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WD Black P40 Game Drive 500GB External SSD

Simon Crisp September 23, 2022 Component, Featured Tech Reviews, Reviews, SSD Drives

Rating: 8.0.

WD's latest addition to their Game range of external drives is the Black P40 Game Drive. It combines an NVMe PCIe Gen 3 SSD with a USB 3.2 Gen 2 x2 (20Gb/s) interface, all housed inside a durable and shock-resistant enclosure which – of course – also has RGB lighting. We test the 500GB model, hitting the market at £93.99.

Currently, the WD Black P40 Game Drive line-up comprises just three capacities; the entry-level 500GB drive (the drive we are looking at here), 1TB and a flagship 2TB model.

Internally the drive uses a WD SN560 M.2 NVMe drive along with an ASMedia bridging controller. WD quote Sequential read performance across the drive range as up to 2,000MB/s with the 1TB and 2TB models rated as up to 2,000MB/s for Sequential writes while the 500GB model gets by with 1,950MB/s.

Physical Specifications:

  • Usable Capacities: 1TB.
  • NAND Components: Inhouse 3D TLC.
  • Interface: USB Gen 3.2 x2 (20Gb/s).
  • Form Factor: External.
  • NAND Controller: WD.
  • Dimensions: 106.98 x 50.82 x 13mm.
  • Drive Weight: 78.5g.
  • Firmware Version: 3001.

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