Customer reviews from Western Digital
WD - WD_BLACK P50 500GB External USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Portable SSD - Black
Average customer rating
4.3
(20 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 20 reviews
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Customer Reviews for WD - WD_BLACK P50 500GB External USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Portable SSD - Black
Customer Rating
5
Perfect for the PS4 & PC!!!
on September 1, 2021
Posted by: Maslam
from Bolingbrook, IL
Gender:Female
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] So, today I will be reviewing the WD P50 500 GB SSD game drive. I have been using this on my PS4 due to lack of space and multitude of games on my system, but this external SSD can be used with just about anything from your pc, PlayStation and Xbox. This is a pretty solid SSD with a rugged metal shell with a plastic bottom with cut outs for heat dissipation. The SSD has one USB-C connector input but comes two cables, a USB-C to USB-C and a USB-C to USB-A cable and it is pretty much just play and play. I was easily able to access the hard drive on my laptop as well as my PS4.
So, like I had mentioned earlier I primarily got this to use with my PS4 and clean up some space on the unit by transferring some games over to the SSD and I was easily able to do so, but it did take some time. It took nearly 2 hours to transfer over about 200 GB over to the SSD and I was still able to play the games from the SSD without any issues and my games actually loaded a lot faster then they before, so the transferring time made up for it on the loading end. The SSD does advertise up to 2000 MB/s or 2 GB/s but you have to keep in mind that your equipment that you are using needs to be able to support that as well. For my purpose, using this on the PS4 actually worked out pretty well and my games did load up faster than before. I also transferred some pictures that I had from my PC to the SSD and again I had no problem doing so and since the file sizes was relatively small, I was able to move those over in matter of minutes.
Overall, the SSD has worked out great, it has cleared up some space on my PS4 and has helped in loading my games faster as well as cleaning up some space on my laptop as well.
So, like I had mentioned earlier I primarily got this to use with my PS4 and clean up some space on the unit by transferring some games over to the SSD and I was easily able to do so, but it did take some time. It took nearly 2 hours to transfer over about 200 GB over to the SSD and I was still able to play the games from the SSD without any issues and my games actually loaded a lot faster then they before, so the transferring time made up for it on the loading end. The SSD does advertise up to 2000 MB/s or 2 GB/s but you have to keep in mind that your equipment that you are using needs to be able to support that as well. For my purpose, using this on the PS4 actually worked out pretty well and my games did load up faster than before. I also transferred some pictures that I had from my PC to the SSD and again I had no problem doing so and since the file sizes was relatively small, I was able to move those over in matter of minutes.
Overall, the SSD has worked out great, it has cleared up some space on my PS4 and has helped in loading my games faster as well as cleaning up some space on my laptop as well.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting Western Digital
Customer Rating
5
Little Drive - Lots of Power
on September 1, 2021
Posted by: pl2019
from Aspen, CO
Gender:Male
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] What a fast little drive! I do a lot of graphic design work, which includes a lot of content and photos so my computer was full! This helped speed up the entire process, was easy to install, easy to use and a new go-to for all the peers in my industry.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting Western Digital
Posted by: 4ulf16
Verified Purchase:Yes
It's good, but even having a good cooling and temperature in my room it some times throttles, and had some problem with my pc games, most of them being there, in the drive, but not showing anywhere in my pc, and when going to steam or other platform to play them they showed as if they weren't installed.
Response from Western DigitalBy SM OLS Team, October 14, 2021
Hello,
We are sorry to hear about your user experience with WD_BLACK P50 Solid State Drive and appreciate your time providing this review and bringing this matter to our attention.
Please let us confirm that there can be multiple factors that may work with or against the drive and we would like to have the opportunity to address your concerns directly as we think there were greater underlying causes that needed to be investigated with care resulting to a positive outcome.
We would like to follow up with you to help discover the root of your drive’s abnormal behavior. We suggest you contact our Support team by phone regarding the bestbuy review for resolution of this concern. We'd be happy to help.
Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
We are sorry to hear about your user experience with WD_BLACK P50 Solid State Drive and appreciate your time providing this review and bringing this matter to our attention.
Please let us confirm that there can be multiple factors that may work with or against the drive and we would like to have the opportunity to address your concerns directly as we think there were greater underlying causes that needed to be investigated with care resulting to a positive outcome.
We would like to follow up with you to help discover the root of your drive’s abnormal behavior. We suggest you contact our Support team by phone regarding the bestbuy review for resolution of this concern. We'd be happy to help.
Need Help? Please see our "'Contact Us" page for information.
Written by a customer while visiting Western Digital
Posted by: Allen
Verified Purchase:Yes
Absolutely love the design! Great durability and cool to the touch.
Written by a customer while visiting Western Digital