Customer Ratings & Reviews

I had two externals die within a week of each other and scrambling to get a large format external to create backups of those. It's no the fastest external I have had, but the price was right for a quick off the shelf purchase to start the recovery process. Compatible with my WD NAS, I can plug this to give added storage capacity.

Purchased in May of 2023, it's now November 2023. I needed a quick solution for mirror copies of data on a Synology NAS. Worked wonders! It has been performing well and provides me yet-another-backup with plenty of space to do mirror and incremental for my situation. I only use it as a backup solution and not direct access unless I'm restoring something. I don't do any photo/video/music work off of it, nor would I ever. Here's hoping it survives a full 2 years (that's my personal cycle for these things).

I own several of these, as well as several of the smaller models (4 gb and 5 gb). Smaller models do not need to be plugged into an AC outlet (they get enough power directly from your desktop or laptop). The larger models, such as this 8 gb external HD, need to be plugged into a wall outlet. That's not a drawback for me, but that fact, and the size and weight of the unit, makes them less portable than the smaller units (if you travel much). I've had one 8 gb unit for over year -- used it a lot, and it never let me down. Bought another when I spotted one on sale, and had some BB rewards to make use of. The 8 gb is quiet, offers USB 3.0 transfer speeds, and holds a tremendous amount of data. These units come up for sale every so often at Best Buy, so you usually can catch them at a good price. Recommended.

For nearly 2 decades, I've gone with nothing else than Western Digital drives. They've been reliable, fast, and well made. And this one is no different. The price was great, and for 8Tb, you don't have to worry about running out of storage space. Installation was incredibly easy....just plug into your electrical outlet and plug into an open USB port. Drive gets instantly recognized by the computer. Loved this drive so much, that I bought 2 at this price. And I'm confident enough with these that my computer backup will be going on these.

8TB seems like much but in this day in age if you're a gamer you already know we are headed toward an all digital future. My 5TB broke and needed a replacement fast! It's on sale now at a great price and you know it's made by a trusted company. Looks perfect sitting beside my Xbox One S.

easy to setup, (plug and play) , very fast and is nearly silent to operate, 8 TB size is awesome, and price was very affordable. Looking forward to purchasing several more in the near future. I would highly recommend it to good friends, and even to some not-so-good family.

The unit works at intended. Provides ample storage.

I know everyone is on the SSD train. But this was great value for the money. It was plug and play. I loaded all my movies, shows, and music on it. Using it as a media server watch movies on my computer. Right now it is connected to my TV as an added option for entertainment.

Easy to run and reliable for our files. We use the easystore hard drives for our photo and video files

I was hesitant about the price whenever I was looking into upgrading my external drive. I was using a 4TB WD Green for quite sometime as my gaming library. Well, as the year or so went on, that library became increasingly larger and to the point that even 4TB weren't enough. I found this beauty, and, while hesitant at first, I saw all the reviews talking about how secure these devices typically are from failures. Now, normally I don't review without having some more time with devices, but already things have much improved since I switched that I had to say something about it. Data transfer is significantly faster. Games load quicker and Steam updates to the games seem to happen faster. Not to mention I now have plenty more space to continue expanding my digital library. I believe, when the time is right (and when money is not an issue) I'll purchase another one, just for safe measure.

I bought this prior to the Chia SSD/HDD explosion in May 2021. It's super simple to use, and provides sufficient space. It took me a little while to get use to the mechanical sounds of the hard drive again as I've been SSD exclusive for the past few years, but it's not annoying, just present. It's too early to tell whether this drive will survive for five years, but here's to hoping! If you need extra space this may be a viable option for you. The prices are getting crazy now (I purchased this for $138 back in April 2021). If you need space I would honestly hold off until the demand/supply stabilizes. Hopefully this doesn't turn into another GPU crisis.

Works great, gives my son enough space for his gaming computer. Easy to install

Works well fast transfer easy to ise plug an play .

If you're looking for a large reliable external drive, this is it. I have a few of them already, but needed more storage. I definitely recommend it, especially when you're on a budget.

my son loves it he has enough room for his music and games

It's the only external hard drive I use. None have failed me. They are filled with many treasures for my older years.

Trust the name. Got this for a back-up for my back-up. Can't add too much to the specs and product description, easy to use, not ugly on the desk and good value.

Great hard drive. I needed something with 8TB and this was the best value for the price. I've had WD drives before and this was was just as solid.

I recently upgraded to an Xbox One X and this hard drive is the perfect complement. It's basically plug and play, the Xbox formatted it in about a minute. I wish it didn't require an AC adapter, that's one less plug on the surge protector but at the end of the day you aren't getting an 8 TB external without one. Trust me, you're going to want 8 TB if you have a One X. Also I'll note in a perfectly quite room I can sometimes hear the hard drive because I have my Xbox set to update in the background (Instant On). In contrast I've never heard one of my WD Passports in the same environment. At the end of the day this is your best bet for an 8 TB external and Best Buy runs sales regularly on it. I would buy it again.

In WD, only 8TB drives are red. So inside this unit, it can only be a red NAS drive - high quality drive. At low 160 price tag, I bought two and placed it in NAS and run RAID 1 for more than a month - no issue.