WD_BLACK D10 8TB Game Drive for Xbox, external HDD, transfer speeds up to 250 MB/s, 7200RPM, Active Cooling to Store your Massive Collection, 1 Month Xbox Game Pass, black

I was using a 2TB drive for my PS5 external storage which I had originally been using with my laptop, but with the size of games it quickly filled up, so if I wanted to play a new game I had to delete one and download the game I wish to play which could take several hours. I have now downloaded all my PS5 and PS4 games onto this drive and moved a couple from internal storage over to this drive which frees up space on my internal storage. To play PS5 games stored on this drive you do have to move them to internal storage which only takes a few minutes compared to several hours it would take to download them, PS4 games can be played directly from this hard drive which I do and they play great with no issues. If your after external storage for your PS5 this does the trick, as this is the 8TB model the drive spins at 7200 rpm, but 5TB or less drive spins at 5500rpm which will give slower transfer speeds but will still be ok.

I got this drive for storing and editing photos, as well as storing video files. Its working great and is so much faster than my old 5200rpm drive. This apparently houses an data center level HDD, so it should hopefully be more durable than the desktop level HDDs that come in cheaper external drives. It looks really cool with the rugged enclosure design and features two USB sockets that would be very handy to have on the desk. Unfortunately its a little too loud for me to have on my desk. There is a fan inside to provide active cooling, which is great to have for durability of the drive, but it is quite loud. As well as the fan, the drive itself is fairly noisy being 7200rpm. I have put the drive inside a cupboard, with a mini USB room fan plugged into the USB socket on the enclosure. Very handy to have them! The drive runs a little hot at around 56c according to crystal disc info. I searched it and apparently its normal for this type of drive to run a little hot, so I don't think its an issue with the enclosure or the drive. Setup was easy and just a case of plugging in the USB and power cable and turning it on. Windows immediately detected the drive and it was ready to go. Overall I am very pleased with this external HDD and would definitely recommend if you're looking for a fast external drive.

IT'S MY SECOND WD BLACK D10 DRIVE. FIRST ONE IS FULL UP WITH GAMES, GREAT FAST HARD DRIVE FOR XBOX, HOWEVER IT DOES NOT COME WITH 1 MONTHS GAME PASS ULTIMATE, THAT'S WHY 4 STARS.

It has a decent capacity of about 7.5Tb and not the full 8Tb advertised(as a lot of space is used up for the file system on mechanical hard drives in general so you very rarely get the full capacity advertised) for the price and works very well with the PS4 PRO and on the whole has decent access speeds tho on occasion it does seem to be a bit slow. This is probably to do with the 10 second spin up time which does make loading a little slow at times during gaming. Tho game loading is fairly quick when you load up a game from the Home Screen. The drive does run quite warm during busy times when gaming so I would recommend that the drive is placed in a well ventilated place so as to allow heat to naturally dissipate and definitely ensure that the fan at the back of the drive has a clear path to expel the build up of heat. The drive is extremely easy to set up and is formatted for the PS4 very quickly. It is definitely worth the money tho it will run considerably slower than a solid state hard Drives as will all mechanical drives so there is a trade off between storage space and read, write, access times. Also if you choose a solid state hard drive you are currently limited to 2Tb and will very likely pay £200 or more and the faster the drive the more expensive they are generally. Also to really get the benefit of the speed of solid state hard drives you would need to replace the PS4 internal drive with a solid state hard Drive and then you have the problem of downloading the PS4 operating system on to the drive prior to or during replacement which can be very problematic. Hence why mechanical External hard Drives are very popular with the PS4 as generally the storage space of the internal hard drive is much smaller than required for most gamers, so external hard Drives are a almost a must have item as it allows you to have comprehensive access to many years of games overtime and not be forced into deleting and installing games which is very time consuming. Also the hard drives is not fully silent and you can hear it running faintly in the background especially during times when you are not gaming which is probably the downside of having a hard drive which spins faster than standard mechanical hard drives tho I think it is a trade off which is worth it in my opinion.

Very pleased with this purchase, although spinning disks are still expensive (I paid £169 for this drive). I needed to obtain a fast USB drive for PC backups. I have not tested this on a console. The kit is well built and looks Ok if you want it on display. The case has a cooling fan as the drive does get a little warm, but you can't hear the fan. There are two USB ports on the rear to charge phones, etc. Mine contains a HGST HUS728T8TALE6L4 drive which is a "WD Ultrastar HC320 Data Centre Drive". And its fast hitting over 260MB/s over USB3.0.

Works great on PC and Mac out of the box

it is much smaller and more portable than a NAS and the speed of reading and writing is acceptable

He comprado la version de 8tb para ampliar el almacenamiento de una ps4 pro. El proceso de configuracion es practicamente instantaneo, conectar con el cable suministrado, formatear, y listo para usar. El disco es sensiblemente mas rapido que el interno de serie y que otra unidad externa que tengo de 2,5 pulgadas y 2tb, nada espectacular pero se nota. El nivel de ruido me parece el esperable de cualquier unidad de 3,5, si la habitacion esta en silencio se oye cuando esta copiando archivos pero no es nada exagerado ni molesto, diria que es lo normal para una unidad de 3,5 moderna, cuando simplemente esta leyendo archivos a la hora de jugar, es practicamente imperceptible. La calidad de construccion es buena, carcasa de plastico con orificios de ventilacion y una pequeña peana con gomas en la base para ponerlo en vertical si quieres ahorrar algo de espacio. La propia unidad tambien tiene unos tacos de goma en uno de los laterales para poder ponerla tumbada en horizontal. Esteticamente es bastante pinton, con una estetica de "caja militar" sin llegar a ser especialmente llamativo. Finalmente en cuanto a temperaturas, el disco desprende calor despues de estar funcionando durante horas copiando archivos, nada excesivo ni exagerado, lo normal. La unidad tiene un pequeño ventilador en la parte trasera que solo actua en caso de sobrepasar un umbral de temperatura (60 grados por lo que tengo entendido) En el mes que llevo usandolo todavia no lo he visto ponerse en marcha y el disco se ha estado usando practicamente a diario y durante una buena cantidad de horas. A falta de comprobar el aspecto de la durabilidad y fiabilidad, diria que es una buena compra, un disco con un precio razonable, bien diseñado y con buenas prestaciones si lo que estas buscando es gran capacidad de almacenamiento, especialmente en consolas

This is a great MACHINE works very fast copy and write Transferred 27 GB in 5:30 Min ! This is super fast ! Compared to other And this is the same time of Samsung ssd T7 ! But the price way different Very recommended

Performant et fiable. Ideal pour les travaux video lourds, qui nécessitent plus de stockage que ce que proposent les SSD à tarif raisonnable.