The WD_Black 2TB C50 Storage Expansion Card is the official Western Digital plug-in SSD for Xbox Series X and Series S consoles. It snaps into the dedicated port on the back of the Xbox, adds 2 TB of full-speed storage, and delivers the exact performance of the internal drive, so every Series X|S game in your library can install and play from the card without any speed penalty. WD_Black is Western Digital’s gaming line, and the C50 is its flagship Xbox card.
The perfect way to add extra storage for your Xbox
It takes about thirty seconds to set up the C50. To do that, simply turn off your console, place the C50 firmly in the port, then turn the console back on. Instantly, the Xbox will recognize the new storage and make it available. Because there are no drivers to install, no format required, nor any other form of configuration, you can easily move all of your existing games from the internal storage using the normal storage options found within the Xbox Storage app. The copy process occurs at the full speed of the SSD as well.
Quick Resume works with C50 just like it does with the internal storage. When using this feature, the console can hold multiple game states in memory simultaneously, allowing you to seamlessly transition from a Halo multiplayer session to a Forza racing session and back again without loading.
When transferring files from your internal storage to the C50 in real-time, you’ll get rates of around 6-7GB/s. Loading times for titles were almost indistinguishable from those loaded directly onto your internal storage. Additionally, there’s no performance degradation when using the expansion card instead of the internal drive. With 2TB, you’ll have enough room to store roughly 50 Xbox games and still have some extra space for DLC, game saves, and captured footage.
Physically, the card is the size of a thick credit card and tucks flat into the rear of the console. It doesn’t stick out, doesn’t block any cable runs, and doesn’t add any visible bulk to the Xbox itself. Once it’s in, you can forget it’s there.
The WD_Black 2TB C50 normally costs $625, and right now it’s available for $212. At that price, the card delivers 2 TB of internal-grade Series X|S storage with the same Quick Resume support and SSD-equivalent transfer speeds as the rest of the licensed lineup, in the smallest form factor available on the platform, from a brand that has been making consumer SSDs for over a decade.
