Wd my book 3tb read write speed mbs plus#

Wd my book 3tb read write speed mbs plus#

To make matters worse, the new My Book has a more expensive suggested retail price starting at $130 for 3TB all the way up to $300 for 8TB (the 3TB and 8TB capacities of the Seagate Backup Plus Hub can currently be had for just $100 and $230, respectively.) It's safe to say, however, that the street price of the My Book will likely be lower. It's not the fastest, however, trailing behind the recently reviewed Seagate Backup Plus Hub by more than 10MBps. I tested the 8TB version of the drive and via USB 3.0 and it did well, with the sustained copy speed averaging some 170MBps (that's more than 50 percent faster than the My Passport). And like all desktop external hard drive, the My Book require an external power adapter to work. Limited time: select 16TB capacities for 299. DonвЂ™t miss out - check out our Weekly Sale. Act Now Save extra on WDBLACK SN850 1TB, 2TB HS with code: SN850SAVES. Free standard shipping on all eligible orders over 25. Diving into the performance of the newly designed My Book showed read and write activity at 171.59MB/s and 171.27MB/s, and 118.25MB/s and 90. The My Book doesn't have extra USB ports to work as a USB hub, a cool feature first introduced by the Seagate Backup Plus Hub. WD My Book External Desktop Hard Drive Storage 3 TB - 18 TB Western Digital. Though the more design-savvy consumers will appreciate this. This means it won't work with computers that only have a USB-C port, like the Macbook.

Instead it uses the old Micro-USB 3.0 port and includes a foot-long connection cable.

I still have 146GB on my second internal 1TB hdd and its all to be used for films. Currently they sell for around 160 euros. It will probably be a WD 3TB My Book Essential. Notes: Longer bars mean better performance My thinking is that when these two external hdds are a bit more filled I will buy a new one.