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2TB WD Black D30 Game Drive Portable External SSD

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Amazon has 2TB WD Black D30 Game Drive Portable External Solid State Drive (WDBATL0020BBK-WESN) for $179.99. Shipping is free.

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B&H Photo Video also has 2TB WD Black D30 Game Drive Portable External Solid State Drive (WDBATL0020BBK-WESN) for $179.99. Shipping is free.
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    • Our research indicates that 2TB WD Black D30 Game Drive Portable External Solid State Drive (WDBATL0020BBK-WESN) is $50 lower (21.7% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $229.99 at the time of this posting. -StrawMan86
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Amazon has 2TB WD Black D30 Game Drive Portable External Solid State Drive (WDBATL0020BBK-WESN) for $179.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Hunter plu388 for posting this deal.

B&H Photo Video also has 2TB WD Black D30 Game Drive Portable External Solid State Drive (WDBATL0020BBK-WESN) for $179.99. Shipping is free.
  • Note: Currently Back-Ordered; you may place an order but no estimated shipping time is available. B&H will be closed from Fri Apr 15 until Sun Apr 24 in observance of Passover Holiday.

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Written by StrawMan86 | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that 2TB WD Black D30 Game Drive Portable External Solid State Drive (WDBATL0020BBK-WESN) is $50 lower (21.7% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $229.99 at the time of this posting. -StrawMan86
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    • 4.6 out of 5 stars rating at Amazon based on over 350 customer reviews
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VioletLake389
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Not true, there are many XSX native games that you can play off of external drives. There are even ones that claim to be requiring an internal drive, but will still play off of the external drive. What I have found is that to get the true list, you have to download everything to your external drive and just try to launch it, if it won't launch then you just move it. I found that about 75% of the games that I have will play off external drives, regardless of whether it's XSX native or claims to only run off of internal drives.

Also having the high speed SSD really helps with transfer speeds when moving games back and forth.

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Apr 04, 2022 07:45 PM
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TicalisoulApr 04, 2022 07:45 PM
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Advertised as a game drive, but still cant play native XSX games directly off the drive, so you might as well get a regular non-SSD 5TB drive for $80 less
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LigerXZApr 04, 2022 08:00 PM
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Quote from Ticalisoul :
Advertised as a game drive, but still cant play native XSX games directly off the drive, so you might as well get a regular non-SSD 5TB drive for $80 less
I believe they have to be either NVME or certified for the console to allow them to play which No one tells you. I found out the hard way when I purchased a SSD online that had good reviews and found out myself.
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VioletLake389Apr 04, 2022 08:07 PM
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Quote from Ticalisoul :
Advertised as a game drive, but still cant play native XSX games directly off the drive, so you might as well get a regular non-SSD 5TB drive for $80 less
Not true, there are many XSX native games that you can play off of external drives. There are even ones that claim to be requiring an internal drive, but will still play off of the external drive. What I have found is that to get the true list, you have to download everything to your external drive and just try to launch it, if it won't launch then you just move it. I found that about 75% of the games that I have will play off external drives, regardless of whether it's XSX native or claims to only run off of internal drives.

Also having the high speed SSD really helps with transfer speeds when moving games back and forth.
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Kristen0329Apr 04, 2022 08:35 PM
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Now if only I could find an actual PS5
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NGA9VGApr 04, 2022 08:45 PM
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The price is good, but you cannot play PS5 games or XSX games (games only make for ps5 or xsx and without backward compatibility) from it.

I think the read speed is up to 900MB/s but neither XSX nor PS5 can really utilize it. The performance is not improved compared to a regular 550MB/s SSD.

If you use it as an external storage for older games, you can either buy a 2TB SSD for ~$150 so you can have faster load time for PS4/X1X games or just buy a 5TB HDD for ~$100
Last edited by NGA9VG April 4, 2022 at 03:24 PM.
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ulieqApr 04, 2022 08:52 PM
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Can you run PC games off of this
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Apr 04, 2022 08:58 PM
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DeejayMeshApr 04, 2022 08:58 PM
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I have the 1 TB version of this and use it with my series s. As mentioned above there are some series s/x titles that will run from external SSD. There are lists online you can reference or you can look at the file info and get a hint if it will run off external versus just the official nvme expansion. Overall it's been a good drive and nice and fast. Makes transferring things around fast too.
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bargainleecherApr 04, 2022 09:08 PM
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Quote from VioletLake389 :
Not true, there are many XSX native games that you can play off of external drives. There are even ones that claim to be requiring an internal drive, but will still play off of the external drive. What I have found is that to get the true list, you have to download everything to your external drive and just try to launch it, if it won't launch then you just move it. I found that about 75% of the games that I have will play off external drives, regardless of whether it's XSX native or claims to only run off of internal drives.

Also having the high speed SSD really helps with transfer speeds when moving games back and forth.
I can confirm this also.
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OrlandonabbyApr 04, 2022 09:08 PM
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Quote from VioletLake389 :
Not true, there are many XSX native games that you can play off of external drives. There are even ones that claim to be requiring an internal drive, but will still play off of the external drive. What I have found is that to get the true list, you have to download everything to your external drive and just try to launch it, if it won't launch then you just move it. I found that about 75% of the games that I have will play off external drives, regardless of whether it's XSX native or claims to only run off of internal drives.

Also having the high speed SSD really helps with transfer speeds when moving games back and forth.
Can you share you list of games that are XSX native and play off of this? I'd like to determine if it's worth it or not for me.

Thanks!
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TicalisoulApr 04, 2022 10:02 PM
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Quote from JamesW6391 :
Just to be clear because the first comment is incorrect.

You CANNOT run Xbox Series S/X or PS5 games directly off this.
Did you read my comment? You literally just said my comment was incorrect, then parroted exactly what I said smh
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VioletLake389Apr 04, 2022 11:10 PM
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Quote from Ticalisoul :
Did you read my comment? You literally just said my comment was incorrect, then parroted exactly what I said smh
You can run many XSX optimized games directly off of this. Guaranteed. I can post a video. You are wrong.
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AquaStew868Apr 07, 2022 03:28 AM
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I got a 5 tb same one for only 125$ Best Buy
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ThaoT7391Apr 07, 2022 11:14 PM
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Quote from AquaStew868 :
I got a 5 tb same one for only 125$ Best Buy
Are you absolutely certain your drive isn't an HDD? You might be confusing the two drives.

This drive is an SSD and completely different type of drive.

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