Customer Ratings & Reviews

Lil loose of a connection, but overall it does its job well for an alienware computer!

Got this for my xbox series x for extra space. Quick transfer speeds between this and my internal drive.

Super easy to set up / plug in and ready to go. I did reformat drive. Very fast data transfer.

Bought it for use on my PS5. Found out quickly it works on it, but only allows you to save PS4 games on it. I decided to use it for my gaming laptop instead. Fast load times on PC but would not recommend for PlayStation 5.

The P40 1tb ssd is the perfect extension of your Xbox or Playstation console. It's also compatible just as an external drive on your PC depending on how you format the storage. It's nice that you can use the drive with either console or PC without having to buy a separate model. This thing is lightning quick with a nvme drive inside. I ran a few tests on PC and it was as fast as can be expected. It comes with a usb c connection which you want to use for the best transfer speeds but it also comes with a handy usb c to usb a converter if you have a laptop or pc that doesn't have a usb c port. Note that your speeds with going through usb a are going to be limited by the throughput of that port. Size wise its very small and could easily fit in your pocket for storage on the go. The cord seems be a respectable length I wasn't put off by it or excited by it, its the length I was expecting. Really all you will need to do is plug in the drive to your console of choice or PC and format it to be used with that system and off you go. 1tb storage on a nvme ssd over usb-c this is about as good as it gets as far as external storage without replacing the actual ssd inside your pc or gaming console.

This is the fastest external SSD I've used to date, and also the smallest. This is basically a high performance WD black internal NVMe SSD in a really slick external case. The drive feels light, but still rugged in the hand. RGB lighting on the case is a nice touch as well. The size makes it easy to carry in a pants pocket, or small pocket in a backpack. Includes both USB-C to USB-C and USB-C to USB-A cables, so you are covered for older and newer ports. Benchmarks on my PC show ~1000 MB/s read/write, but my PC doesn't support the latest USB 3.2 2x2 that this drive supports, so I expect speeds on a newer machine to be even faster. That being said, the ~1000 MB/S is the fastest I have ever seen on my PC for any external device. I did try installing a game on the drive and played and did not experience any noticeable lag compared to when playing on on internal SSD. So this drive definitely performs the job it's advertised to. To top it all off, the drive comes with a 5-year warranty, this means WD has made these drives to last. Easy choice if you want as superfast external drive for games or anything else.

Didn’t work for what I bought it for. Needed a heat censor one

The WD Black P40 is fast and ultra slim portable drive with some added features. The P40 is not exactly a step up from the P50, but more of a smaller version with some added LED lights. The P40 features an NVMe USB 3.2 Gen 2X2 with speeds up to 2000MB/s, these speeds are definitely questionable considering I was never able to reach even half that, but more on that later. The casing is much smaller this time around, which makes it easier to carry with you. The case is made of a shock proof housing that can protect it from certain drops. This drive no longer has air vents built in, which hasn’t been an issue because this drive doesn’t get anywhere near as hot as the P50 does. The box also includes a USB-C to USB-C cable, which is more than double the length of the P50’s cable. There is also a USB-C to USB-B adapter included as well. The P40 has a few new features this time around, including 2 built-in LED strips on the bottom of the drive. The lights can be customized, and they add a nice illuminating glow to the surface where its placed. The drive also comes with preinstalled software called “the dashboard”. With the software you are able to monitor your read/write speeds with a useful performance chart, as well as check the health of your drive, the current temperature, and customize the LED lights on the drive. While the drive is compatible with both PC and Mac, this part only works with PC. As for the performance of the drive, I am pleased with how well it performs. While it claims it can reach speeds of up to 2000MB/s, my speeds on my PC peaked at 642MB/s. Granted, this is mostly due to the fact that my motherboard doesn’t fully support the latest speeds. But when I plugged it into my MacBook pro with thunderbolt 4, I was able to see some major increase in speeds. I downloaded Overwatch 2 directly to the drive along with the program to run it...It performs flawlessly. The drive never gets that hot, not to mention I can switch over to my desktop on the fly. Overall, I am very pleased with the P40 drive. It’s not exactly an upgrade from the earlier model (the P50), but I don’t think WD was trying to make it one. It does have the potential to reach 2000MB/s, but keep in mind that’s only if you have a motherboard that supports the latest version. The small size makes it easy to carry around with you, and the LED lights give it a unique and satisfying look. The dashboard software gives you great insight on the performance of the drive, as well as customizing options. The one and only complaint I have, I wish they would’ve added some small rubber feet on the bottom to prevent it from sliding around on the desk. Other than that, I think this is a great drive and would definitely recommend it to anyone looking for a new gaming drive.

BEAUTIFUL piece of equipment. I bought this about a month ago so that I could put "heavy" games on it while still using my laptop for school, and it works like a charm. For context, I installed BG3 directly onto my laptop and even on the lowest graphic settings there was enough lag that I couldn't play reliably. I moved it to the SSD and there was an immediate difference - I was even able to increase graphic settings without affecting performance, which rocks. I also have at least 60 GB worth of pictures, videos, and documents on the SSD in addition to another CPU-intensive game and a few lighter games, and I've had no problems so far. I have a USB C port in my computer, so in terms of read speed, there haven't been any issues there either. Aside from how the SSD works, physically it is lovely. It's just as small and light as advertised, actually fits into my pocket, AND has RGB lighting that can be customized or turned off. The SSD can get pretty hot when being used, but you can monitor the temperature using the app/dashboard. I personally use a laptop cooling pad to keep it (and my laptop) cool, but that's more of a precautionary measure and not one that's necessary. It is also incredibly quiet - the cooling pad is louder. All in all, 10/10 would recommend to literally anyone, as it is well worth the price and delivers exactly what promises.

Smaller than expected, but works as it should, has plenty of space and is exactly what I was looking for.

The Western Digital 1TB Portable SSD WD_BLACK P40 Game Drive is a great external storage drive if you’re looking for some extra storage space which you can actually play your games off of without any sort of loss of quality or extended load times. I was previously using a more standard external hard drive with my laptop because the internal drive was not big enough for some of the bigger games like Call of Duty. After plugging the drive in for the first time (I opted to use the USB adapter that was included to plug into a standard USB port on my laptop since I am using my USB-C port for a separate USB hub), the drive was immediately recognized by my Windows-based system and I noticed the dashboard software installer was included on the drive. I went ahead and installed it and I must say I really like the layout. The device’s RGB lighting can be controlled through the dashboard software and they even include a link there to easily download Acronis True Image software in case you need to clone another drive onto the new game drive. Unfortunately for me, the drive I was previously using was also being used as a general storage drive and all I wanted to transfer to the new drive was my game files. After unsuccessfully trying to transfer them over, I finally decided to simply download and install them directly to the drive but this was not the fault of the drive itself or even the software that is included. After installing my games to this new drive and testing them out, I was very impressed and happy with the performance. Great load times, no lagging, basically everything I expected from a dedicated game drive. Overall, the Western Digital 1TB Portable SSD WD_BLACK P40 Game Drive is a great external storage game drive and I highly recommend it!

Very nice. Does the job! I installed several games on this drive. And they all load quick!

It has a cool led lights that at bright and is useful for downloading games on

The Western Digital Black P40 external ssd retails for $149.99 usd. This ssd drive is very fast. It says on the box that its read and write speeds are up to 2000 mb/s. But during my bench mark tests, I got half that with the usb cables that came with it. Thats still plenty fast though compared to most external ssd's on the market. I hooked it up to my Macbook pro and did some tests by editing some videos with Final Cut Pro X and I had no problems with it lagging and it had very short rendering times. I also hooked it up to my Xbox Series X and the big game file transfers only took a couple of minutes. But unfortunately, you can not play games from this external drive. So, in my honest opinion, it's pretty much useless unless you want to just store games on it. For Xbox, you have to purchase one of the Card drives they recommend. The casing for this drive is very nice looking and very sturdy. The shock resistance is rated to take a drop just over 6 ft. I'm not going to test this. The LED light on the out side are pretty cool. And with it hooked up to a PC, you can change the lights and patterns. Overall, this is a great SSD drive with very fast transfers. But I wouldn't recommend it if you're going to use it on the Xbox Series X/S or the PS 5 for playing games unless you just want to store games on it.

This drive is amazing looking as it does perform. I do video editing, do podcasts, and most importantly game and this makes it so easy to game between my laptop and my desktop when it comes to storing games that I want to not download straight on the drive. I love that the drive is USB C I’ve had many drive with a proprietary port that causes issues when the cord is missing. The included USB C to C is great now that most computers are USB C only. It also has a USB C to A adapter which adds to further the flexibility of this drive. The performance is absolutely fantastic on this drive! I can get 1091 MB/s Read and 1050 MB/s Write! You’ll be flying! I transferred a 24 GB game to my computers drive in less than 40 seconds! That’s crazy speeds! The built quality is great. It has an aluminum top for heat dispersion as I does get pretty warm. I really like the utility rugged look and it’s small enough to fit in a pocket. The RGB is the icing on the cake. It flanks both sides and its beautiful addition. You definitely know when it’s plugged in. You can adjust it with the included RGB program and also sync it with your RGB controller software. This is the perfect drive for any gaming or content creator setup.

only hold ps4 games in storage, doesn’t allow you to hold ps5 games

Stop working for a ps5 within 4 months. No way to contact the manufacturer. Best Buy don't even have a number to call them…

This item broke my PS5, once installed it never worked good again. Luckily I have insurance and I was able to swap out for another PS5.

WD - WD_BLACK P40 Game Drive- Small, fast and rugged with a five-year warranty this NVMe solid state portable drive has a forged aluminum cover with shock-resistant guts designed to survive a drop of up to six and a half feet. It is fast with speeds up to 2,000MB/s and comes with a Type-C cable along with a USB-A adapter. Like most computer electronics now a day it has a RGB "Cylon" light on it that is addressable in Windows with the WD Dashboard. A thin multi-color RGB light strip resides on each side of the bottom shell. This drive is designed to work on your pc windows or mac as well as on a game system and are compatible on the PS4, PS5, Xbox one and Xbox Series X. The Xbox Series X/S and PS5 both sport Gen 2 ports (you’ll want to plug into the back of the PS5 — the front ports cap out at 480MB/s). The drive provides fast storage for hot copies of games you can swap to the internal M.2 storage. The WD Dashboard shows all your drives, their interface speeds, health, capacities, temp, and firmware levels. It also monitors drive health and comes with tools to help resolve issues. The Performance tab is where the action is showing read and write speeds hitting 1.84GB/s for any file size larger than 512KB, maintaining this up to 64MB file size and it does so while performing write speeds up to 1.68GB/s with those same file sizes. It took just under 3 minutes to copy 32.78GBs. I did a full clone image of an OS drive in half the time of other USB media. All in all a good well built unit with lots of speed.

First off, I was surprised to plug this in and find it had RGB lights on the underside. You can’t even tell they’re there until it’s plugged in. I love having RGB stuff around my gaming desk, so I immediately fell in love! The drive itself is smaller than anticipated (in a good way!) and is lightweight but also in a very sturdy metal case. Not only does that make it perfect for a gaming laptop on the go, but I’ve been using mine with my Steam Deck. It comes with a short USB C to USB C cable (an extremely thick and sturdy one) that’s a perfect length to attach to the back with a small hook and loop fastener. Speed is excellent and playing games off the hard drive doesn’t seem to be any different than playing from the internal drive. In fact, I set up the Steam Deck to boot Windows from the Western Digital drive and it boots up faster than it does from a SD card. One thing I did notice, however, is that the RGB doesn’t work if I use it as an external drive on a non-windows operating system. I did also test it out on an Xbox Series S. Like all external drives I was able to play Xbox One games from it or could archive Series S/X games, but you can’t play next-get games directly from it. This is a great drive for portable gaming and also perfect for a console or desktop area where you need extra storage that doesn’t take up a lot of desk space.