In the world of gaming, performance is a key element. And although as a general rule the focus is usually placed almost exclusively on the graphic section, on the RAM memory and, although with nuances, also on the processor. Nevertheless, that trio of aces is of little use if we do not complete the poker with some storage mediawhether internal or external, that are up to the task and, therefore, do not become bottlenecks.
Thanks to technologies like DirectStorage, which speed up loading of textures from storage media to graphics card memory, without having to go through the processor, this need for high-performance SSD memory increases exponentially. The good news is that if we take this into account when choosing storage media, we will enjoy simply amazing performance.
Aware of the need of the gamer world to have this type of support, Western Digital has been offering for a long time various storage solutions aimed especially at this market. A catalog to which two new and interesting references are added today, one internal and one external, which we are going to see below.
Let’s start with the “interior” proposal, the unit WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe SSD 1u3. As you can deduce from its name, we are facing a NVMe PCIe Gen4 SSD with a speed of up to 7,300 MB/s. Added to its speed is a predictive loading system and low latency, precisely to avoid the bottlenecks we talked about earlier.
with versions of one and two and four terabytes, for those who want to take it to the maximum, the first two (one and two terabytes) have a version with a heat sink. All models are now available in the Western Digital online store.
For its part, for users looking for a high-performance external drive, the new proposal from Western Digital is the WD_BLACK P40 Game Drive SSDa unit capable of providing a speed of up to 2,000 MB/s thanks to its USB 3.2 Gen2x2 interface. In addition, it has an LED lighting system that we can customize and synchronize with the rest of the LED elements on our PC.
The WD_BLACK P40 Game Drive SSD is available in three capacities: 500 gigabytes, one and two terabytes, and its price starts at 129.99 euros for the 500-gigabyte model. Like the NVMe SSD, this external drive is also now available from Western Digital’s online store.
