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Amazon has 5TB WD Black P10 Game Drive USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive (WDBA3A0050BBK-WESN) on sale for $91.98. Shipping is free.

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WD_BLACK 5TB P10 Game Drive - Portable External Hard Drive HDD, Compatible with Playstation, Xbox, PC, & Mac - WDBA3A0050BBK-WESN

This drive just dropped in price. Normally goes for $110+.

A bit higher price than the short-lived prime day price, but not too bad if you missed it.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VNTFHD5




About this item

• Available in capacities up to 5TB that can hold up to 125 games, so that you can save old favorites and still have room for new titles (As used for storage capacity, one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. Number of games based on a 36GB average per game. The number of games will vary based on file size, formatting, other programs, and factors.)
• Comes with an 18-inch (457mm) USB Type-A to Micro-B cable with SuperSpeed interface up to 5Gbps (Cable length may vary.)
• Compatible with Xbox Series X/S (play and store Xbox One games, archive Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S games) and PlayStation 5 (play and store PS4 games, archive PS5 games) consoles
• Portable form factor with sleek metal top covering that provides fast access to your growing game library
• Premium HDD with 3-year limited warranty, purpose-built for gamers based on WD_BLACK quality and reliability
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Model: WD_BLACK P10 5TB Game Drive External USB 3.2 Gen 1 Hard Drive, Black

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10/27/23Amazon$120
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10/09/23Amazon$84.99
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07/12/22Amazon$95
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04/25/22Newegg$98.99 popular
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04/22/22Newegg$100 popular
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04/05/22Amazon$91.39
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03/31/22Western Digital$100 frontpage
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02/21/22Newegg$100 popular
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01/17/22Newegg$96 frontpage
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12/26/21Amazon$99.99 popular
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12/26/21Western Digital$100 frontpage
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11/25/21Newegg$99.99
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10/21/21Newegg$104.99 popular
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08/03/21Newegg$110
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06/30/21Newegg$96 frontpage
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06/21/21Amazon$91.20 frontpage
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06/21/21Newegg$96
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06/21/21Amazon$95.99 popular
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05/27/21Newegg$109.99
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Some Walmarts are clearing these out 4TB@$51 and 5TB@$53. These are mechanical ones though so with prices on SSDs going down they're less popular especially considering their transfer speeds are not that impressive VS SSDs.
oh good to know. i will drop by walmart to check out the price.

i prefer this HDD over an SSD for cold storage where transfer speed does not matter and there is no risk of bit rot. HDD's still have their use case.
You're missing one key detail: These are faster than comparable mechanical drives at similar prices, which makes them very competitive when you need a mechanical drive.

Solid state is nowhere near as reliable when it comes to constant reads and writes, as well as for archiving data.

Leave a solid state drive on a shelf without power for as little as a year in some cases and data degradation can happen.

Aside from the fact that mechanical drives still provide the best TB per $/sqin. value, the main reason large data centers still use mechanical and tape is the reliability. Home NAS setups still focus on mechanical drives for the same reason. You don't need 5Gbps sustained reads to stream local 4k content when your network or internet only support a fraction of that and that kind of constant load on a solid state drive would kill it prematurely.

I'm not understanding why there's a growing belief that you can't use both simultaneously when they both serve a valid purpose.

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Some Walmarts are clearing these out 4TB@$51 and 5TB@$53. These are mechanical ones though so with prices on SSDs going down they're less popular especially considering their transfer speeds are not that impressive VS SSDs.
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10-21-2023 at 09:19 AM.
10-21-2023 at 09:19 AM.
Quote from AlexS2465 :
Some Walmarts are clearing these out 4TB@$51 and 5TB@$53. These are mechanical ones though so with prices on SSDs going down they're less popular especially considering their transfer speeds are not that impressive VS SSDs.

Yup I just bought a 4tb one a couple days ago in the clearance section for around $55. Not sure that I'm going to keep it.

they also had some 1tb ssds for around the same price. Can't remember the brands.
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10-21-2023 at 09:27 AM.

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10-21-2023 at 09:27 AM.
Quote from AlexS2465 :
Some Walmarts are clearing these out 4TB@$51 and 5TB@$53. These are mechanical ones though so with prices on SSDs going down they're less popular especially considering their transfer speeds are not that impressive VS SSDs.

oh good to know. i will drop by walmart to check out the price.

i prefer this HDD over an SSD for cold storage where transfer speed does not matter and there is no risk of bit rot. HDD's still have their use case.
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10-21-2023 at 09:29 AM.
Quote from AlexS2465 :
Some Walmarts are clearing these out 4TB@$51 and 5TB@$53. These are mechanical ones though so with prices on SSDs going down they're less popular especially considering their transfer speeds are not that impressive VS SSDs.
But their price is a bit more impressive vs. that 5TB SSD.
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10-21-2023 at 10:05 AM.
10-21-2023 at 10:05 AM.
Quote from dealop :
Yup I just bought a 4tb one a couple days ago in the clearance section for around $55. Not sure that I'm going to keep it.

they also had some 1tb ssds for around the same price. Can't remember the brands.

The SSDs were WD Blue SN570 I think for $34 for 500GB and $44 for 1TB which is not bad but also not great considering SN850 and Samsung 970 reach those on sale. For a while Walmart been keeping prices of SSD high enough that I was wondering who would even buy them unless it's "need right away" thing. Now it seems they're trying to lower because they might be not selling much at those prices.
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10-21-2023 at 12:15 PM.
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Quote from r_orange :
oh good to know. i will drop by walmart to check out the price.

i prefer this HDD over an SSD for cold storage where transfer speed does not matter and there is no risk of bit rot. HDD's still have their use case.
I second that
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Are these as fast as their red drives?
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10-21-2023 at 01:16 PM.
10-21-2023 at 01:16 PM.
Quote from r_orange :
oh good to know. i will drop by walmart to check out the price.

i prefer this HDD over an SSD for cold storage where transfer speed does not matter and there is no risk of bit rot. HDD's still have their use case.

I'm reasonably up to speed with computers and tech, but I had to research bit rot after reading your post. I'm glad I did. Thanks for sharing!
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10-21-2023 at 01:22 PM.
10-21-2023 at 01:22 PM.
Quote from AlexS2465 :
These are mechanical ones though so with prices on SSDs going down they're less popular especially considering their transfer speeds are not that impressive VS SSDs.
The main performance problem with mechanical drives is the seek speed, not the transfer speed. Someone comparing transfer speeds might get the impression that a mechanical drive is as efficient or nearly so. Some people that do not understand the mechanics of disk drives have had problems understanding the issue.
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10-21-2023 at 01:23 PM.
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Can I use this drive like a regular external hard drive and store files instead of using it for game console?
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Quote from shade45 :
Can I use this drive like a regular external hard drive and store files instead of using it for game console?

Compatible with Playstation, Xbox, PC, & Mac
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