Customer Ratings & Reviews

I wanted to do a back up for a PC I have and didn't want to put the files on my network drive. This external drive is big and it is USB only which is what I was looking for. Worked fine.

Excellent external hard drive for the price. Will recommend to all my friends.

What can I say? It is a hard drive and it holds all of my files. It hasn’t died yet and for that I am grateful.

It's my go to external harddrive, can't beat quality and price

This is a very good drive to have. You can keep all your files and everything else on one drive with space to spare. Lots of room to keep it all and at a very good price can’t be beat.

As a photographer I save many raw images and jpeg files. I archive EVERYTHING never knowing when I might need that one special image. With 8TB there is plenty of room for all my files.

I purchased this model after looking for a few weeks at different brands and sizes. I noticed that it was a Doorbuster item this month for December and decided to take the plunge. For the $99 I spent plus tax, I couldn’t be happier. Fast, reliable and quiet. 8TB of space is more than I need. I use this for my MacBook Pro 2017 model and it works flawlessly with Time Machine. Only gripe I have, but nothing I am really complaining about simply because of the price I paid, would be that it’s a disk drive; would rather have had a Solid State Drive for speedier service. Hands down a great value and would recommend to anyone if this fits their needs.

This hard drive was very easy and quick to set up. I would recommend it for those who are looking to start up a digital library.

This hard drive saved my life. Transfer time was fast and are always dependable

Easy setup, works flawlessly with Windows File History backup

I've been using this drive for a little while. It was on sale when I bought it. So the price was great for the storage size. But compare to three other external drives that I own, this one runs hot after about 20 minutes of use. So I unplug it after two or three hours using it. I don't know if this is normal for this type of drives which has plastic cover. My other drives with a different brand have metal cover which conducts heat better I believe. So far so good. I hope it lasts long so I don't lose files I saved in this drive. Time will tell.

The performance of this drive is pretty good, I purchased this to use as a Steam games drive in my computer, but it can also be used with the Xbox One, PS4, or any other game console that supports USB storage. If you don't mind opening it up, you'll find a regular 3.5" desktop SATA drive with performance similar to the WD RED line of drives, you may even find a WD RED inside depending on how old the stock is.

needed it fast to back up a dying drive. Was able to order and pickup with ease

Easy setup and now I can backup all my files from three computers and still have plenty of storage space. It's not loud but it can get hot over time. I keep it at the floor next to a small portable fan to keep it a lot cooler and so far no issues. The sale price was the same as the 5 TB so it's a no brainer to go with the 8 TB. Worth it if on sale.

these are essentially WD RED drives....cheapest way to getWD NAS REDS...i own 20 of them atleast never had one issue...i take the drives out of the enclosure and put them right into my server no issues people have reported using them exernal (taking the drive out of the enclosure) have issues and you may need a molex to sata converter (google 3.3v issue) but my servers pick them up just fine

Excellent external hard drive. Storing images and video footage for an upcoming event. WD makes a good product.

Working great as additional storage for my NAS. I shucked the drive and have been using it without any problems since I bought it.

Western Digital simplicity. Lives up to its Easy name and is easy to set up and immediately starting adding files to the drive. Using on USB 2.0 desktop and no problems connecting.

This is a cheaper alternative to adding 8TB of space to your Xbox One or Series X. Again, 8 TB of additional space for all your games!

Bought it for Synology DS220+. It works as expected.