Reviewers Liked
- Comes in a variety of large capacities
- Affordable
- Works with most systems
- Three-year warranty
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Requires external power adapter
- Not too fast
Western Digital My Book USB3
What’s great about the My Book is that it is remarkably easy to configure and use, being the definition of a plug-in-and-go scenario. It uses the universally accepted USB 3.0 Type-A connection, most owners will be operationally within minutes of unpacking the device, and ready to use the very ample storage capacity inside.
-- As reviewed by TechRadar
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What’s great about the My Book is that it is remarkably easy to configure and use, being the definition of a plug-in-and-go scenario. It uses the universally accepted USB 3.0 Type-A connection, most owners will be operationally within minutes of unpacking the device, and ready to use the very ample storage capacity inside.
By TechRadar onThe 8TB version of the Western Digital My Book is a deep well of affordable storage for your photos, music, videos, and more.
By PCMag onThough good-looking, capacious and fast, the WD My Book has no must-have special features.
By cnet onAny tech head should have Crystal DiskMark in their toolkit. Run it on internal or external hard disks or SSD. I recently ran it on eMMC storage in a cheap tablet, and a snail can move faster. Of course, speed depends on need. If you are Joe and Jane Average, then the biggest file will be a photo at a few Megabytes (MB). This personal storage drive is for you. If you store movies or do video editing etc., then go SSD and feel the price pain.
By GadgetGuy AU onIn my honest opinion, WD My Book is a great solution for everyone simply because it is very easy to use and set up (unlike NAS), there are a variety of storage capacity to choose from, and it comes with its very own backup software which means you don’t need to research and perform trial and error when trying to find a compatible backup software.
By CravingTech onAfter having looked at a total of fifteen drives, we can conclude that the Seagate Backup Plus Fast 4 TB is the most interesting from a technical point of view. It also performs very well, thanks to its two disks in RAID 0. We awarded this drive the...
By uk.hardware.info onThere's a lot to love about Western Digital hard drives. They last for years, are super durable, and work as they should straight out the box. So that looks to continue with their latest fleet of products that launched today!Available today, Western...
By Gear Diary onThough only an upgrade in appearance and size, the new My Book offers mainstream consumers with a very reliable way to back up their content via a generous capacity point.
By StorageReview onThe Western Digital MyBook 6Tb external drive is based around a Western Digital 6Tb Green drive, placed inside an enclosure sporting a SATA II to USB 3.0 chipset that does not support UASP, and does perform the 4kB sector translation. Its performance...
By goughlui.com onDas MyBook von WD bietet eine ordentliche Leistung und eine einfache, aber durchdachte Sicherungssoftware. Es ist perfekt für alle, die Daten sichern, sich aber nicht mit zusätzlichen Programmen auseinandersetzen wollen. Dazu kommt, dass die Festplatte...
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