files got corrupted (right now it seems like I got 5 corrupted media files, but planning to scan my Blue with HDScan just in case), so urgent rescue was necessary.WD Red PRO could stay somewhat cool only with household fan blowing directly ... MoreFIrst I got WD 8TB Red NAS PRO internal, as I need to substitute my WD Blue 3TB Media storage. That drive temps easily got into high 40s Celsius during file transfer, too hot for my Desktop setup (I have 3 WD Gold Helium (2TB, 8TB and 10TB), a WD Green (3TB) and a WD Blue (3TB) and Samsung SSD as system drive). All my drives very seldom got close to 50 C, and only during hot Summer days.I needed new hard drive fast as something got corrupted on my Blue HDD and at that time I did not know yet what it was, HDD bad sectors or just files got corrupted (right now it seems like I got 5 corrupted media files, but planning to scan my Blue with HDScan just in case), so urgent rescue was necessary.WD Red PRO could stay somewhat cool only with household fan blowing directly into HDD cage, not good. So I looked around and saw a comment that External Black has HGST HDD, that was a revelation, and that happened during Black Friday, price dropped to $199, so I returned my RED PRO and got this Black one.As of now, writing my review, my files are getting copied to External Black from Internal Blue. I tried to put Black vertically as it should be, but my temps went up to 48 C very fast (MAX temp allowed is 60C), so I decided not to get any chances, placed Black horizontally, put 2 external 80cm USB TermalTake fans full speed on one side - not as loud as household Vonado fan and temp is steady at 43 C during past 5 hours of file transfer. Idle temp after transfer is 41-42C, so it gets only 1-2 C up during hard work with adequate cooling, that is excellent. Good choice for my needs.So I investigated a bit to figure out what is really going on with temps, as my WD Gold Enterprise Class HDDs run much cooler.Apparently, WD is moving away from Helium filled HDDs (Gold, or anything what have HE in model name) to Air filled, cheaper to produce, but Air filled HDDs are in fact run 10-12 C warmer than Helium HDDs. So my previous experience with WD RED NAS PRO was in fact normal, but it has to be run in very good ventilated Server, not tight Desktop.So, what is really inside of this 8TB Black box? HGST hus728t8tale6l4/UltraStar DC HC320 (AIR filled), which is Enterprise Class HDD coming to replace WD Gold Helium filled WD8003FRYZ-01xxxxx, which are discontinued a few years ago, but still possible to find nowadays. And External enclosure comes with 3 years warranty, which I guess is limited by enclosure, as UltraStar DC HC320 comes with 5 year warranty, which is a winner compare to 3 years warranty for RED NAS PRO.I hope it will last as my Gold HDDs (almost 3 years now, and all perfect) and longer.So get it before WD will realize that consumer don't need Enterprise Class HDD enclosure and will substitute it with something cheaper as it done in past - I have 6-7 years old My Book External 8TB Helium HDD, one of the first ones, still working like new, not a single hiccup. Nowadays regular WD Externals come with either Green or RED HDDs, which are far inferior to my 7200 rpm Helium.If it is not DOA or produces loud clicking noise, it will last most likely forever in regular consumer applications, so strongly recommend.
I've used my D10 for something like 2 years since ordering off of Newegg early on in the pandemic, and was very satisfied with the actual performance of the drive when using it as a secondary SteamLibrary unit.Allocating disk space during Steam game installs can either be instantaneous, semi-fast, or agonizingly slow depending on the type of storage media you're installing your game onto, and most HDDs tend to err on the agonizining slow slide of things--even the 7,200 RPM drives (especially the external drives) unless you've got a proper SATA setup going on.Suffice it to say, the D10 is nothing like other HDDs insomuch as Steam library installations go. Every install that I've put on this drive has been on the instantaneous/very-fast side of things, and when ... MoreI've used my D10 for something like 2 years since ordering off of Newegg early on in the pandemic, and was very satisfied with the actual performance of the drive when using it as a secondary SteamLibrary unit.Allocating disk space during Steam game installs can either be instantaneous, semi-fast, or agonizingly slow depending on the type of storage media you're installing your game onto, and most HDDs tend to err on the agonizining slow slide of things--even the 7,200 RPM drives (especially the external drives) unless you've got a proper SATA setup going on.Suffice it to say, the D10 is nothing like other HDDs insomuch as Steam library installations go. Every install that I've put on this drive has been on the instantaneous/very-fast side of things, and when you're queueing up multiple games (especially if you've got several terabytes worth of titles you're interested in putting in your download queue) this seemingly simple difference in space allocation speed can literally shave as much as 30-60 minutes of waiting time off of your queueing process if you're lining up 30-40+ titles for download.Not to mention, faster write speeds and space allocation also means there's less of a hardware throttle/bottleneck on your download speeds; if you have 2.5GB fiber optic like me, this can mean the difference in as much as 50-100MB/s of download throughput per second. I have external SSDs (first generation, mind you) that are slower than my D10--this is one impressive HDD, and for the price its seriously hard considering buying anything else for the excellent performance. I got mine on sale during Black Friday for something like $79--that's a hair less than $10 per terabyte of storage. This is buy far the best price:performance ratio on any single piece of storage hardware (hell, maybe even just hardware in general) that I've ever paid for. The only disk better for my money that I've bought is my SK Hynix P41 2TB @ $139, and that's a Gen4 M2 clocking 7,000MBs both R/W that I was able to cop at a freakishly good Cyber Monday deal. So that's saying something.Unfortunately, I had to take off a star because I bought a brand new computer and with my new battlestation came a transition from Windows 10 to the new Windows 11. And now I can't get my new computer to read my D10 WD_Black drive at all, no matter which USB port I plug it into--I'm using an ASUS Crosshair VIII, so all my ports are 3.1 and 3.2. And it's not a Endpoints issue common with USB problems on Win 11; I've uninstalled all my other USB devices and left this the only one plugged in but it still won't be recognized by the explorer shell. If I plug it in to my Win 10 computer, however, it shows up just fine still. Talk about frustrating!! Sadly, I had to remove a star on the rating due to this serious compatibility issue, because I've downloaded all the suggested software and drivers/driver updates recommended in troubleshooting guides to zero avail.I'm keeping my fingers cross that it'll magically appear in explorer one day and I can once again enjoy this wonderful device. The performance difference while using these other spare external drives is massively noticeable when playing games, particularly when it comes to preloading textures and streaming cutscenes during gameplay. The D10 was smooth as butter and absolutely mellifluous, and now I'm having to deal with macro and microstuttering on the older external SSDs that I've been forced to replace my D10 with in the meantime, and it's an annoyingly disappointing nuisance. I just want my D10 back in action! :(
replaced 4tb wd external drive with this one for both ps4 and xbox. I didn't want to at first because the 4th drives don't require a separate power cable and things were nice and tidy, but I ran out of space on both with games. I purchased a 5tb wd black external first, but that was still not enough space. This was my final option and I am content. Don't like having a separate power cord for it, but it seems 5 tb is the highest for the usb powered ones so this has to do. Its 7.35tb as one would expect and it can hold plenty of games. over 119 ps4 games on it now, BUT I see a 12 tb wd black drive and I think i need that one. I have 90% of all my digital games for ps4 loaded and I am almost out of space again. I dont like to delete and download games over again, ... Morereplaced 4tb wd external drive with this one for both ps4 and xbox. I didn't want to at first because the 4th drives don't require a separate power cable and things were nice and tidy, but I ran out of space on both with games. I purchased a 5tb wd black external first, but that was still not enough space. This was my final option and I am content. Don't like having a separate power cord for it, but it seems 5 tb is the highest for the usb powered ones so this has to do. Its 7.35tb as one would expect and it can hold plenty of games. over 119 ps4 games on it now, BUT I see a 12 tb wd black drive and I think i need that one. I have 90% of all my digital games for ps4 loaded and I am almost out of space again. I dont like to delete and download games over again, rather just have them all on the drive to play at any time. Good drive, not loud.
This is about as fast as gaming HDDs get, yet it will never compete with a SSD. The value lies in the large 8TB capacity, great for storing PS4/5 games. (It should work equally well with XBox.) I did find it a bit faster than my older USB 3.0 HDD. It is relatively quiet, although one can hear it spool up and click away. It is not noticeable unless one listens for it. It is also actively cooled with an internal fan and ventilation slots in the housing. It comes with a stand for holding it verticallly or it can sit horizontally on a flat surface. At around $200 and 8TB capacity, it’s a good value for a gaming storage HDD.
I received this product in exchange for my fair and unbiased review.The WD Black P10 Game Drive for Xbox is a fast way to backup games on a Series X or Series S system, and is also fast enough to play games off of on an Xbox One, One S, or One X.Setup on the Xbox is super easy - just plug in and follow the on-screen prompts. Once it's set up, you can use the drive to store games.It's fairly quick, too, especially for a traditional hard drive. I did connect the P10 to a Windows PC and got 125 megabyte per second read speeds and 120 megabyte per second write speeds on large files. For sake of comparison to other hard drives, small files were read between 512 kilobytes (half a megabyte) and 2.5 megabytes per second, and written between 512 kilobytes and 24.5 ... MoreI received this product in exchange for my fair and unbiased review.The WD Black P10 Game Drive for Xbox is a fast way to backup games on a Series X or Series S system, and is also fast enough to play games off of on an Xbox One, One S, or One X.Setup on the Xbox is super easy - just plug in and follow the on-screen prompts. Once it's set up, you can use the drive to store games.It's fairly quick, too, especially for a traditional hard drive. I did connect the P10 to a Windows PC and got 125 megabyte per second read speeds and 120 megabyte per second write speeds on large files. For sake of comparison to other hard drives, small files were read between 512 kilobytes (half a megabyte) and 2.5 megabytes per second, and written between 512 kilobytes and 24.5 megabytes per second. Because speed claims are always based on longer file reads and writes, I'll give WD credit on this drive living up to its speed claims.There are a few areas this drive does fall short for me, however. First, it uses the USB Micro B connector instead of USB-C, so if you break the cable or need a longer cable, it's not as readily available. Second, white the white indicator light was a nice touch, the rest of the aesthetics are bad; the drive should have been a solid color (black, white, or Xbox Green). Third, my drive got warm while copying Master Chief Collection (150GB) from the Xbox to the P10; ventilation should have been a thing on this. Finally, and again, why didn't this drive get a USB-C port instead of the USB Micro B port?So as far as recommending this goes, it'll all in what your needs are. Do you need extra space on your Xbox One, One S, or One X device? Go for it. Do you want to be able to quickly move games on and off a backup for when you want to play them on your Series S or Series X? This is perfect for you. Are you not concerned about speed and money's tight? You could save some money with a less expensive external drive at the same capacity. For the performance, however, it's a good value.
I used this drive to take all the Xbox One (and Xbox 360, and OG Xbox) games off of my very well used Day One 2013 Xbox One console with older, smaller external drives in preparation to transfer them to an Xbox Series S.It was so easy. I plugged it into the Xbox One and the system asked me if I wanted to use it for media or games. I chose games and it formatted the drive. I set all the games to move to this drive, and later that day, they were all done, about 3.2 TB of them. Then after setting up the new Xbox Series S, and making it my home console, I just unplugged this drive from the old Xbox One and plugged it into the Xbox Series S.In very short order, games from the drive were able to be played on the new console. It was the easiest setup and go for a new ... MoreI used this drive to take all the Xbox One (and Xbox 360, and OG Xbox) games off of my very well used Day One 2013 Xbox One console with older, smaller external drives in preparation to transfer them to an Xbox Series S.It was so easy. I plugged it into the Xbox One and the system asked me if I wanted to use it for media or games. I chose games and it formatted the drive. I set all the games to move to this drive, and later that day, they were all done, about 3.2 TB of them. Then after setting up the new Xbox Series S, and making it my home console, I just unplugged this drive from the old Xbox One and plugged it into the Xbox Series S.In very short order, games from the drive were able to be played on the new console. It was the easiest setup and go for a new console I have ever had. The new fangled games or new fangled versions of recent games that are optimized for Series X/S cannot be played off this external drive. On, the X/S they need to be on the internal fast drive of the system, or the special (and expensive) expansion 1 TB drive that is available. If you just need more space for Xbox One era games or want to hold the fancy X/S optimized games for storage when you aren't playing them, this drive is great for that.And for real world usage, for the 3.4 TB I have on the drive right now, that equates to 185 Games and about 16 apps.
Storage is everything. I remember when I had to use multiple floppy disks just to save a document and now we have portable hard drives that are the size of a deck of cards that can store terabytes of data. Last fall, I was lucky enough to snag an Xbox Series X console system and I just recently subscribed to the Game Pass system that Microsoft provides for users. I found several older games that I’ve always enjoyed and even though I invested in a larger hard drive in my console, I was concerned about running out of system space with all of these downloads. That’s why this WD_Black P10 hard drive comes in handy.This hard drive is designed specifically with gamers in mind. The hard drive can reach speeds up to 130 MB/s read/write. It’s a mechanical 2.5-inch hard ... MoreStorage is everything. I remember when I had to use multiple floppy disks just to save a document and now we have portable hard drives that are the size of a deck of cards that can store terabytes of data. Last fall, I was lucky enough to snag an Xbox Series X console system and I just recently subscribed to the Game Pass system that Microsoft provides for users. I found several older games that I’ve always enjoyed and even though I invested in a larger hard drive in my console, I was concerned about running out of system space with all of these downloads. That’s why this WD_Black P10 hard drive comes in handy.This hard drive is designed specifically with gamers in mind. The hard drive can reach speeds up to 130 MB/s read/write. It’s a mechanical 2.5-inch hard drive and works through a USB 3.2 G 1 interface. The hard drive comes with a cable and instruction manual for operation. It also comes with a promo code for 2 months of Xbox Game Pass, which does come in handy. WD includes a 3-year manufacturer’s warranty for parts and labor. The hard drive is black with white trim and it looks great with the Xbox Series X console. It is offered in different capacity sizes up to 5TB, but I chose the 4TB version. The hard drive is a 5400RPM drive, but performs quite well for a mechanical drive.When you plug the hard drive into your console, a message will pop up automatically to ask if you would like to format the hard drive. You have the option to use it for media or for game backups. It you want to use it for game backups, you will need to format it. As a word of warning, once you format it, the hard drive won’t be readable by other computer systems. When the drive is connected, you can manage it later through System Settings.The drive seems to load games pretty fast and with a 4TB HDD, it will certainly have plenty of space to store saved games. It’s very easy to operate and other than the special compatibility with console systems, it’s not much different from a standard HDD when it comes to function. The speeds won’t be as fast as the internal storage on the console simply because the WD_Black isn’t an SSD. Overall, it’s a good hard drive though and I’ve trusted WD for years with data storage. I love that I have this as an option for additional storage for gaming.
Choose your 2 favorites: Tons of storage / inexpensive / data transfer speed - this is hard to pick if money is something you don’t spend compulsively. Finding storage that is as fast as possible, and much as possible, for the price that fits your comfort budget. This external drive is it. So much storage that I don’t have to delete an old game that I never found time to play. I would delete this game for room for games to play with friends, and never look at the game again. Not anymore lol. 8TB will last a while I hope.I use with on a PC (obviously there isn’t any else to game on (jokes, jokes, jokes)). Buying a 4TB SSD was just too expensive for me. So I settled on this and it’s quite satisfying.Also know that WD_BLACK has external SSD’s that have data ... MoreChoose your 2 favorites: Tons of storage / inexpensive / data transfer speed - this is hard to pick if money is something you don’t spend compulsively. Finding storage that is as fast as possible, and much as possible, for the price that fits your comfort budget. This external drive is it. So much storage that I don’t have to delete an old game that I never found time to play. I would delete this game for room for games to play with friends, and never look at the game again. Not anymore lol. 8TB will last a while I hope.I use with on a PC (obviously there isn’t any else to game on (jokes, jokes, jokes)). Buying a 4TB SSD was just too expensive for me. So I settled on this and it’s quite satisfying.Also know that WD_BLACK has external SSD’s that have data transfer rates at about 2000MB/s if more speed is needed.
The WD_BLACK D10 8TB seems to be the best external game drive you can purchase for the PS5 right now. I'll get right down to to the two main reasons why. First, as of the this review, Sony has an 8 TB limit on the maximum storage size its OS will support for a single drive, regardless if it is an HDD or SSD, internal or external. Sony may increase this cap in a future update, but for now at least, an 8 TB drive is your limit.Second, the WD_BLACK D10 8TB External Drive by Western Digital spins at 7200 RPM. This is 30% faster than the majority of external storage out there on the market for your console in that most HDDs spin at 5400 RPM. 7200 RPM equates to faster read and write times. Therefore, even if you are utilizing a 10GB/s bandwidth USB port, you are still ... MoreThe WD_BLACK D10 8TB seems to be the best external game drive you can purchase for the PS5 right now. I'll get right down to to the two main reasons why. First, as of the this review, Sony has an 8 TB limit on the maximum storage size its OS will support for a single drive, regardless if it is an HDD or SSD, internal or external. Sony may increase this cap in a future update, but for now at least, an 8 TB drive is your limit.Second, the WD_BLACK D10 8TB External Drive by Western Digital spins at 7200 RPM. This is 30% faster than the majority of external storage out there on the market for your console in that most HDDs spin at 5400 RPM. 7200 RPM equates to faster read and write times. Therefore, even if you are utilizing a 10GB/s bandwidth USB port, you are still limited to how fast the drive's header can physically write and read data onto the spinning platter. I am getting 200 MB/s writes and 250 MB/s reads with the D10. This is about as fast as you can expect outside of using an SSD for external storage. And sure, though SSDs are preferable due to being much faster, they are still not cost effective for mass storage. By comparison, an 8TB SSD is expensive and really just not a practical cost effective manner for external storage on a console unless money doesn't stand in your way.So I've listed the notable pros. Are there any cons? The 3.5" drive requires more voltage than USB can provide alone, so it comes with an external power adapter. You will need access to a power outlet. Another thing to mention is the case includes a cooling fan to vent heat as the 3.5" 7200 RPM drive runs hotter and needs airflow. Though pretty quiet, you can see still hear it running. That being said, it is drowned out by the sound of the PS5 cooling anyway. So this shouldn't be an issue.All on all, an excellent game drive at a good value for fast transfers and mass storage. PS4 games can be played off the drive and perform to their optimal bandwidth limit. Fast transfer speeds allow you to store your PS5 games conveniently to free up needed space on the console's internal storage without having to delete.
As any owner of a current Gen Xbox knows, the included internal hard drive space is not very big, and that limited space can disappear quickly. This is particularly true of the Series S since the only way to play games on it is to download them. Enter the WD Black External HDD. Setup and drive formatting takes no time at all. And, even though it's an external drive, it performs faily quickly. I had a few games downloaded to the internal HDD prior to getting the WD Black, so I was already familiar with the Series S download speeds on my network. Having configured the Series S to use the WD Black as the primary drive whenever possible, I haven't notice much lag in perfomance, even when downloading games straight to the external drive. Although not every game can be ... MoreAs any owner of a current Gen Xbox knows, the included internal hard drive space is not very big, and that limited space can disappear quickly. This is particularly true of the Series S since the only way to play games on it is to download them. Enter the WD Black External HDD. Setup and drive formatting takes no time at all. And, even though it's an external drive, it performs faily quickly. I had a few games downloaded to the internal HDD prior to getting the WD Black, so I was already familiar with the Series S download speeds on my network. Having configured the Series S to use the WD Black as the primary drive whenever possible, I haven't notice much lag in perfomance, even when downloading games straight to the external drive. Although not every game can be stored and played straight from the external drive, transferring or copying game data from the WD Black to the Series S internal storage is fairly quick. I really can't complain about the time it takes for transfer because it beats having to re-download the game if it's deleted from internal storage. I feel that 4 TB should give me a good amount of space for a fairly sizable library of games. Another great feature is that the drive can be used on other Xbox systems so if I eventually add a Series X to our household, I can share the drive between them.
| General | |
| Device Type | Hard drive - external (portable) |
| Capacity | 4 TB |
| Interface | USB 3.2 Gen 1 |
| Width | 88 mm |
