Today Western Digital announced two new additions to its already popular gaming SSD, WD BLACK, el SSD WD BLACK SN850X NVMe y el SSD WD BLACK P40 Game Drive. Designed to enhance the gaming experience, WD offers gamers more options for upgrading their PC or console storage with these models.
With all this, “AMD is delighted with its continued collaboration with Western Digital to deliver exceptional gaming experiences.”said Joe Macri, CTO of Computing and Graphics and AMD Corporate Member. “As gaming becomes more immersive, the expectation for fast, smooth gameplay increases. AMD goes to great lengths to eliminate latency between the system, memory, and connected devices, and with Western Digital’s gaming SSD solutions and adoption of the latest PCIe technologies and memory and latency optimizations within the CPUs and GPUs of the company.“
“We are inspired by the unique ways gamers experience their games and are committed to working with best-in-class technology partners, like AMD, to develop solutions that help them break down barriers,” said Rob Soderbery, executive vice president and general manager of the unit. Flash business at Western Digital. “Our diverse portfolio of WD BLACK SSDs ensures gamers are equipped to conquer today’s games and ready for what’s next.”
The WD Black SSD SN850X NVMe features PCIe 4.0 x4 technology with sequential read speeds of up to 7,300 MBps and will be available in 1TB, 2TB and 4TB capacities. The 1TB and 2TB models bring a unique feature as they have an optional heatsink with included RGB lighting, perfect for PCs with that colorful focus that only RGB can give them.
The WD Black SSD P40 Game Drive is an external SSD that uses a USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 (20 Gbps) connection that will be compatible with Windows Game Mode 2.0, feature that promises to increase performance when activated. It is worth mentioning that Game Mode 2.0 is also supported by the SN850X.
The estimated release date for the WD Black SSD SN850X NVMe is July this year, the 1TB version will cost US$189.99.while the price of the 2TB and 4TB versions has yet to be announced.
The P40 Game Drive SSD will retail for US$119.99 in its 500GB version1TB and 2TB versions will also be available.
Details about the arrival of these WD SSD models in Argentina have not yet been released.
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