WD_BLACK 500GB D30 Game Drive SSD - Portable External Solid State Drive, Compatible with Playstation, Xbox, & PC, Up to 900MB/s - WDBATL5000ABK-WESN

Nothing against Western Digital, the product itself looks very cool and is a good price for a 1tb ssd. This is a knock on microsoft for being lame with the series x os. It will not allow me to use this device for games because its not formatted for it They want you to spend $220 for the same amount of space on their licensed Seagate expansion card so shame on them. Hopefully in the future it will be resolved and be able to be used. Unfortunately as of now it seems it works for every system except the Xbox Series X and with these new games today, 1tb of space just doesnt cut it even with the faster down and upload times via the solid state drive so I will have to return this and either have to install what I want to play at that time or give in to them. Really hate it when companies that make as much money as Microsoft does pull crap like this. Really shows they cant just let you have anything, because it would obviously kill them to let me save $70 on some extra space after getting scalped on the console in the first place....

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The first time I hooked up everything it was ok, but no less then 3 days the USB started acting up. I’ll try playing a game that’s downloaded onto the hard drive and I won’t be able to. I have to restart my PS5 for it to start working which gets annoying overtime.

Three months impression for 2TB D30: Editing rating from 4-stars to 5-stars. Good buy for less than $100 per TB. Better than 1Gbps transfers between PS5 and D30. D30 remains cool-to-touch during lengthy transfers. OEM USB-C cable is trash. A certified 10-GBps cable from retailer with the initials “Bravo Bravo” resolves the connectivity issue. First week impressions for 2TB D30: Not the fastest SSD but reasonable given the 100-dollar-per-TB cost. The included USB-C to USB cable was faulty. PS5 console did not recognizes the D30 when linked to the PS5’s rear USB ports (per Sony instructions). Purchased a quality USB-C to USB certified 10GBps cable locally to resolve the connectivity issue. Saved the PS4 game files to the D30. The PS4 game saves and PS5 files/saves must stay on the console. (The D30 can save PS5 game files but they must be moved back to the console before playing…) Good build quality on the plastic outer case. D30 did not get hot during use (yet). Placed the D30 on a 5x5 heatsink block for insurance.

wow~big deal !! Luckey deal!!

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Bought for my Xbox Series X to replace my 2TB harddrive and it worked great for 2 weeks until games stopped installing and ones already installed corrupted. Absolutely disappointing that my Seagate harddrive can last 6 years (and still going) and this last 2 weeks. Ended up returning for refund. Not going WD again!!!

I now own 5 or 6 of these. They are all blazing fast with true 7200RPM speed, but as many have mentioned, they can be a little noisy and clicky at times. Some of mine have more fan noise and vibration than others. Likewise some are more clicky than others. Its a little annoying if the drive is on your desktop very close to you. I really wish they provided a longer USB cable so I could place the drives further away. I suppose you could buy a longer cable. That said, when they arent actively reading/writing, etc, they are relatively quiet in sleep mode, which is most of the time. Theres nothing better out there right now in terms of speed and 8TB of storage.

WD Customer support informed me that this product, which was supposed to be new, was old and out of warranty. Oh and did I mention it didn’t work correctly right out of the box? If I want used electronics i’ll use eBay…

I use this to transfer a large amount of small files between computers. For those who dont know having a lot of little small files will transfer at much slower rates than larger single files. This drive mitigates some of the waiting time. Using this drive drastically speeds up the transfers. Also some games I play off external drives can cause choppiness. Games installed on this drive play smoothly. Overall, a great device for me.