Customer Ratings & Reviews

This was the first one I bought for my son. He already owned one. Bought another one in 2020. He shoots and edits a lot of video so needs a large amount of storage space. He's happy with the three that he owns.

Really great deal for 8 tb. I paid $139 for this. I was a bit bummed because not even 24 hours before i purchased this, i saw a notification that there was a 10 tb for $179 with a thumb drive. When i got to the store, there was no such thing. Either way i'm still ok with this.

I was actually looking for an internal hard drive when I stumbled on this. I did research and found that I was able to shuck it (open the plastic shell) and get a brand new 8tb hard drive. I believe I purchased this item for $150 and it is one of the best storage per dollar I have invested.

Bought in June, loaded about 3TB of data on it. Unplugged till today, when the drive is unresponsive. Cannot be opened or initiated, gives fata error. Will never buy WD again, do not recommend. Go with Seagate. Moreover, Bestbuy support couldnt even tell me if repair had cost or not till I took it in-person... save yourself some trouble and buy elsewhere and just not this brand/model

Great amount of storage for the price. I use it as a back up drive and have not had any issues

... at a very reasonable price. Does not have the security features the other two WD external drive series have, but that was not a critical factor for me. I’m very pleased with the drive.

Bought this to replacing an internal drive that was failing. Can be a pain to open the case, but once shucked easily goes into your pc

Got it when it went on sale. It's a keeper. Hopefully by the time I run out of space again a 16TB will be out and at the same price as this one

This is my 2nd purchase and so far I'm loving it , the speeds are accurate, the design could of been better, it's not loud , this is my 37th hard drive so I'm pretty addictive to storage.

Bought this HD on sale for $160 to store movies for a media server. Confirmed a WD80EFAX in a Made In Thailand unit, 7SGX9***. For those that don't know, that is a WD Red 8TB that usually runs for $260 put in an external HD package. Bought this unit off the shelf 02/18/2018. Great buy.

Picked this up while it was on sale to add as an external storage device to my NAS. I'm primarily using this for video streaming through the NAS and have been completely satisfied with the performance of this drive. Great bang for the buck, especially if you can find it on sale.

got this on black friday for 129.99.....best deal around by far. and WD is always my brand of choice

Love this drive & on sales it's even better. Works great & now I can have them mirror each other. Haven't shucked one yet but may since the drive inside costs more normally than this external drive. Very happy & would buy it/them again........might the next time they go on sale.

I got mine for 150, got one for all my devices so you could say I recommend them. But I will point out that I am unsure if they stand the test of time as it is new and storage wears out over time but how much time does remain to be seen. But overall for the price I couldn't pass this up.

I was able to easily disassemble and remove the drive so I could install it as an internal drive on my desktop. Much cheaper than buying the same hard drive as a bare drive.

My household includes one member who is an avid photographer and another with a massive mp3 collection. I was running out of hard drive space for backups. This 8tb drive provided the space I needed to safely store backup system images for 10 different computers in my home. Only negative is the USB interface is slower than I expected during large file transfers. There is no power on/off switch.

Got this external hard drive when it was on sale. Great price for a large amount of storage. It's not the quickest but but it's 8TB. I love it. I've been successful with WD. Seagate is the only drive that failed me within a couple of years without alot of usage. WD is more reliable.

Tried the 10TB to only realize that it would not take anything above 8tb and got this for my console instead. So easy to set up and not too slow for updates and way cheaper than an SSD. Definitely recommend!

Top quality as always with Western Digital. Excellent speeds.

Working great with PS4! Fast loading and solid construction