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Rating 4.8 out of 5 stars with 221 reviews

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    Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.9 out of 5 stars

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96%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers have good things to say about the P40 Game Drive's performance, storage capacity, and ease of use, frequently praising its fast load times and compact size. Many appreciate the RGB lighting and compatibility with multiple gaming platforms. While some mention the drive can get warm during use and that the price point is a bit high, the positive feedback on its speed and functionality outweighs these concerns.

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  • Pros mentioned:
    Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great SSD with Great Style!

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    Posted . Owned for 9 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I have had this SSD for a little while now and I have so far been very happy with it. Speeds are good, the exterior style is cool that matches my OMEN Laptop, and it even comes with LEDs that run down the length of the drive just under the seams. It results in an almost "under-glow" style of lighting, think 00's tuner car culture and also comes with a UI to make them flash, fade, etc. But if I absolutely had to find a fault with it, it does get a little warm under heavy load at times [but never to the point of overheating]. So, overall, a good buy! I would buy another for sure. But, could use some improved cooling on future models.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    HDD still fine in 2025

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    Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I use this game drive on my PC mostly for VR titles and older games. No, it's not an SSD and it loads games a bit slow, but it still works good. I even played some newer AAA titles on this 5400RPM drive and it was fine. Some things will pop in-game a little slow at first, but as soon as the game loads up all the way their is little to no performance issues.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Speed
    Cons mentioned:
    Price

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Excellent. Hits all marks except on price

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Super fast, easy to connect to PS5. I see no difference when playing PS4 games fully loaded and played from this drive vs. the internal PS5 drive. Looks very nice at night with the side LED's. Only reason I'm not giving it 5-stars is the price

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great portable SSD to expand your Gaming Library

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    Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Bought this after my laptop was close to running out of room from the internal SSD's and it's been great so far running Elden Ring, Baldur's Gate and Cyberpunk. Haven't experienced any stutters, glitches and load times are excellent. One thing to note however is that you should make sure that you have USB Gen 3 2x2 if you want to make the full use this SSD for read/write which will for USB is very good as you'll get roughly 2k read and 2k write. While not as fast as putting an NVME in a PCIE lane it's come a long way for USB storage and can be 4 times faster than a standard SATA SSD. However if you have only USB 3.2 gen 2 you'll get about half the throughput which is about 1k read/write. While it's still twice as fast as a SATA SSD it's something to take note of if you want to make the most out of this drive. All in all, great purchase for adding more storage in a pinch!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Speed, Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Game Drive review

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Loads up games quickly and has plenty of storage for everyday use. Very potable as well and doesn't take up much space.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Performance, Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Fantastic

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    Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This works great! I set it up on my laptop and all my games run without issues. Fast and easy.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    There great so buyy themm

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    Posted . Owned for 6 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I actually bought one of these awhile ago and i absolutely love it!!! I recommend this out of anything or brand out there!!! I was using standard sdd storage and then saw this so i bought it as i said above obviously but they save the files so when you plug in and it has the app, it just adds the game or so without redoing anything so definitely will stick with. If you play star citizen these wont work for them

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Game on

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Fast sleek and the RGB lighting looks cool. Its very light and portable

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Perfect

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    Posted . Owned for 8 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Son loves it. It was easy to setup and his games run smoother using this then they did prior on his laptop

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    No driver/install issues!

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    When I tell you I could have cried when I plugged this into my computer and it just immediately *worked*. I spent 3 hours trying to get a Sandisk Pro SSD to work earlier and after finally giving up I switched to this SSD. Even better this was $60 cheaper too! The colors are cool and it's quick as hell. Perfect for Baldur's Gate!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance, Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great drive

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Like that it is suffcienly fast (389 Mbps on writes and 366 Mpbs on reads on a 5GB file). Still going strong after about a month's use. Will report back in a year to announce how it is doing. Hoping to have at least 5 years use with this drive.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Perfect!

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    Posted . Owned for 8 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great SSD with rgb lighting, fast and very reliable so far. I take it all over the place and so far no problems at all. Would definitely recommend, maybe even buy another.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Ease of use, Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Excellent

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I purchased to replace a Sandisk extreme usb c drive. I didn’t expect much of a difference but wow was I wrong. The transfer speed is so much better with the wd black p40. The app is also very easy to use.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Speed
    Cons mentioned:
    Heat

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    A HOT Item!

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    A great piece of hardware! I ran numerous heavy graphics games off of it on both MacOS and Windows; transferred files with no problem; and lastly, I absolutly love RGB, so this hit all of my marks! My only problem with it was that it got very hot very fast (which of course is entirely expected when i used it for what i did). Would recommend to any person (gaming, photos, etc.) looking for a fast, reliable, quality, and portable SSD.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great alternative to open up your case.

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works great. Fast. Just open and plug in to usb. No need to open case. Games run great

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Performance, Size

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Awesome SSD

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    Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The drive is extremely small, compact, and fast. From games to transferring files on my Mac, this ssd has been working perfectly for me. Will definitely be on the look out for this item again for my other devices when it goes on sale.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    External hard drive

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great for those gaming laptops that just dont have enough memory to keep up with your games. Can also be used for game consoles.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Ease of use, Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    No more deleting games to make room for new ones.

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Just what I needed for my Ps5. 1TB of memory has taken care of my console memory problems. I like that is external so I don’t have to take anything off.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Speed, Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great ssd for system expansion

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    Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I needed more storage on my Xbox one s and this drive is amazing. Speeds are decent and I can’t tell a difference from what’s being played from this drive vs internal. Sale price was even better. Awesome ssd

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Size, Speed
    Best Buy Employee

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good SSD for ps5

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Really fast for an external ssd. actually does about 1.3Gbps read and write but still leagues ahead of the competition. Super compact and light so it works great for traveling.

    I would recommend this to a friend