WD - P50 1TB External USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Portable SSD - Black
Model: WDBA3S0010BBK-WESN
SKU: 6400534
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Customers consistently note the P50 1TB External USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Portable SSD's fast speed, compact design, and compatibility with the PS5. It is also praised for its ample storage capacity and excellent gaming performance. While some users have concerns about its price and the fact that it can get hot, many feel that the pros outweigh the cons and highly recommend it.
This device is getting great performance connected to my Asus G15 Strix Advantage Edition laptop. The highest throughput my laptop has is USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C. This SSD achieved the appropriate speed for that particular throughput at approximately 1,000+ Read & 900+ Write Speeds. In order to hit the 2,000 Read speeds, you will need a USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 computer or device, which there aren't many at the moment. Just know that when you purchase it. I can easily game with the external drive without issues. Just understand that the device is formatted for exFAT in order to be compatible with Windows, MAC and consoles. If you are only going to be using the drive on a Windows machine, you may want to reformat to NTFS. When placing PC files on the drive, your file size will likely be much much larger than the native file because of how the exFAT formats files. For example, my PC game with a total file size of a little less than 6GB took approximately 45GB of space because the particular game has a lot of little files. It really surprised me when I observed this the first time and had to read about why it occurred. Just trying to help you in case you experience something similar. I may reformat to NTFS since this drive will primarily be for my Windows gaming computer. The device looks great, is really fast, silent and doesn't get too hot. Just know the proper speeds you should be getting through your particular throughput device and consider the above drive formats. Anyhow, I think you will really like this device and it comes with a 5 year warranty for peace of mind.
Posted by Kyle
This little drive is incredibly fast! I’m a professional digital artist with tons of content and late 2014 Mac Mini desktop computer which is already laden with tons of Adobe and Microsoft Office software. I did upgrade so an EVO SSD (1 tb) but still with well over 500 gigs of content I was beginning to experience some lag. I dumped it all onto this ssd the other day and it took only 18 minutes! (despite this computer having only the now somewhat outdated usb 3.0 ports) Bravo! What a great little external!
Posted by Dmoneylovesyou
If you buy a PS5 and want to keep your PS4 games stored then do yourself a favor and grab this ssd also. The speeds with this are ridanculous just like the PS5.
Posted by jazeppi
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