WD Black Gets 2 New Cool Gaming SSDs

Hardcore gamers searching for extra solutions to pimp their rigs will shortly have a pair of extra options in conditions of electronic storage.

Western Electronic nowadays declared, at its What’s Up coming celebration, two new drives to its grown WD Black gaming portfolio, the WD BLACK SN850X NVMe interior SSD and the WD BLACK P40 Match Push SSD.

However aspects are however sketchy, both equally drives are not solely new but alternatively updates to the company’s existing choices.

Two news WD Black selections

The SN850X seems to be a variant of the SN850 that arrived out in late 2020. It is a PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD with a best velocity, according to Western Digital, of up to 7300MB/s.

The new internal travel involves Video game Method 2. (Windows only), which is supposedly a effectiveness-boosting attribute.

The initial Video game Mode identified in the SN850 proved to be much more of a gimmick than a actual element — it only disabled the drive’s energy-saving manner. It’ll be interesting to obtain out what version 2. will do.

On the other hand, the WD BLACK P40 Match Travel SSD is a variant of the P50 with similar specs. It is a rugged USB 3.2 Gen2x2 (20Gbps) transportable SSD with 2,000 MB/s of duplicate velocity.

Its only novelty is the new customizable RGB lights that can be programmed by way of the WD BLACK Dashboard software (Windows only).

Pricing and availability

Western Electronic claims the WD BLACK SN850X NVMe SSD will be offered in July 2022 in 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB capacities in both of those “naked” and heatsink variations. Its value starts off at $189.99.

On the other hand, the WD BLACK P40 Sport Drive SSD is slated to be accessible sometime in Summer time. It’ll come in 500GB, 1TB, and 2TB and starts at $119.99.