{"id":1077304,"date":"2022-11-18T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1077304"},"modified":"2022-11-18T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T12:00:00","slug":"wd_black-p40-game-drive-usb-3-2-gen-2x2-portable-ssd-review-balanced-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1077304","title":{"rendered":"WD_BLACK P40 Game Drive USB 3.2 Gen 2&#215;2 Portable SSD Review: Balanced Storage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Western Digital had announced new products in the WD_BLACK lineup back in May 2022 to augment their offerings in the gaming market. The WD_BLACK P40 Game Drive SSD was part of the set, and became widely available last quarter. Western Digital has positioned the portable drive (PSSD) as a mid-range alternative to the premium WD_BLACK P50 Game Drive SSD. Sporting a USB 3.2 Gen 2&#215;2 (20 Gbps) interface, the drive launched at a much lower price point compared to the P50 despite the addition of RGB lighting to the case. What corners has Western Digital cut in this mid-range offering, and what do gamers have to lose in going with the P40 over competing PSSDs? This review provides some answers.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/dynamic1.anandtech.com\/www\/delivery\/ck.php?n=a1f2f01f&amp;cb=57629411\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: AnandTech &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anandtech.com\/show\/17662\/wd_black-p40-game-drive-usb-32-gen-2x2-portable-ssd-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WD_BLACK P40 Game Drive USB 3.2 Gen 2&#215;2 Portable SSD Review: Balanced Storage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Western Digital had announced new products in the WD_BLACK lineup back in May 2022 to augment their offerings in the gaming market. The WD_BLACK P40 Game Drive SSD was part of the set, and became widely available last quarter. Western &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1077304\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[93,110],"tags":[94],"class_list":["post-1077304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anandtech","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-anandtech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1077304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077304\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1077304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1077304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1077304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}