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SanDisk's Desk Drive comes in a largish box with a good clear image of the drive itself on the front. Directly above this image and to the left are three icons (with both English and French labels) depicting; a 3-year warranty, the fact the drive uses a USB Type C interface and that it comes with backup software Top right of the box is where you'll find the drive's capacity under which is the read speed, once again both of these are labelled in English and French. The back of the box has some multi-lingual drive information.
One side of the box shows the drive ports (USB-C and power) in close-up with both English and French labelling. The other side has drive compatibility, interface speed and box contents, again in both English and French.
The Disk Drive is of a squared-off circular design measuring 136 x 67 x 202 and weighing in at 272g (not including the power adapter), Finished in black with a thin red plastic centre section, the drive does has a stylish look to it. The base of the drive has a rubber finish to stop it from sliding about when sitting on a desk.
CrystalDiskInfo identifies the drive (or in the case of the 8TB Desk Drive) drives, inside the unit as WD Black SN850X. The Black SN850X is an M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4 drive that uses a combination of BiCS5 112-layer TLC NAND and an in-house WD controller.
One end of the drive holds the USB-C (the interface is clocked at USB 3.2 Gen2 x 1, 10Gbps) and power adaptor ports and there is also a Kensington Security Slot for added protection when sitting on a desk.
The box bundle is made up of a USB Type-C cable, a USB Type A-C adapter and a power adapter with a choice of socket types. There is a quick start guide in the box.
