WD Elements SE 5TB Portable External HDD - Black

I am admittedly a digital hoarder with uncountable images, videos, and program files from various projects. And I have always had trouble with space, moving files between my various devices and cloud storages and USB sticks. And trying to decide what can be sacrificed to the rubbish bin. And I never seemed to have enough. I'd always wanted a larger hard drive than my 1Tb one. And after I lost a few months' worth of footage due to a Bitlocker incident (make sure you know your Bitlocker code or lose everything, people!) I finally bit the bullet to my wallet and got this. And I have NO REGRETS!...view more I am admittedly a digital hoarder with uncountable images, videos, and program files from various projects. And I have always had trouble with space, moving files between my various devices and cloud storages and USB sticks. And trying to decide what can be sacrificed to the rubbish bin. And I never seemed to have enough. I'd always wanted a larger hard drive than my 1Tb one. And after I lost a few months' worth of footage due to a Bitlocker incident (make sure you know your Bitlocker code or lose everything, people!) I finally bit the bullet to my wallet and got this. And I have NO REGRETS!
It is super easy to set up and use. It looks nice. And having this much space is incredible! I have spent the last few weeks transferring files to it. And I have been able to back up my entire OneDrive, store all my movie files, and make an archive for all my photo albums, art projects, and video footage. And I've barely made a dent in the storage space!
This is going to last me a long time before I'll need to get another. SO worth it!

Great service and delivery. Great service and delivery.

The hard drive stores things as intended, plenty of space, plug and play, easy to use.

If you do get this, please make sure you have/get some sort of external power source (ie plug it into a monitor that is plugged into the pc or use an externally powered usb dock). Usb 3 ports are just barely able to power the drive, and the drive frequently drops off when used in both usb 3 and 2 ports, not great for peace of mind with data integrity although I haven't had any issues with corrupted data yet.

Otherwise perhaps consider either shucking the drive and using a HDD dock, or just buy an internal hdd with the hdd dock. The hard drive stores things as intended, plenty of space, plug and play, easy to use.

If you do get this, please make sure you have/get some sort of external power source (ie plug it into a monitor that is plugged into the pc or use an externally powered usb dock). Usb 3 ports are just barely able to power the drive, and the drive frequently drops off when used in both usb 3 and 2 ports, not great for peace of mind with data integrity although I haven't had any issues with corrupted data yet.

Otherwise perhaps consider either shucking the drive and using a HDD dock, or just buy an internal hdd with the hdd dock.

Roughly getting 40~50mb/s when transferring files to it. Wouldn't use it for storing programs but just as backup drive for videos. Roughly getting 40~50mb/s when transferring files to it. Wouldn't use it for storing programs but just as backup drive for videos.

Good price, plenty of capacity, easy to use. Good price, plenty of capacity, easy to use.

Great drive, worked straight out of the box, was fast, a heaps of memory… Recommended for anyone looking for a long term storage solution. Great drive, worked straight out of the box, was fast, a heaps of memory… Recommended for anyone looking for a long term storage solution.

You can store things (many things, it's big) and you can also read what's been stored. You can store things (many things, it's big) and you can also read what's been stored.

An excellent for a tons of room to your great stuff. A quick and easy to use for your needs!!! Cheers!!! An excellent for a tons of room to your great stuff. A quick and easy to use for your needs!!! Cheers!!!

Plenty of storage space in an easy to use product. Excellent value for money. Plenty of storage space in an easy to use product. Excellent value for money.

Worked flawlessly out of the box. Worked flawlessly out of the box.

great service and quality product, always been happy at PB Tech great service and quality product, always been happy at PB Tech

Good product, great price and fast service! No wonder I keep returning. Good product, great price and fast service! No wonder I keep returning.