WD Black P10 review: Can this portable HDD compete with a portable SSD?

We all know the drill by now. Hard disk drives (or HDDs) are slow but cheap. SSDs are fast but expensive. We can often justify the latter if we’re getting a small, internal drive for installing things like Windows or a couple of games on, but once you’re into the realms of 2TB and above in SSD land, you’re going to need to start handing over a few body parts in addition those buckets of cold hard cash. They’re just too darn expensive for most of us, especially if you’re after an external SSD as well like our best gaming SSD champ Samsung’s T5 or its very close rival, WD’s My Passport.

That’s why external HDDs like WD’s new Black P10 drive are still vital bits of kit for those who regularly deal with large files on the go or, in my case, need to back up lots of games so they don’t clog up my PC’s internal drives. Indeed, why spend £269 / $300 on a 2TB Samsung T5 when you could pay a fraction of that price and get the £88 / $80 2TB Black P10 instead? Or the 5TB model for £144 / $150? Yes, its read and write times are a heck of a lot slower, but when it comes to value for money, WD’s Black P10 really does have it nailed.

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