WD's new external SSD: huge 4TB capacity, up to 2GB/sec for $750

WD doubles down on its large external SSDs, with the new Black P50 Game Drive SSD 4TB offering super-fast 2GB/sec for $750.

@anthony256

Published Jan 12, 2021 5:07 AM CST
Updated Feb 11, 2021 8:35 AM CST

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Western Digital has just bumped up the maximum size of its external SSD offerings, boosting up its previously large 2TB external SSD up to a huge 4TB with its latest drives.

WD's new external SSD: huge 4TB capacity, up to 2GB/sec for $750 01

The new and super-fast Western Digital Black P50 Game Drive SSD 4TB costs $750 but you'll get read and write speeds of up to a super-fast 2000MB/sec (2GB/sec). You can use the Western Digital's Black P50 Game Drive SSD 4TB on consoles as well, including the Nintendo Switch, Sony PlayStation, and Microsoft Xbox consoles.

Now... there is an issue for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S owners with the new Western Digital Black P50 Game Drive SSD 4TB. You can connect the Western Digital Black P50 Game Drive SSD 4TB to the PlayStation 5, but you can only store PS4 games on it.

The new Western Digital Black P50 Game Drive SSD 4TB will work on the next-gen Xbox Series X/S consoles, but the drive isn't compatible with the new Xbox and its SSD expansion output to fully take advantage of the next-gen hardware inside of the new Xbox Series X/S consoles.

WD will have its new external SSDs out "later this calendar quarter".

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Anthony Garreffa

Anthony joined the TweakTown team in 2010 and has since reviewed 100s of graphics cards. Anthony is a long time PC enthusiast with a passion of hate for games built around consoles. FPS gaming since the pre-Quake days, where you were insulted if you used a mouse to aim, he has been addicted to gaming and hardware ever since. Working in IT retail for 10 years gave him great experience with custom-built PCs. His addiction to GPU tech is unwavering and has recently taken a keen interest in artificial intelligence (AI) hardware.