Customers admire the BLACK D10 8TB External USB 3.2 Gen 1 Portable Hard Drive for its massive storage capacity, compatibility with various devices including gaming consoles, and user-friendly setup process. While some users have concerns about noise and occasional defects, many find the price reasonable for the value and performance it offers.
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Pros mentioned:
Compatibility, Speed, Storage
Cons mentioned:
Noise
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Drive for the money!!
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Bought this drive and man has it been nothing but great. Great speed and reliability. Can fit my whole game library off my pc on it. I keep my main games on an ssd and load off the ones I play less to this drive. Would recommended 100%. The only negative would be is that it’s a bit noisy but not all the time. I usually have my headphones on anyways. Grab this if you’ve been looking for a speedy and reliable external hard drive. Works with PC, PS4 and Xbox
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Price, Storage
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
A great external drive for next gen gamers.
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I purchased this drive for my Playstation 5 for external storage of Playstation 4 games library and hopefully in the future external backup of Playstation 5 games to offload the internal SSD (come on Sony give us a firmware update). The device aesthetic is very nice and I don't have any complaints about the build. The advertised read and write speeds are right in line with what Western Digital states are the speeds (see attached picture). I have seen people asking what drive is inside this external "WD_Black" series external drive. Well it's not a black series drive (Like the 8TB WD8001FZBX) but an HGST HUS728T8TALE6L4. This is not a bad thing as this is a data center-class hard drive and paying only $15-20 for a nice external enclosure. Be aware this is not 100% quiet as it is a full-size, higher-performing drive but is not annoying and probably cant be heard from 10 feet away if gaming from a distance. If you need an extremely quiet drive look at the Western Digital P10 Black series but you are not going to get this performance. I have to do further testing to see if the drive ever fully ramps down as it does seem like the platters tend to constantly spin just for longevity purposes.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Speed, Storage
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great High Capacity External USB Gamming Drive
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
I have been researching for an external hard drive to pair with my recently purchased gaming PC and finally decided on this 8 TB WD Black D10 portable hard drive. I moved most of the games from the computer's SSD hard drive to this external drive and saved a lot of storage space for the C drive and the games are still running great, highly recommended.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Speed, Storage
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fast USB 3.2 Gaming Hard Drive
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This is about as fast as gaming HDDs get, yet it will never compete with a SSD. The value lies in the large 8TB capacity, great for storing PS4/5 games. (It should work equally well with XBox.) I did find it a bit faster than my older USB 3.0 HDD. It is relatively quiet, although one can hear it spool up and click away. It is not noticeable unless one listens for it. It is also actively cooled with an internal fan and ventilation slots in the housing. It comes with a stand for holding it verticallly or it can sit horizontally on a flat surface. At around $200 and 8TB capacity, it’s a good value for a gaming storage HDD.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Speed, Storage
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
WD Black D10 8TB Review
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
The WD Black D10 is listed as a game drive. I use it for storage. I'm into photography and drones. That means lots of photos and videos. The drive is fast! It has a disc speed of 7200 rpm. I purchased two of them to give me ample storage. Not only do they perform, but they look good!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Capacity, Storage
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
WD_Black 8TB 7200rpm
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
The product has performed as advertised. I do a lot of file transfers and it is handling the traffic.
As the other reviews stated the HD runs hot even with its small internal fan. With the added USB charging ports adding an external fan was very easy. If the need arises I would get a second unit.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Capacity
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Hard Drive!
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Posted . Owned for 6 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This is a Great Hard Drive! I've packed many Game and Video files on it, and it's never an issue. At first, it did get hot, but I've placed it under a fan and it's been smooth sailing ever since, and it's been close to a year!
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Speed, Storage
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Save your data all in one place!
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Posted . Owned for 3 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
needed to find 1 spot to put all videos, pics, files and do it smoothly and easily as well as cost effective. THis is it. It is not hooked up every day, but it moves fast!
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
The best of the best
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
100% recommend a good product. The best more space than the space we have in the universe
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great external hard drive
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
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Worked as advertised. Nice a sleek. Doesn’t make to much noise and has been working for my needs.
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great value! a must have.
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Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Works great! A must-have for a video editing gig. Very happy with my purchase.
I love how you can set it up, horizontal or vertical.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Speed, Storage
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fantastic drive with good value
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Bought this for storing games between my desktop and laptop and it works great, speeds are good, especially compared to how the old mechanical drives were.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Storage
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Exactlt what I wa slooking for
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
It's exactly what I was looking for as an added 8TB USB drive to my NAS. A nice touch is the included stand. I also like the large activity light. Local backups are now a breeze.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Storage
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.
Holds all my games and plenty room for more. Only issue is overheating. Built in fan never turns on but seems like a widespread issue. Just keep another fan blowing on it and it runs just fine
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Best External Multi use drive.
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Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Works great as an external back up drive but also as a media drive for my Samsung TV. Have always used WD My Books but this new Black Drive is quiet, fast and aesthetically pleasing.
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Temperature
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Hot Stuff
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
The drives seem to do what they are supposed to as regards backing up my data, however, they run extremely hot and I have to use external fans to cool them down. Temperatures without the fans run at a minimum 50 degrees Celsius and on occasion have reached the mid to upper 50s, which is a danger zone for drives. I have software that I use to monitor this, but it should not be that I need these extra fans to keep the drives cool.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Harddrive
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Has worked great so far, happy with the speed! Recommend
I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Noise
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
So far ots great
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Been downloading all of my ps4 games and hopefully itll be enough but i doubt it cause i have 695 games bur well see lol but after it does get loud for about a min or so then goes back to being quiet idk of thats the fan kickong on or what but it is noticeable. Overall im happy with my purchase:)
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
WB black 8 TB
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Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Definitely loves this because it saves so much games
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works amazing! Great value!
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Posted . Owned for 6 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
This thing is quick! Been using it exclusively for steam and games, works awesome and has little noise even with it being harddisk. Loads games no problem and is very portable.