Western Digital today announced the upcoming launch of several new consumer-facing portable SSDs with 4TB capacity, with new offerings from the SanDisk, WD and WD_Black brands. The new 4TB SSDs are designed for gamers, content creators and creative professionals who need extra storage space to work with.
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The SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable NVMe SSD offers read and write speeds of up to 2000MB / s, and the aluminum chassis acts as a heat sink to deliver higher sustained speeds. The SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable SSD will be available later this quarter for $ 750.
Western Digital also offers the SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD under the SanDisk brand with read speeds of up to 1050 MB / s and write speeds of up to 1000 MB / s. The Extreme Portable SSD has a fall protection of two meters and is IP55 water and dust resistant. The new SSD will be available for $ 700 later this quarter.
For gamers, the WD_Black offers read speeds of up to 2000MB / s and is compatible with PCs, PlayStations and Xbox One game libraries. It will be available later this quarter for $ 750.
Under the WD brand, Western Digital debuted the latest MyPassport SSD, offering read speeds of up to 1050MB / s and write speeds of up to 1000MB / s. It has a shock and vibration resistant metal design that is drop resistant up to 2 meters, and comes in colors such as blue, gray, red, gold and silver. It will be available later this quarter for $ 680.
All new SSDs will be available at launch from the Western Digital Store and other major retailers.