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The WD Black P50 Game Drive comes in a stout box with 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.
The back of the box has a small image of one end of the drive, the end that has the USB Type-C connector. 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 5-year warranty and that the SSD inside the unit uses 3D NAND.
One side panel of the box has a life-size side view image of the drive.
The WD Black P50 Game Drive design follows the same look and feel of other recent WD Game devices as it looks like a mini modern day weapons storage case, the type you'll find scattered throughout any decent FPS game. The base of the aluminium enclosure has heat exhaust openings along its length and four small rubber feet make sure that these openings are not blocked.
Using the CrystalDiskInfo utility we find that the drive inside the P50 is recognised as a WD Black SN750E drive. The 1TB Black SN750E is a single side format M.2 NVMe drive using a combination of an in-house WD 8-channel controller and SanDisk 64-layer 3D TLC NAND. The drive itself is rated at up to 3,470MB/s for reads and 3,000MB/s for writes. The USB Gen 3.2 x2 interface is looked after by an ASMedia ASM2364 controller.
The drive uses a USB Type-C port, next to which sits the White LED drive activity/power light.
Bundled in with the drive are USB Type-C to Type-C and Type-C to Type-A cables, along with a Quick Install Guide.
