Western Digital WDBACW0030HBK Digital 3TB My Book Essential USB 3.0 External Hard Drive

Western Digital WDBACW0030HBK Digital 3TB My Book Essential USB 3.0 External Hard...

3.9000000953674316 668 $128.97 - $162.99
Put your digital life on the sleek, high capacity 3 TB My Book® Essential™ external hard drive from Western Digital®.
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Wize Bottom Line: Looking for a good storage solution for your computer? Well tech-savvy users like the Western Digital WDBACW0030HBK Digital 3TB MY Book Essential USB 3.0 External Hard Drive as a simple external drive that works seamlessly after installing the appropriate software. Users say that even the most computer-phobic can install this unit. As a note, some users report problems with drivers though. But overall, users recommend this easy file storage system to all types of computer users.[...]
 
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“Looking for a good storage solution for your computer? Well tech-savvy users like the Western Digital WDBACW0030HBK Digital 3TB MY Book Essential USB 3.0 External Hard Drive as a simple external drive that works seamlessly after installing the appropriate software. Users say that even the most computer-phobic can install this unit. As a note, some users report problems with drivers though. But overall, users recommend this easy file storage system to all types of computer users.”
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Tigerdirect.com by Jessman, Dec 12, 2011
great for movies
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Bought this for $129.99!!
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Tigerdirect.com by Dan, Aug 22, 2011
worked fine
"...Have used this now for 3 months it works fine.
One little thing though, I thought this was powered by the USB cable but it was powered by a separate powersupply.
No big deal just wanted to mention it to clarify for others.... See more
 
Tigerdirect.com by glenn, May 2, 2011
Great for Nightly Backup
"...I just got this.
Using it to do a nightly backup of my 3TB RAID 5 array.
Works great for that.... See more
 
Tigerdirect.com by gzuckier, Jun 30, 2011
pretty impressive
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it's not very big, has huge capacity, was simple and foolproof to set up, handles usb 3 when i get that upgraded cpu, and doesn't cost much.
what's not to like?... See more
 
Tigerdirect.com by roperdan@m, Aug 11, 2011
Green Drive inside
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Just keep in mind that there is a GREEN drive inside this thing.
If you look at the performance reviews of the WD 3TB GREEN drive you will find that it is quite slow compared to other internal drives and about 30-40% slower than their top-of-the-line BLACK drive.... See more
 
Tigerdirect.com by rocknstomper, Aug 2, 2011
The Best
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Many reasons for me: Standby mode when not in use, Spins up quick for use 2.0 3.0 is the best.
I can be sure it will work with any computer I have no matter the age of computer Huge size for the money - that is a selling point The connecting wire is very nice and thick to handle the large volume of transfer rate of any sort.... See more
 
Tigerdirect.com by Bruce, Aug 9, 2011
I Only Use Western Digital
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Other than my Intel SSD, I have 14TB of internal and external HDDs, all Western Digital.
I purchased two of these.... See more
 
Newegg.com , Jan 15, 2011
Pros: - 3TB, huge amount of space -USB3, faster than USB2, which only has 30MB/s tops.
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Pros: - 3TB, huge amount of space -USB3, faster than USB2, which only has 30MB/s tops.
It is even faster than eSATA at times- 64MB cache memory, anything less than this won't make sense on a 3TB hard drive- reasonable warm, and quiet when turned on for a while- it is WD, a brand you can trust in hard drive on your data Cons: - green drive, only 5400RPM, and the spin up time is slower than the fantom drive I got (not that it matters)- the power button is a "software button", it only works after you install the smartware, instead of directly control the power- the usable space is only about 2.8TB (about 680MB for the software and docs, excluded this part) after the NTFS file system.... See more
 
Newegg.com , Dec 27, 2012
Pros: - Basically identical to it's 2TB little brother (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136748).
"...Pros: - Basically identical to it's 2TB little brother (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136748).- Works fine (mostly) even on an older Windows 2003 R2 x64 machine.- Spins back up without issue after a few hours of inactivity.- Also comes back online without issue after a reboot.
Cons: - I just got my 2nd one of these and it doesn't like to coexist with the first one on Win2k3.
I can't fault WD for that.... See more
 
Newegg.com , Dec 17, 2010
Pros: - Huge amounts of space for a great price - Sleek design - Automatic on/off with PC - Powers down into a sleep mode when idle for long periods of time (good energy saver; obviously WD is using some version of their new 3.0TB Green drive) - USB 3.0 - Preformatted to NTFS (yay, I don't have to spend 3 days formatting!) - No SmartWare installation?
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Pros: - Huge amounts of space for a great price- Sleek design- Automatic on/off with PC- Powers down into a sleep mode when idle for long periods of time (good energy saver; obviously WD is using some version of their new 3.0TB Green drive)- USB 3.0- Preformatted to NTFS (yay, I don't have to spend 3 days formatting!)- No SmartWare installation?
(see other thoughts) Cons: Seems to get a little warmer than than my 1.5TB Elements drive.... See more
 
Newegg.com , Dec 14, 2011
Pros: $99 during black Friday deal.
"...Pros: $99 during black Friday deal.
Cons: When connected to my USB3 port on my computer, my other USB2 ports would not recognize my keyboard or mouse.
In the midst of transferring data, it would just stop.... See more
 
Newegg.com , Apr 10, 2011
Pros: -Power Switch!
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Pros: -Power Switch!- 3TB usable when formatted GPT-Quiet-Drive limited speed over USB 3.0 (W:88 MB/s, R:120MB/s)-Runs quite cool Cons: -None really, the white LED indicator is pretty bright, but nothing a little piece of electrical tape won't fix.
Other Thoughts: I'm quite pleased with this drive.... See more
 
Newegg.com , Feb 21, 2011
Pros: 1) USB3 2) relatively cheap 3) 3TB!
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Pros: 1) USB32) relatively cheap3) 3TB!
Cons: 1) power button doesn't actually turn off the unit (what does it do?) Other Thoughts: Haven't tested the speed but it is nowhere near saturating the USB3 bandwidth.... See more
 
Newegg.com , Nov 6, 2011
Pros: 1.
"...Pros: 1.
USB 3.0 is fast.
Peaking at 113 MB/s when transferring large files from another hard drive2.... See more
 
Newegg.com , Jul 27, 2012
Pros: 2.72 TB of storage available using the formating the drive came with.
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Pros: 2.72 TB of storage available using the formating the drive came with.
Using a SIIG USB 3.0 4-Port PCIe card, I've seen speeds above 67 MBS for large file transfers.... See more
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