Designed for digital artists, video editors, photographers, gamers, system builders, and more, the 8TB WD_BLACK Performance SATA III 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive from WD is optimized for drive performance so you can spend more time experiencing the things you love most. When paired with an SSD for a dual-drive configuration, you’ll further benefit from the caching of your OS onto the SSD for increased performance.
This 8TB drive operates using a SATA III 6 Gb/s interface, a 256MB cache, and a rotational speed of 7200 rpm, all of which help to ensure uninterrupted data transfers with a sustained rate of up to 263 MB/s. This drive also features high levels of reliability, with 300,000 load/unload cycles and <1 in 1014 non-recoverable read errors per bits read. Also built into this drive are WD’s StableTrac and Dynamic Cache Technology to help increase reliability and optimize performance.
Caleigh Bayer (verified owner) –
Excellent external HD used as operating system for iMac – fast, we’ll see how it does longterm…
Jamarcus Bahringer (verified owner) –
These drives are very reliable. Go Black!
Pietro Lang (verified owner) –
I have only had the HDD installed for a week and it is performing fine. It might be a little faster than the older Seagate it replaced. I am disappointed in all the noise it makes. It is very loud. My Seagate was quite, but only a 2-year warranty. I went with WD because of the 5-year warranty.
Taurean Tillman (verified owner) –
Created a software Raid stripe with (3) 2TB drives. Easy, fast, no problems
Reyna Nikolaus (verified owner) –
This retail product is the same as WD1003FZEX and better price than OEM bare drive.
Joannie Waters (verified owner) –
Amazing work
Guadalupe Bartoletti (verified owner) –
We installed this to upgrade my existing hard drive on a Dell PC. Works Great. Easy install!
Eliseo Schumm (verified owner) –
Black is beautiful, but it comes at a price: Since the black series of the WD drives are optimized for performance, they have a slightlxy higher wear and tear than let’s say the green rendition, which has lower revs. That said, the black drives are built for for heavy loads and strong performance rather than quiet or energy-saving operation. These drives come with an unusual five year warrranty, and due to heat problems in my relatively small case I had already some dead soldiers. So if you want to use these drives, make sure they are succiciently cooled.
Mallory Collins (verified owner) –
Very Easy Installation. I say this coming from no technical experience whatsoever. I am a musician! But I took a chance on my 7 year old iMac and did a hard drive upgrade. The installation was the easiest part. It runs really quietly and much quicker than the old drive.
Kattie Bradtke (verified owner) –
This is a great drive. Large capacity, incredibly fast, and is quieter than the Seagate I replaced.
Mario Nolan (verified owner) –
Good value from a reputable company.
Arthur Hirthe (verified owner) –
STORAGE WESTERN DIGITAL WHAT ELSE!!
Aniya Bauch (verified owner) –
I installed 2 of these drives in a 2012 Mac Pro Tower in less than half an hour. They perform well and appear to be stable. They are used to store intensive material, like video and photographs.
Everardo Jacobi (verified owner) –
Every WD black drive i have bought so far is perfect and reliable. No complaints. TIme will tell if they last, but I have a sense they will.
Mia Kuhn (verified owner) –
Perfect for Final Cut Pro X editing. I’ve been buying these hard drives for as long as I can remember.
Ibrahim O’Reilly (verified owner) –
These drives are solid as a rock.
Constance Kuvalis (verified owner) –
I’ve used a bunch of these for a long time. Consistently find good performance and durability.
Earl Abernathy (verified owner) –
Drives arrived quickly and worked as expected
Javon Wyman (verified owner) –
WD is always a reliable manufacturer of high quality hard drives. This drive is no different. I use it on my Mac Pro as a time machine backup. 7200rpm speed is the maximum these HDD drives deliver. Very happy with the performance.
Wilfredo O’Conner (verified owner) –
I am in the process of replacing a bunch of HGST drives for my Synology NAS which are starting to show signs of age. I now have 3 of these and about ready to get one more. They are quieter and run cooler than the old HGST drives they are replacing. B&H always superlative service and super good with delivery etc. Of course can’t be upset until a drive prematurely fails but so far so good. Will buy more, would highly recommend this drive and B&H