Customer Ratings & Reviews

I got this for use with a PS4 Slim. It was a good thing I invested in a drive this size, Digital games take up a ton of space! Easy hook up, formatted without a problem and works well. The reason for the loss of a star is that it runs HOT. I had to open up a larger hole in the entertainment center behind it. I would definitely recommend using it in an open area.

Using it on my MAC desktop. Had to format for my MAC but that was super easy to do. It took less than 2 minutes. I use it for my Time Machine backup. I have had it for 2 weeks and it runs great. How long it lasts, is the biggest determining factor as to how good this hard drive is. I have had great luck with WD so I am confident this one will be good also. It replace a 4tb WD.

This is a great product for the price. It works on PS4 and PS5. I would recommend to anyone looking to expand their storage for a decent price for really good product.

solid ... huge capacity... fast transfer rates clearing on boaed storage speeds up pc

Easy to setup and use. Have been using it for 10 months now. Great for keeping space available on the computer. Use it for back up of my computer and photo storage mainly. Have plenty of storage space still available. Just what I needed.

Great backup size for a reasonable price. Works with USB 3.1 without the additional price for USB 3.2 disk drives.

For the sale price these drives can't be beat. More reliable than the sea brand and for those interested inside are Red model drives which if purchased as an internal are $100 more. Yes, the warranty is 1 year less than internal drives but for $100 it's worth it IMO. They aren't the fastest 8tb drives but they run cooler and that helps lend to a longer life span.

Good price, good performance, reliable brand. Not much more to say about the drive. The same rule applies to ALL backup drives... Make sure you do a healthcheck on the drive before you "use it". The scan will take 10+ hours. I ended up using a free tool I found on WD's website.

It’s performed well, not too noisy or hot. It’s in constant operation backing up my NAS.

Tons of storage packed in a little package. I love the design and it sits perfectly on my desk. I use these external Hard Drives for game systems and Computer systems with ease. Some systems may take a bit of formatting. Not noisy like some other external HDDs

Huge, cheap, fast, reliable storage. What more could you ask for?

Does what I needed it to! Much better upgrade than the “gaming” external drive I had. Setup is easy enough and has plenty of storage.

It's an 8 TB external hard drive. Good speed and great capacity, never thought I would need so much space but with 5 TB of Videos, Audio & Data you do need it. Real easy setup, just plug into a usb 3 port, let the PC identify the drive and start copying.

I struggled to choose which external HD I wanted, but it came down to personal preference. I can't believe, I transferred all the files from my old external hard drive onto this one, plus files from the computer and there's still a ton of room for more! My computer actually runs a lot better and faster since I removed files and put them on the WD-easystore!

Best Buy Deal of the Day had this device for an unbelievable price-- I think it was less than half the cost of the bulk OEM same-drive-in-a-bag. I am sure that the software and housing work great, but I shucked-out the drive for use in a server. It was easy.

A good basic external HD. I formatted it to work with my Mac, and it only took 5 minutes from the time I opened the box to the time it was set up and ready to go. If you’re looking for a good, simple external HD at a great value, this is it!

Well constucted external usb drive. Write true read write usb around 86 mbs. Not terrible for a usb external drive. Easy enough to open and turn to an internal drive for better performance. Like all hard drives, you will pay a premium thanks to chia

Got it on sale making it a solid deal. Mine has been running in the enclosure for almost a year now. I do use an 80mm USB fan to help pull warm air through the enclosure. A cool hard drive is a happy hard drive. Or something like that.

Just plug in and ready to go, This is my second- plenty of useable space for all of my music, docs, pictures, back-ups. Not bad looking sitting on the desk just have to keep the dust off- would reccomend to be an essential component of any system.

This external backup harddrive works great for my business. It is easy to install and operate.