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Rating 4.8 out of 5 stars with 475 reviews

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  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    The best external hard drive

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Western Digital does it right! With it's rugged and sleak design and more storage space than it's competitors, it really is the best! I love this hard drive. I'm utilizing it now to store my excess PS5 games and will in the future by the WD black SSD internal hard drive for more readily accessible games. But, for a qulality hard drive that won't break the bank you can't go wrong with this one.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Solid HDD for gaming storage

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Really glad I found this on sale! Totally worth the price investment. I've loaded up nearly 100 games on to the drive so far and barely used half the storage total (still 2.4 TB free). Transferring between WD-Black and the XSX main SSD are solidly in the right timeframe to not be an issue. I keep my primary games that I play everyday on the SSD and hold the HDD for overflow storage and move back and forth as needed instead of needing to re-download. Overall great deal, so go for it!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    The Little Brick that Could

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Purchased this item for gaming purposes, absolutely no complaints. Would definitely recommend if you're facing storage issues and dont want to sacrifice performance for storage.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Hardrive

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works well with Playstation 5 very easy to set up as it gives instructions on how to use for many systems and im able to hold many games on my concle and it doesn't seem to have heating issues

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    WD BLACK 5tb

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Fantastic and less expensive way to majorly increase system storage for pcs or consoles! Everything runs smoothly and fast. Very happy with my purchase!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    WD-black

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Storage isjust awesome! I love the design. Super fast transfer rate. No issues

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    WD Black gets the job done.

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Usually purchase the My Passport drive, was out of stock so I chose this one. Seems faster, maybe only because I expected it to be so. WD always gets the job done. Not sure if it's worth the extra $30, but I was lucky to get it on sale.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Works great

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Plugged right into my laptop and worked perfectly. Very fast. I am using it primarily to back up some of the hard drives I have it’s worked well and have had no problems with it.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    WD-Black

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    Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Has been a great product and I have been able play the games I like play

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    If you need extra space, BUY IT!

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    Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Does exactly what I need it to with no issues!! Plus, at that price.. you can’t beat it!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Content Storage

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I am not a gamer but I use this for storing videos. It provides plenty of space to store my content.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    5TB WD Black hard drive has 4.5TB formatted space

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Out from the box, WD Black USB3 hard drive has no OEM files on it. 4.5TB usable space when formatted on Xbox One.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Needed more storage

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I needed more storage and this was on sale and this works great

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Just have for Ps5!

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    You must get one for your Ps5 to have your PS4 games on!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Kicker amp

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Love this amp my speakers sound amazing now, kicker is always is a great quality product

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great find.

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Small and fast. Works great with my Mac. I use it for our photo library and it doesn't slow it down.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Reliable drive for retro game use and Xbox games

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The Western Digital 5TB P10 external hard drive has been a great addition to my setup. I mainly use it to store my entire retro game collection, and it handles everything quickly and efficiently. The transfer speeds are solid, and I’ve had no performance issues, even with larger files. I also occasionally plug it into my Xbox, and it works flawlessly there too—reliable and quick to load. The compact design makes it easy to store or carry around, and the build quality feels sturdy. It’s a dependable drive that does exactly what I need it to do. Highly recommended for anyone needing lots of storage for games or media.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great external HD

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Bought this external HD for my PlayStation. Plug it in and it will automatically format it. Great for storing games. You can play ps4 games off of it but ps5 games have to be moved back to internal storage.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great product at a good price for extra storage

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    They are great for extra storage reliable and sudo fast depending on what your using it for. NVME is always the winner but this is great for storage renpy games or even low graphics games. Decent for media, and finally just a great product to store extra games media and the like. Solid product this is my fifth one over many years and only one has ever failed and took quite a lot of years to do so.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Awesome stuff

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I love this little storage harddrive, idk why but i think they are so fascinating and convienent, you can store tons of stuff on them and take them with you wherever you go and edit them on any computer or phone, and this one looks awesome. Mobile secure data, clandestine spy age stuff thats like becoming extinct due to new texhnology and things such as micro sd cards, but these MD Black storages have their own little nooks and survive on, can transport them and use them to play on any xbox or ps4, taking your whole game library to any of uour friends house without all the weighted hassle. Awesome!

    I would recommend this to a friend