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The WD Black D30 Game Drive comes in a stout box which is a lot bigger than the actual drive inside it – something which isn't difficult as the drive measures a diminutive 96 x 35 x 58mm. The front of the box has an image of the drive on the front along with the normal WD Black branding. Under the right-hand side of the image, we see the drive’s capacity and its read speed in both English and French. On the left-hand side of the box, there is some bi-lingual text explaining that the drive works with PlayStation, Xbox and PC.
The back of the box has a small image of the drive with the USB Type-C port labelled. To the left of this image is a box contents list and the drive compatibility options, again in both English and French along with logos informing users of the 3-year warranty and that the SSD inside the unit uses 3D NAND.
One side panel of the box has a life-size front view image of the drive.
The WD Black D30 Game Drive design follows the same look and feel of other recent WD Game devices, that is to say that it looks like a miniature modern-day weapons storage case, the type you’ll find littered throughout any decent FPS game.
The SSD inside the Black D30 Game Drive is recognised by the CrystalDiskInfo utility as a WD SN550E. The 1TB SN550 (it's a pretty reasonable guess that the E stands for external) is part of WD's Blue mainstream portfolio. It uses an in-house WD 4-channel controller and BiCS4 96-layer 3D TLC NAND and is officially rated at up to 2,400MB/s and up 1,950MB/s for Sequential read and writes respectively.
The drive uses a USB Type-C port which is housed in one end of the drive with a White LED drive activity light in the opposite end of the drive.
Bundled in with the drive is a USB Type-C to Type-A and cable, a cradle for the drive and a Quick Install Guide.
