Last-Minute SavingsLimited quantities.Shop now

Skip to content
Gift Ideas
Main Content

Customer Ratings & Reviews

Model:
WDBCKA0080HBK-NESN
SKU:
5792401
Your price for this item is $39.99
Clearance
The comparable value price is $199.99

Customer reviews

Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars with 7156 reviews

Rating Filter

Rating by feature

  • Value

    Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars

  • Quality

    Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars

  • Ease of Use

    Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars

Pros mentioned filter

Cons mentioned filter

96%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers recognize the easystore 8TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive's impressive storage capacity, ease of use, and reliable performance. Positive feedback also highlights its reasonable price and fast transfer speeds via USB 3.0, along with its quiet operation. While some users noted that the drive can get warm, the majority of reviews are overwhelmingly positive. The use of WD red hard drives is also frequently mentioned as a positive attribute.

This summary was generated by AI based on customer reviews.

The vast majority of our reviews come from verified purchases. Reviews from customers may include My Best Buy members, employees, and Tech Insider Network members (as tagged). Select reviewers may receive discounted products, promotional considerations or entries into drawings for honest, helpful reviews.
Page 15 Showing 281-300 of 7,156 reviews
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Storage capacity

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    All good

    |
    |
    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    lots space, easy to find the storage in computer. Easy hookups

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    External HDD

    |
    |
    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Easy to setup and use. Appreciated the employee who helped me and easy to check out.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Heat

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great value per terabyte

    |
    |
    Posted .
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Able to reach 165MB/s on continuous read and write on a USB 3.0 connection, these drives are incredibly fast for data archiving purpose or for adding storage to the Xbox One and PS4 family of consoles. Fanless, quiet, uses external power of 12v/2A (wall wart design does not obstruct bottom receptacle when plugged directly to an AC wall receptacle) and designed to stand vertically. You will risk overheating if you lay them down horizontally and then stack something on top of it, like another WD easystore, as there are no vents on the broad sides of the plastic housing. Model reviewed are for boxes labeled "DCM: MGBJRCK", are a Product of Thailand, and contain drive model WD80EFAX.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Storage capacity

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Just Wow

    |
    |
    Posted .
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This drive blows me away with its speed and capacity. I use it for my Plex server on my Nvidia Shield for dvr purposes and this drive shines with its speed and ease of use. Highly recommended.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Reliability, Storage capacity

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Works as advertised

    |
    |
    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Have 3 of these. No problems so far, been about 2 monthes on time. 3rd drive is for backup of music on my server. Would recommend for sure.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Price, Usb

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Storage galore

    |
    |
    Posted .
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Was looking for cheap storage for movies and music from a reliable company. This connected easily to my router as a media hub for our home network. Works as expected and was an amazing price.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Reliability, Storage capacity

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great device

    |
    |
    Posted .
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great device. Comes with everything you need. Plenty of storage. Not the fastest drive out there but will do 110MB/s easy. Good bulk storage. Has a western digital red drive inside. Reliable.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Heat

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Decent overall performance

    |
    |
    Posted .
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Decent external drive. Bought one last year and had no issue. Quiet and cool even under heavy load. Drive actually spins at 7200 despite being a 5400 class drive, so if you shuck for NAS use, it will run a little hotter and suck more power

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Usb

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Fast Drive- used in NAS

    |
    |
    Posted .
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Very fast usb 3.0 drive. Has WD 8TB Red NAS drive inside. I bought 3. Two went into my WDMyCloud EX4100 NAS as backup drives and the third I am using for offsite external backup. Great drive.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Price, Storage capacity

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great value if you shuck

    |
    |
    Posted .
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This drives appear on a very low price every now and then. Great option if you shuck them (disassemble them) and use the internal drive for your NAS storage. Drive normally is a WD RED model.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Reliability

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    WD external hard drive 8 TB awesome

    |
    |
    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    We love the external hard drive so much that we’ve got well axing on eight of them and I’ve had never ever had a problem with one

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great Price....falls short of a "Best Buy"

    |
    |
    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great buy for the price. It was easy to set up, and easy to use. I think the AC power is the only thing they should do away with. If it is supposedly portable; Why isn't it just a plug and play without having to seek a outlet??? This would be a total "Best BUy" if you didn't need an outlet, but I gave it 5 stars anyway.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Reliability

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Quality Hard Drive

    |
    |
    Posted .
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This is my forth WD hard drive purchase for back up storage. I stuck with this brand for the last 5 years due to reliability and ease of software set up for locking and automatic back ups.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good Backup hard drive.

    |
    |
    Posted .
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works very well backing up my computer. Easy to set up and use.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Simple and worth the price

    |
    |
    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Does exactly what I need it for. Cold storage for 5 years of content that I need access to in the future.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Automotive Journalist

    |
    |
    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The performance aligns with expected standards, enabling the efficient backup of a variety of files, including videos and photographs from main computers. Nevertheless, the transfer speed from the easystore unit to other computers is relatively slow, akin to that of numerous external hard drives. In summary, I would confidently recommend this product to my business colleagues.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Reliability

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Reliable Backup EXHD

    |
    |
    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great backup external hard drive. Reliable. Easy plug in and use.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage capacity

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great Storage

    |
    |
    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Excellent hard drive to store music and many other things. Great storage.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great backup drive

    |
    |
    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great backup drive at a good price - just what I expect from Best Buy!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Perfect solution for additional storage

    |
    |
    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Excellent purchase. Very fast, easy backups, compact, nice looking and space saver. It is just what I needed, works perfectly.

    I would recommend this to a friend