Product Description
Expand your PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X/S console storage with this Western Digital WB_BLACK D30 game drive SSD. The 1TB capacity provides ample room for your gaming library. Featuring a 10 Gbps USB Type-C interface, this Western Digital WB_BLACK D30 game drive SSD supports quick data transfer, and read speeds of up to 900 MB/sec. ensure fast load times.
Dimension
Product Height : 2.38 inches
Product Width :1.8 inches
Product Depth :
Product Weight :4.8 ounces
Features
USB Type-C interface Offers simple connection to your console or PC.
High-performance speeds up to 900MB/sec.** It helps optimize your console or PC gaming experience and drive your game.
Compatible with most next-generation consoles Including Xbox Series X|S (play and store Xbox One games or archive Xbox Series X|S games) or PlayStation 5 (for PS4 games only). Also works with Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 4 Pro.
1TB storage capacity* Provides ample storage space for games, so you can keep expanding your collection without having to delete your favorites on your console.
Portable and durable design This special form factor gives you the ability to bring your game library with you wherever you go.
Three years of warranty You can be certain that your WD_BLACK D30 Game Drive SSD will have your back as you continue your quest to victory.
* As used for storage capacity, one gigabyte (GB) is equal to one billion bytes, and one terabyte (TB) is equal to one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment.
** Based on read speed and internal testing. As used for transfer rate, megabyte per second (MB/sec.) is equal to one million bytes per second. Performance will vary depending on your hardware and software components and configurations.
What's Included
WD WD_BLACK D30 1TB Game Drive for PlayStation and Xbox External USB Type-C Portable Solid State Drive
USB Type-C to Type-A cable
Owner's manual
Reviews
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Realiable speed!
With the increase in the size of the new video games, the gaming consoles' storage capacity remains at 1TB, such as the new Xbox series X and PS5. So the only option that remains is to download one or two games to play, and when completed, I have to delete and download another. Personally, I'm not too fond of this solution because I often like to go back to my old games to play. In such cases, extended storage is the practical solution. This WD Black D30 1TB is a definitive remedy to the storage capacity issue since the high graphics games are taking much space. WD SSD D30 size is compact and looks excellent and sits in place "thank you for the base." My experience has gone smooth and flawless. First, I hooked it up to my PS5 using the front USB-A, and once connected, I got the message of a need to format the SSD drive to use it as external storage. Next, I moved one pre-installed game from internal to external storage, and the transfer rate was significant fast, and 57 GB of game size was completely transferred in 8-10 minutes. However, I reversed the process by moving the game back from my WD SSD to PS5 internal storage, and here the transfer time was cut down to 5 minutes. Another attempt is to hook up my WD D30 to my Xbox series X using the front USB-A, but the first attempt did not go so well as the SSD drive was shown as media storage only. Then I noticed the USB cable was not securely plugged into the Xbox USB-A port, which tells me if the USB is not plugged in completely, then the SSD drive shows media storage only. Once the cable is connected, the pop-up screen has shown up, and I went to settings/ system/storage and saw the new external storage listed right below the internal. I went ahead and installed a new game (Valhalla) on the WD SSD drive; after 10-14 minutes, the download was complete, but the game did not load up, so I installed it again on my internal, and the game worked just fine. I thought about moving another game just to give it a try because if this SSD is only to store games on it, then to me, it is useless; I moved Tom Clancy's The Division 2, and Voila! It worked immediately, and I was amazed that the game loaded up from the external drive and was smooth and with no lags. My conclusion was that certain games could be installed and played directly from this WD SSD, and others can only be stored, and whenever I need to play them, I just move them to the internal storage as the time of moving them is shorter than redownloading them again—excellent and reliable speed.
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Not a Black drive
WD has a performance Black high end drives that has generally great reviews. So riding on the praise of the Black NVMe is this drive clinging to the Black brand. No. This drive contains a WD Blue NVMe, the older WD SN500. A cheaper, but still respectable, NVMe drive that performs up to 1/2 what a true Black drive can. While I do love the Blues as an inexpensive option in my builds, it's sad they they use the Black branding on a device that has no Black drive in it. Keep that in mind if you purchase this. I got the D30 to mainly use on my Xbox One S. Coping about 100GB of games (all two games, lol) took about 20 or so minutes - I had to walk away during the copy. Load time was faster, but I forgot to time the load time off the internal HD so I compare. Having extra space in a small form factor is a nice feature for my Xbox. Now, you can use the D30 on a PC, but you can't swap back and forth without formatting. On a PC I only tested with the stock cable as I couldn't find my C to C 3.2 cable. Peak read was 462 read with 440 write. Even the random tests were respectable. Overall, this is a great external drive for everyday use or gaming. I do wish the case were smaller to take advantage of the NVMe's size. WD is building a history of deception as bad as cellphones use the word "unlimited." First was the relabeling of Green drives as Blue and having the ridiculous high load count and slower platters. Recently, selling SMR drives in their Red NAS drives instead of CMR which gives reduced reliability in a server environment. I wish they'd clean up their act and get back to what made them a good company. Because of the shady practices, this drive only passes as average, but I'd still recommend it as long as the buyer knows they're not getting a Black drive.
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Ps5 SSD
So far so good. I can store plenty of my games on this ssd and the transfer speeds are great
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Optimized for Xbox Series X
S games WON'T play
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WD - D30 1TB USB Type-C
The WD - D30 1TB USB Type-C has done very well for our Xbox.
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Perfect for PS5
Stores AND plays all my PS4 titles. After reading some reviews I put it through the wringer. Warms up slightly with extensive use, but not noticeable. Runs perfectly out of the rear usb ports which is good because I think it looks tacky in the front usb-c port. Love it!
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Great Value Storage
Not a bad device. I loved it. Just make sure to install it properly.
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Great value for the price
It does what it is supposed to do. Now my son has stopped complaining about not having enough space for all his games on his PS5
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For XBOX ONE
Easy set up for my XBOX ONE. I got thr SSD type so loading games and play is faster.
