Review ID: 28668

Review Text: Great Expansion Drive For Xbox X. This Western Digital_Black D30 is a great addition to your Xbox storage. The drive itself is very small, it kind of looks like a little container box. It is so small it will fit in the palm of your hand. It can feel a little bit bulky due to its width but overall is relatively small. Now don't be fooled by its size because this thing performs like a champ. This is a 1TB gaming SSD drive with NVMe technology rated up to 900MB/s designed for Xbox including the X/S . It connects via USB-C and the other end that goes to the console is USB-A. This a simple plug and play solution but it was required for the drive to be formatted by the console to be used for gaming. I can honestly say I did not notice any difference in the loading time compared to the internal drive. I played Cyberpunk and Overwatch without a hinch. Overwatch took about 4 seconds until I saw the first logo. The quick resume with the Cyberpunk was almost instantly from this drive. Once you plugin to the Xbox you can set it up to be the default installation drive. I did get an error with the Latest Call of Duty Black Ops "This game cannot be played from external drive". I was not able to play this game from this drive. There are also few games that will display a warning banner stating the "newer games need faster storage" when you try to install them directly from the store. Most were series X/S games. Maybe that's why I wasn't able to play the COD my version is X/S. i also noticed when I transferred the COD 130GB to the drive it took approx 30 min when initially said about 7 min and half. When I transferred it back to the console it took about 8 min. Overall this is a great expansion storage for your Xbox and the loading time I will say is on par with the internal drive. It is very portable, fast and with the 1TB capacity you can install a decent library of games. In the box you get the drive, USB-C cable, stand, manuals and a month free of Xbox game pass code.

Gold Attribute: {'Storage Drive Type': 'ssd', 'Color': 'black', 'Color Category': 'black', 'External Hard Drive Type': 'portable', 'Usage': 'gaming', 'Brand': 'wd', 'Model Version': 'D30', 'Storage Capacity': '1000 gigabytes'}

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  1. Product Title: WD - WD_BLACK D30 1TB Game Drive for Xbox External USB Type C Portable Solid State Drive - Black

    1. "Storage Capacity" : "1000 gigabytes",
    2. "Storage Drive Type" : "SSD",
    3. "Maximum Data Transfer Rate" : "900 megabytes per second",
    4. "Maximum Read Speed" : "900 megabytes per second",
    5. "Form Factor" : "Other",
    6. "Interface(s)" : "USB Type C (USB 3.0 Gen1)",
    7. "Product Name" : "WD_BLACK D30 1TB Game Drive for Xbox External USB Type C Portable Solid State Drive",
    8. "Brand" : "WD",
    9. "Model Number" : "WDBAMF0010BBW-WESN",
    10. "Color" : "Black",
    11. "Color Category" : "Black",
    12. "Internal Or External" : "External",
    13. "External Hard Drive Type" : "Portable",
    14. "Minimum System Requirements" : "Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows 8.1/10, MacOS 10.11+",
    15. "Usage" : "Gaming",
    16. "Power Source" : "USB port",
    17. "Product Height" : "2.38 inches",
    18. "Product Width" : "1.8 inches",
    19. "Product Weight" : "4.8 ounces",
    20. "Included Software" : "Xbox Game Pass Ultimate (1 month)",
    21. "Manufacturer's Warranty - Parts" : "3 Years",
    22. "Manufacturer's Warranty - Labor" : "3 Years",
    23. "UPC" : "619659186074",