

I only use WD drives - dependable and reasonably priced. Easy to set up and use.

most trusted HDD

WD is a quality company producing quality products. This drive is no exception. The software and hardware are excellent if you need fast external storage. I highly recommend to purchase these when they are on sale.

First use was to create a windows 11 system image from an M2 C: to D: on this device. Now I have this to examine those old SSD SATA and M2 drives without opening the PC case. Works on spin SATA drives as well. Also used to clone a 512GB M2 to a 2TB M2.



IT guy here. Amazing value. Nice packaging, screw driver included, spacers, and a nice heat sink that worked well. I used it to clone my SSD in my new Dell Inspiron 7706 2 in 1 to a larger SSD.

- 18TB, absolutely the most storage I could purchase in this form factor with a SATA connection when I purchased - 7200 RPM, specifically wanted to avoid those 5400 drives that sometimes get pushed on consumers but I also wanted to avoid the heat from an enterprise 15k SAS drive - 256MB Cache - SATA connector (I ended up getting a SAS card anyway but when I purchased this I was limited to SATA only)

Easy to clone NVMe drives that would otherwise be a huge pain. No setup, built in functionality, just works. can handle a larger Target NVMe, which was my use case, upgrading an existing OS drive in a Laptop.

Cheap storage, almost half the price new

light weight, easy set up and use. Great option for data protection and storage.

5tb Great for storing pictures We use on Mac no problems

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


It's a NAS Western Digital. Works just as expected.

-smooth running and stays cool do to the aluminum cover. -anti skid and stealthy rubber pads. -pretty peppy for a compact 2TB external. connected to a renesis controller via usb 3.0 and backing up 743 GB of compressed music files i saw a high of 57.1MB/s and an average of 47.3 MB/s. i continued to backup the rest of my music files for a total of 1.3 TB (+3/4 capacity) and the transfer speed only dropped slightly to 39.8 MB/s. -3 year warranty.

Easy to set up with no tools. 2 set of wires

+ small footprint for a larger capacity drive. fits in most of my drive cases + seems fast, although I have not tested the actual read/write speed + nice case design

10TB for $160! Quiet, runs cool, and be completely shut down.