WD_BLACKD10 12TB 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've been recommended WD, and I went for this. I've been told that being a gamer memory bank it's reliable but a bit slow when uploading the content...I've been surprised by how fast it stores everything: bulky folders of images, videos and clips, documents...It's very flat and compact and, most importantly, super easy to use: just plug in it and start storing everything you have. It is compatible with Windows 11.

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.

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.

5TB to save all your games is definitely great! The problem is that the games do not load very quickly. However, this is a HDD, so it makes sense that it would take longer to save.The HDD is very small and portable, especially for how much storage is on it, and I've had it fall before, with no damage resulting, so it's very durable.It's plug in and go, there's no need for any kind of installation of additional software, but do keep in mind that just like any other HDD, you want to make sure you keep up with maintenance on it, such as ensuring that partitions aren't interfering with it's speed.Overall, great HDD for casual storage, but despite the advertising, games run quite slow for me (Fallout 4, Sea of Thieves, Metro Last Light, Persona 5, and Skyrim are a few examples of games I'd play frequently. I don't play any of these with mods.) but overall, for the price and reliability, definitely worth purchasing.However, moving files from the HDD to an SSD? God, it goes at 30mb/s max, and that's from the beginning. It's a bit annoying, but alas, I make do.I've had this item for a while, and I won't be replacing it anytime soon.

This portable drive has been a lifesaver for my PS5. It’s super easy to set up—just plug it in, and it’s ready to go. I’ve saved a ton of games on it, and it works flawlessly for playing PS4 games directly from the drive.The only downside is the PS5 limitation: you can only store PS5 games on it and have to transfer them back to the console to play. But that’s not the drive’s fault—it’s just how the PS5 works. Despite that, it’s been a great addition to my setup, and it’s now permanently connected to my console. If you need extra storage for your PS5, Xbox, or PC, this portable HDD is a solid choice. Highly recommend it!