With the explosion of digital content, people need bigger and more robust solutions to help access and preserve it all.

Western Digital is introducing a portable HDD expansion across its WD, WD_BLACK and SanDisk Professional product lineups, boasting the world’s highest storage capacity in a 2.5” portable HDD. The WD My Passport portable HDD line, WD_BLACK P10 Game Drive and SanDisk Professional G-DRIVE ArmorATD will all now be available in 6TB capacities.

“Expanding our portfolio with the world’s first 2.5” 6TB portable hard drive is an incredible technological achievement, and it enables us to continue pushing the boundaries of what’s possible,” said Nitin Kachhwaha, Director of Product Management at Western Digital. “Offering up to 6TB* in such a small form factor and accessible price point gives everyone—from students, gamers, professional videographers, and more—greater flexibility to create and keep even more of their essential content in one portable drive.”

The new, record-breaking 6TB capacity point is now available across Western Digital’s premier brands, offering a more robust, purpose-built solution for consumers, gamers and pros:

With up to 6TB capacities now available for the WD My Passport hard drive line, adventurers can store more and effortlessly backup their digital memories with peace of mind. The My Passport Ultra drive is a trusted, portable storage solution that is equipped with USB-C technology and a modern metal design. It is ready right out of the box and features a convenient, slim form factor that is easily transportable. Its password protection with 256-bit AES hardware encryption helps keep precious content safe and secure. The My Passport hard drives are available in a variety of different colours to suit any style.

The 6TB WD My Passport will be available from October 2024 at select Western Digital retailers, e-tailers and on the Western Digital Store.

The WD_BLACK P10 Game Drive allows gamers to furnish their console or PC with performance-enhancing tools to keep up with the pace of today’s complex AAA titles. With the 6TB* capacities now available that can store up to 150 games1, the drive is built for players looking to upgrade the storage of their console or PC and enjoy gaming without having to compromise which games to delete or updates to forgo to make room for new titles.

The availability of the 6TB WD_BLACK P10 Game Drive will be confirmed at a later time.

With SanDisk Professional’s G-DRIVE ArmorATD drive, consumers get an all-terrain drive with shock, IP54 rain and dust, and crush resistance2 to help protect valuable footage from out in the wild to back in the studio. The 6TB SanDisk Professional G-DRIVE ArmorATD provides a trusted and portable way to back up photos, video footage and files wherever adventure leads.

The availability of the 6TB SanDisk Professional G-DRIVE ArmorATD will be confirmed at a later time.

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Western Digital recently announced it has expanded its SanDisk Extreme PRO range of card solutions with the launch of the SanDisk Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-II Card with Video Speed Class 60 rating (V60).

The SanDisk Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-II Card (V60) is an exceptional memory card solution designed to provide prosumers and professionals with high quality, durability, and cost-effectiveness to inspire their creativity.

Nowadays, high resolutions of 4K UHD and 6K are spurring digital content. With the proliferation of hi-res cameras, photography enthusiasts and professionals are capturing, recording, and sharing exciting moments in higher resolution, which exacts higher demands from memory cards in terms of performance, capacity, cost, and durability.

The SanDisk Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-II Card (V60) ensures a minimum sustained write speed of 60MB/s, delivering cinema-quality 6K video capture in standard recording modes, enabling users to always record in high resolution and deliver pro-level results. With large capacities of up to 1TB, the card can easily store large amounts of footage. SanDisk Extreme PR SDXC UHS-II Card also provides ideal durability for content creators to help protect their files.

“Digital content consumption is evolving at an accelerated pace, with a growing user base that isn’t limited to professionals but extends to other enthusiasts that are also creating more high-resolution video content in 4K and even 6K,” said Stefan Mandl, Vice President of Sales for APAC & China region, Western Digital. “Consumers are eager to record and share the world around them with their unique vision. SanDisk Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-II Card (V60) offers consumers and photographers the ideal storage solution for its performance, reliability, and durability to help them face diverse data storage challenges and create what they want without card failure.”

The SanDisk Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-II Card (V60) is available now.

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Digital storage is something we all live with and when there’s not enough space it can be frustrating.

Something gamers suffer through on a regular basis.

Sure, there is cloud, which is great – but when you have a device that’s pick up and go and requires WiFi for any internet access portable storage is a must.

So, Western Digital have heard the cries of Nintendo Switch owners who like to play their bulging library of games both at home and out in the wild and have produced a series of Nintendo themed SanDisk microSDXC cards. Wahoo!

From 64GB right up to 1TB the Nintendo Switch microSDXC cards expand upon the storage capacity of the Nintendo Switch, as a separate drive.

Western Digital sent over one of their 256GB microSDXC cards to plug in and get gaming on.

The SanDisk microSDXC 256GB card sports a bright yellow colour and slots directly in to your Switch, being compatible with both models – the OG console and the OLED.

Your Nintendo Switch will recognise the card but will prompt for a restart as it needs to mount the new storage.

The SanDisk microSDXC 256GB card offers up a read speed of up to 100Mbps and write speed of 90Mbps. True it’s not the speediest MicroSD on the market, but enough to run games on Nintendo’s hybrid console.

This said, a fresh install of larger footprint games did take a while, when compared to the Nintendo Switch’s internal storage.

For example a DOOM installation to the Switch internal drive was around 7 minutes. Installing directly to the SanDisk microSDXC 256GB card took close to 15 minutes.

Mario Odyssey was a little quicker with the internal install also being around 7 minutes where the fresh direct microSDXC install took 9 minutes.

There are a few variables to consider here however, such as WiFi latency and of course the data size of the game you’re adding.

So yeah, you can install and play directly to and from the card without any issues but direct microSDXC installation may bottleneck or be slower.

Playing DOOM and Mario Odyssey from the SanDisk microSDXC 256GB card saw zero issues. Both games played seamlessly.

The Nintendo Switch microSDXC cards work from the box to console and should there be any issues, Western Digital do offer a (limited) lifetime warranty.

Designed with Nintendo love and built with Western Digital reliability, if your Nintendo Switch games library is bulging and you like to cram as many games on your console as you can, the SanDisk Nintendo Switch microSDXC cards are a solid Nintendo themed investment.

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