
Easy to use. Just plug and play.

* Excellent performance * Runs quiet * Retail Box (mostly protection and screws) * No problem running in the Orico enclosure * Blue drive will have a higher performance than a green drive

easy to install and use. no complications.

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.

18TB is so big! Well, for now. S.M.A.R.T data is now accessible. Others that I've bought didn't even support the HDD's native self-test routine.

- 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

Ver y good

Three of these in Raid 1 work out of the box in my newly built NAS system. It took quite a while for the Drive setup step to complete, though, with 3 of these 16 TB drives churning for over 1 day.

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

For Synology NAS users, the Synology brand drives means easier adoption, less headaches and fewer notifications. The extra small pennies/gb price per GB over other enterprise drives with worth it. No need to worry about compatibility with many features of DSM 7.1

Very quiet, Its only running in a Security system DVR So I am sure it would not be to fast in a PC. But Its super cool to the touch even though my DVR does not have a fan. I always had good luck with WDC going to stay with them,

Easy to set up. Fast transfers and a small footprint. I traditionally swap out my external drives about once a year. Each year they get bigger. This year I bought 2 5TB drives to replace my older pair of 2TB drives. (My old ones will remain an archive.) So far, I have only activated one, but it is working fine.

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


Keeping in line with Western Digital’s other newer drives, this one is a lot quieter in terms of vibration. Speeds are pretty decent overall and on par with what I would expect (see other for speeds). Cheaper than the Red drives with most of the benefits. These drives don’t appear to experience the same slow spin-up that some full on NAS drives do. 1TB drives are extremely cheap these days so you can buy a bucket load of them compared to even a few years ago.

No regrets!! Worth every penny.