Customer Ratings & Reviews

The new WD easystore 8TB version changed the case front and drive inside. 7.27 TB actual usable space. Made in Thailand. The box it came in was not shrink wrapped. The old, discontinued 8TB version contained a helium filled drive, while these new ones are air filled WD80EDAZ-11TA3A0. The new drive runs hot and loud. Older helium 8TB easystore idles around mid-30C and mid-40C under load. This new version reaches 59C under heavy use. Even though it reports itself as a 5400rpm drive, it might actually be 7200rpm, which explains the heat and loudness. Benchmarks via USB 3.0: 205 MB/s sequential read and 206 MB/s sequential write when empty. Great speeds for a hard drive, but worried about longevity due to excess heat.

Great amount of storage and very easy to install. Nice size

Excellent HD. I works as advertised. I have three of these 8TBs and three 5TB drives that hold my ebook and audiobook collections. 8TB sounds like a lot of space per drive, but it fills up quickly when mp3s, m4as and others are added routinely. It does make some noise, but thats to be expected for this type of drive.

Love this HDD although if you’re getting it for any newer device make sure to grab a type c adapter Other than that it works like a charm easy to install, as a photographer me being able to just massively dump random landscape shots on this is amazing and just what I wanted in a external, maybe one day in a few years I’ll upgrade to a massive SSD when the price goes down.

Great storage. This tower does not take up much space. Easy to use. Great for backing up files.

I purchased this hard drive looking to add extra storage space for a media collection. The reliability of WD and sale price made it a no brainer. Works great with Nvidia Shield pro 2019

I got this drive because I needed a bigger and faster drive to do backups but it might get shucked for a NAS in the future. So shuckers may want to take note. This drive is purchased and tested in February 2021. Some say that the WD80EDAZ inside this enclosure is actually spinning at 7200 rpm, which it might be since the sequential performance of this drive closely matches that of my Seagate Barracuda 7200 rpm. https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/ikk0rv/psa_multiple_wd_5400rpm_drives_are_actually/ On one hand this is WD and their screwed up, misleading marketing (See: SMR drives sold as CMR drives). The other comments complaining that the drives run hot and loud are warranted. This drive is air "filled" instead of helium filled like the old ones which adds to the heat this generates. 59 C under heavy load in a 21 C ambient is HOT. It also gets even louder once the head starts moving. On the other hand, I can live with its compromises for a drive that only needs to run around once a week. The 200 MBps sequential dramatically increased the speed of my backups. But the high temperatures this generates is still a concern. 60 C is usually the maximum operating temperature for mechanical hard drives so if you plan to run this under extended periods of time like in a NAS, it may need active cooling. If you're keeping this drive in its enclosure, keep it vertical so it can passively exhaust its heat through the top vents.

im so glad i got this i can put all my music and game s on it and use it as my main hard drive and keep stuff off of my pc i would like to say pplease backu[p important stuff to an extra hardrive just in case somethign happens with this one oh and dont mind the pic i took that with the plastic still on it lol

Great storage of photos and documents. Put all my mp3, jpg pictues. My mobiez and videos accesable. Will recomend.

This is exactly what I needed for my home computer - very easy to use and end-user friendly

This is a great plug in and use external drive perfect for large video and film projects. I just loaded a 93GB file from a PC to the WD-easystore 8TB USB 3.0 Hard Drive and it zoomed the files into the drive in minutes. And the price is low and a good quality buy.

Good quality hard drive, I was able to back up all my files for work and dropbox. This is the 3rd WD hard drive I have purchased over the last 10 years and thus far when I take them down from the shelf and use them they have done their job.

excellent product to storage your files easy to install easy to use easy to store

I just purchased this tonuse qith my xbox. I own 2 8Tb already and they have served me well the store a lot of game in my case and they use to be performing well until the New SPEED of gaming consoles increase. So if you notnin to 4k or high speed requirements it works great. I can still use it for my older game which is great i womt have to use up space on the new one. I had to turn it back in when it told my games requirements would not run this storage.

works the way I thought it would and the way it's supposed to. Load times are pretty quick (depending on the game) and it makes almost no noise (not that I can tell since I wear a headset, although compared to my PS4 it might as well make no noise. I've got 65 games downloaded and still have a little more than 5 TB left. It's easy to use, just plug in the power supply then connect it to your PS4 via USB, format as extended storage and you're ready to go. (Controller is for size reference)

A bit slow for nowadays thought the capacity is the contemporary one. It's not the 7200 rpm certainly. Forget it. It's the 5700 rpm one(still not the fastest experienced in this class writing speed). The primary reason I deducted stars from the rating however is due to the units poor heat management. This drive runs much hotter than other units I have previously used and consistently sits at or above 50C even when idol, and well over 60C when writing any medium to large data transfer or tasking which if not addressed has been found to directly lead to higher instances of drive failure as well as significantly reduced drive. Personally I addressed this by 3D printing a custom fan shroud which fits an 80mm computer fan to the top of the unit , fully circulating air throughout the drive as pictured below. Overall great functionality and aesthetic compared to others I have previously used & would plan on purchasing more in the future/ recommending to a friend for increased storage needs.

It works when you plug it into your pdtsonal computer and stuff.

It came fast and well packaged! Amazing item. Would definitely recommend.

I bought a few of these 8TB externals. It's common knowledge now that these externals have 8TB Western Digital Red drives inside of them. It's the reason why I went with Western Digital, and specifically not Seagate (with their shingle technology). They are very easy to "shuck," allowing you to run them internally using SATA. However, the reason for the 4-star rating is that most consumers will not shuck them, and they do run hot inside of their casing. Temperatures exceed 45c at idle, and do reach 50c with use. Given they are WD Red drives, I'm confident they will survive those temperatures within the warranty period (2 years), but it's been tested and proven that hard drives do not do so well in terms of longevity with temperatures in excess of 40c. If you do shuck them, they run very cool; and you don't even have to install them internally. Just popping off the outer casing, and running a small fan on top keeps temperatures within 32-36c. I personally have 140mm fans blowing on top of mine still running on USB. My internal 8TB actually runs hotter due to less ventilation in my computer. Just keep in mind that if you shuck them and break the case, it will void the warranty. So outweigh the pros and cons before, and do your research on "proper shucking" :) Overall very satisfied with these 8TB Red NAS 256MB Cache drives.

great price for external high capacity hard drive and added convenience of mobility