
Great external HDD. The first day I got the 3TB version of this WD drive I written over 2TB of data on it. The write speeds were as consistent as usb 3.0 can be. The drive is great and I was able to transfer all my data. Might get another one for a back up back up.

Easy to use and just plugged it in on my Win 7 Pro both Gaming PC (self built) and Toshiba Satellite circa 2012 and worked without issues. Unlike using a Rosewill external case just buy this and you will not go wrong, I had two WD 2.5 drives fail because of Rosewill and could not retrieve the data.. Stick with the best on the market as I have! Slainte!

Absolutely the best HDDs on the market! Now I have room for a LOT of future storage.

The 6 TB version seemed like the best balance between price, size, performance and noise / heat. This is going in a 4 bay NVR which is in a very quiet environment. So far, these drives seem much quieter than the 7200rpm version (during seek) which are being swapped out 1 at a time to allow the RAID rebuilds to catch up. Temps are 10C lower than the 7200 pro version. (37C vs. 47-49C per SMART data.)

Good SSD cooler with one caveat. Comes with several heat pads of different thickness and even includes a mini screwdriver. Installing a single-sided SSD will have no issues whatsoever.

Simple and easy connectivity...plug and play. Power, USB, it's there.

- Capacity - Speed - Buffer size - Reliability

most trusted HDD


By MB, the cheapest and reliable HD in the market Will last many years of constant use

- Can accept M.2 M-Key NVMe SSDs

Just what I wanted.

Looks great. Works as intended. Easy to install and set up.


Well, I have to say I am impressed with this hard drive. While I do not have a security setup this drive is running in my main home network computer as a shared storage. Lots of reading and writing to it for storage of music, pictures, movies, and system backups. I have to say it handles all of it with ease. Its very fast even for only being a 5400 rpm hard drive. This drive is faster in reads and writes than my systems 640gb western digital blue 7200 rpm hard drive. With 1 terabyte of storage space it has plenty of room for all my networks needs. On my system it runs at Sata 3gbs speeds I can just imagine how much faster it would be if I had Sata 6gbs ports for it to be connected to. Very quiet drive so far with my experience with it, unlike some drives I have had that you could actually hear operating, when reading or writing to them. Now as I have said I use it for my home networks shared storage device, I can attest to the fact it handles everything, and as such if you set it up for a security systems drive it would handle all your data needs for recording video 24/7. Nice 3.5 inch drive whatever your needs may be.

This is no harder to set up than a thumb drive and at a much lower price than a thumb drive of the same storage capacity. And it takes a standard micro-USB to type-A USB cord

So far, so good - this little drive has been magic. Hooked it up several times with no issues whatsoever.


These WD HDD's are for my security system servers and they usually last five to eight years. I prefer to buy from Newegg because I still remember they were the first company to really step up the game, and send my stuff the very next day as promised. Way before am zon, who is just out to put the other guy out of business. Newegg never has sent me junk parts, and has always been my PC parts shipper choice.

I use the docking station to move from a PC with 6 drives to a iMac 5k. To my surprise all the PC drives 3T and 4T were instantly available on the mac as well as all the files and photos! I can have both mac and pc drives in the doing station at the same time. I can pop in the drives I need when I need them. What a difference in transferring from a mac to PC which I did 3 months ago. That was an experience that no one should have to undergo!