Customer Ratings & Reviews

After years of using other external hard drives (Seagate, LaCie, OWC builds, even other Western Digital) this has become the most reliable backup drive we have used so far. It reformatted for Mac easily, mounts always from the attached drive or anyone from our local network and has huge storage for what stunned me as a low cost of $159 when I purchased it. (Price seems to vary as I went back within a week and it was over $259 again but even at full cost is a great deal.)

Great product very easy-to-use. More then enough space to store everything you need.

Excellent product. Plenty of space. Ease to use.

Western Digital external usb 3.0 external drives are fantastic! I have 3 others 2 are 3 TB and one is 8TB like this one i just purchased. They have always been reliable. Easy to install in about 5 mins.

This is a great product at a great price! Very quiet - easy to reconfigure for a Mac - great amount of storage at 8TG - very fast at USB 3. Also comes with a great warranty from a reliable manufacturer.

It works, but it’s very slow. I am using this to archive photo and video projects only.

Does what you need, plug it in and store your data.

If you simply looking for a drive to manually transfer files from your computer to the drive for backup you should be okay. But if you want automatic backup and you are not tech oriented you are going to have a hard time getting this drive setup. It comes with NO user manual in the box. The tiny foldout pamphlet that is included (with print sop small I could barely read it with a 6X magnifier and my reading glasses) has a URL to a page that SUPPOSEDLY has a manual but it does NOT! A quick Google search turned up an online PDF manual that I downloaded. This was not much help however, because it had instructions for software that is supposed to be on the drive but is NOT! The manual tells you how to setup WD software but in reality you are going to be using Acronis True Image For Western Digital software. I had to jump through several hoops to figure out how to find it for download and then find a manual for using this software with this drive. Much more difficult and confusing than it needs to be. After several hours I finally got it all setup and it now runs my backup scheme on my schedule. And it does so in the background without slowing my PC down at all, so bonus points for that. Western Digital used to be a leader in the field of digital drives and storage but sadly this is not the case anymore. If you are looking for a simple drive to just manually backup files and folders there are cheaper alternatives out there. If you have more technical needs like automated backups on a schedule there are products out there that are easier to configure and won't cause you to have to make multiple Google searches to find everything you need. Sorry Western Digital, but I DO NOT RECOMMEND this product.

Nice large reliable hard drive! So far so good. I use it as intended as an external hard drive but I believe many people like to pull the drive out and throw it in a PC. It works well for my use case.

I have had no problems so far. easy to install...really just plug and save. You can Back-up files, pics, movies... whatever you want to save and have it put away....just in case.

Couldn't have been easier to install. Plug it in and it takes care of everything. It puts easy to use software on your computer. You can tell it what to bsckup and how often. 8TB is tons of space.

Great storage device. Was able to put 2 previous drives onto this one with plenty of room to spare. Plug and play.

This is the only external hard drive I buy anymore, I start each year with a fresh drive for storage and will continue getting these ones from Bestbuy, thanks!

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.

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.

Great product. It is fast, reliable, and reasonably priced for my needs.

I purchased four of these drives to replace some old Seagate models in a NAS. I'd done a fair amount of research, but nonetheless I wasn't expecting to get the models I ended up with. It seems WD has been using a new model: WD80EDAZ-11TA3A0 which is what I received in all four drives. This appears to be a white label WD Red but could also be a rebrand from their Hitachi acquisition, as these models are air-filled instead of utilizing helium as would be expected. The new DCM on these boxes is: NGBPWCP As for performance, the drives are running much better than anticipated and despite the warnings online I have yet to see temperatures anywhere above 45c.

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.

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.

This is my 3rd 8TB HDD. I have 0 complaints. Cheap, quiet and they help me increase my media collection. Best bargain around. 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.