Take your games with you on-the-go with the WD_Black 5TB P10 game drive for Xbox One portable external hard drive. It comes with a micro-USB Type-B cable to USB Type-A cable and is compatible with multiple platforms including PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows PCs, and Macs. Featuring a compact and easily portable design, this external hard drive offers 5TB of storage capacity, so you can always have your games on-hand. Up to 5TB that can hold up to 125 Games, so that you can save old favorites and still have room for new titles. Reveal more in WD_Black P10 game drive review.
Features
- 5TB storage capacity : Provides ample storage space for games.
- USB 3.2 Gen 1 interface : Offers simple connection to your computer.
- High-performance speeds up to 140MB/s* : To optimize your console or PC gaming experience and drive your game.
*Based on read speed and internal testing. As used for transfer rate, megabyte per second (MB/s) = one million bytes per second. Performance will vary depending on your hardware and software components and configurations.
What’s Included
- Quick Install Guide
- Software
- SuperSpeed USB 3.2 Type A to micro-USB Type B cable
- USB Type-A to Micro-B Cable
- WD_BLACK P10 Game Drive for Xbox One WDBA5G0050BBK – hard drive
Specs – WD_Black 5TB P10 game drive for Xbox One portable external hard drive
Key Specs
- Hard Drive Capacity : 5000 gigabytes
- Storage Drive Type : HDD
General
- Product Name : WD_BLACK P10 5TB External USB 3.2 Gen 1 Portable Hard Drive for Xbox
- Brand : WD
- Model Number : WDBA5G0050BBK-WESN
- Color : Black With White Trim
- Color Category : Black
Capacity
- Hard Drive Capacity : 5000 gigabytes
Performance
- Storage Drive Type : HDD
Compatibility
- Internal Or External : External
- External Hard Drive : Portable
- Interface(s) : USB 3.2 Gen 1
Feature
- Security Features : None
- Usage : Everyday computing
Memory
- Memory Card Type : None
Power
- Power Source : USB port
Dimension
- Product Height : 0.8 inches
- Product Width : 3.5 inches
- Product Weight : 3.5 ounces
Included
- Number Of Drives Included : 1
- Included Software : Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (2 months)
Warranty
- Manufacturer’s Warranty – Parts : 3 years
- Manufacturer’s Warranty – Labor : 3 years
Compare WD_Black 5TB P10 game drive
| WD_Black 5TB P10 Game Drive for Xbox One | WD 2TB Elements Portable External Hard Drive | Seagate STEA4000402 Game Drive 4TB External Hard Drive | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compatible Devices | Gaming Console | Mac, PC | Gaming Console |
| Digital Storage Capacity | 5000 GB | 2 TB | 4 TB |
| Hard Disk Description | Portable | Fast transfer rates When connected to a USB 3.0 port, | Portable |
| Hard Disk Size | 5.0 TB | 2.00 TB | 4 TB |
| Hardware Interface | USB 3.0 | USB 3.0 | USB 3.0 |
| Item Dimensions | 4.65 x 3.46 x 0.82 inches | 4.35 x 3.23 x 0.59 inches | 4.61 x 3.15 x 0.82 inches |
| Item Weight | 0.51 pounds | 4.66 ounces | 0.53 pounds |
| Memory Storage Capacity | 5000 GB | 2000 GB | 4000 GB |
| Size | 5TB | 2TB | 4TB |
WD_Black P10 game drive review
Build and Chassis
Capacity options for the Xbox One solution include 1,3 and 5TB while the standard P10 is offered in 2,4 and 5TB. The chassis for each model aides in identification with the standard having an all-black aesthetic with branding on top and the Xbox model offering a white chassis and black covers top and bottom. Performance is identical for each model with marketing offering up to 130 MB/s taking advantage of the USB 3.1 Gen 1 and the aging Micro B connector.
Ports
WD went with a Micro-B port on the P10 Game Drive enclosure and we really wish they with went with USB Type-C. This isn’t a deal breaker though as it works and is cost effective. For a higher priced game drive it would have been nice to see USB Type-C included on both the drive enclosure and as a cable option as many gaming laptops now include USB Type-C ports. The drive activity light to the left of USB port is white.
File format
All the P10 Game Drives comes formatted with the exFAT file system, making it compatible with Windows, macOS, and game consoles. There’s no bundled software, which is nice. Sometimes software is included on portable drives to enable encryption or backup functionality. The P10 Game Drive doesn’t support encryption as it is designed just to hold your massive game library. Nothing is keeping you from putting other data on this drive though.
Data transfer
Inside the WD_Black P10 Game Drives you’ll find 5400 RPM 2.5-inch hard drives from WD. Performance of the 2TB drive is rated at up to 140 MB/s and the 4TB and 5TB capacity models are rated up to 130 MB/s. The reason the performance varieties just slightly is because the 2TB drive features a 2-platter (7mm) design and the larger 4TB and 5TB drives have a 5-platter (15mm) design.
WD_Black P10 game drive performance review
When it comes to performance, we did a quick run of CrystalDiskMark 6.0.2 x64 and found that the P10 Game Drive reached sequential speeds of up to 126.4 MB/s read and 123.6 MB/s write. If you looked really close at the capacity of the drive, you’ll notice there was just over 200GB of data on the 5TB enclosure when we ran that test. We already moved over 5 games of our steam library when we stopped and remembered to run that performance test.
How long did it take to move roughly 200GB of data over? It took 41.5 minutes to move over 223GB of data (25,505 files) at an average speed of 83.2 MB/s. The internal temperature sensor of the enclosure was around 22C at idle and it got up to 44C during this file transfer. So, if you want to fill the WD_Black P10 Game Drive with a ton of games it will take a fair bit of time. Once the games were on the P10 Game Drive they launched with traditional hard drive like speeds.
Customer reviews
First of is that, this comes surprisingly good being colored black. It has the usual packaging like most external hard disk does. The build quality is good but you can feel that the actual part isnt as durable as other external hdd. You can press the middle part of the hard disk with your thumb. So avoid pressing it hard as much as you can. Connecting the hard drive is plug and play on my Windows 10 Laptop. Although I have not tried installing competitive games yet but I have tried transferring large files and games on it and it was blazing fast compared to my other hdds. So this is very useful for my gaming laptop and I do no need to upgrade my internal HDD.
Its definitely worth the price considering this is aimed for the large files games.
By Amazon Reviewer
I was torn between getting an external ssd which would be quicker but much much smaller, or a larger slower more traditional external drive.
I opted for this mainly because of the trust in western digital products and the size. I’m using it on my Xbox one. Works perfectly and I’m glad I went for it over the ssd. Games these days are getting 100gb plus. I’ve got the fastest internet I can get in our area and it still takes ages to download the games so this allows me to keep them for longer without having to re download.
When you subscribe to game pass it allows you to just queue up a load of games to play and not worry about space.
The games load quick enough for me not to worry about speed. The Xbox really should have come with 4tb as standard.
by Amazon Reviewer