Testseek.com have collected 68 expert reviews of the Western Digital My Book 3.0 USB3 WDBAAK / WDBABP and the average rating is 84%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital My Book 3.0 USB3 WDBAAK / WDBABP.
April 2010
(84%)
68 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Lots of capacity for the price, Fast transfer speeds, Easy setup
Mixed reviews for reliability, Some software glitches
The WD My Book is a desktop hard drive that offers up to 4 TB of storage for a bargain price. Professional reviewers praise its fast data transfer, easy setup and reliable performance. User reviews are mixed, however, highly positive at some sites, less s...
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Published: 2012-11-30, Author: Joel , review by: pcmag.com
Excellent capacity. Fanless. Speedy copies.
Had trouble with our benchmark tests. Lacks capacity indicator
The WD My Book (4TB) desktop-class external hard drive is a basic, large-capacity drive. It's what you need if you're a compulsive video downloader, photograph everything you do, or need to keep every MP3 you own in one place....
USB 3.0 connectivity, Great performance, USB PCI-E card included, Sleek design
None that I found
It is great to see Western Digital upgrade their My Book drives to support the new and super-fast USB 3.0 connectivity. If you look at the previous page you can see the difference between USB 2.0 and USB 3.0. This increase in speed means transferring...
Published: 2011-01-20, Author: The , review by: hardwarebbq.com
Abstract: USB 3.0 devices have started coming in and Western Digital sends one for evaluation to make a good impression.As you can see on the picture itself, Western Digital bundles a USB 3.0 PCIE X1 card powering up 2 ports. If that wasn't enough to get your atten...
Abstract: The three drives we're looking at represent some of the first USB 3.0 products. There will be many more in the following months, flooding the market with drives all claiming to be fastest. Our three products deliver great performance compared to USB 2.0 solutions, reaching at least...
Abstract: Still, if you don’t care about bundled software and just want wicked fast external speeds without the limited availability and extra power cord of eSATA, the My Book 3.0 rocks.
Move over eSATA, the speedy USB 3.0 is here to replace you! With speeds that feel entirely like you are using an internal hard disk, the Western Digital My Book 3.0 1TB can be used for both storage and for daily purposes. However, you'll pay a huge pr...
The Western Digital My Book 3.0 is fast and is bundled with a USB 3.0 PCI Express card; it runs cool and quiet
The My Book 3.0 doesn't let users upgrade the hard drive and it's expensive. Western Digital didn't include backup software with the drive
Western Digital's My Book 3.0 is a great external-storage addition for desktop computer users. However, notebook users have better choices. Read full review See all prices
USB 3.0 is much faster than USB 2.0, Highperformance 7200RPM drive hidden inside, Includes PCIe controller card,
USB 3.0 performed slower than native SATA,
The Super-Speed USB 3.0 interface on the Western Digital MyBook 3.0 proved to be much faster than its predecessor. It offered speeds nearly four times faster than USB 2.0, but still fell short compared to the drives native SATA 3.0 Gbps connection. It is hard to say if it is the NEC-based Super-Speed USB 3.0 controller card or the interface itself, but some part of it acted as a bottleneck for th
