Reddit mentions of WD 4TB My Book Desktop External Hard Drive, USB 3.0 - WDBBGB0040HBK-NESN,Black

I know it’s nothing special, but this is my macsetup! I work primarily on video editing projects, some Photoshopping, with some Wordpress website building sprinkled in there. But this setup is used mostly for generic browsing, YouTube/Netflix, and Plex server hosting.


So this is my setup that I’ve built over the course of 4 years.

• Monitor - ASUS Designo MX279H 27”
  
• Wallpapers - Reddit user u/aenami
  
• Computer - Apple 13” Retina MacBook Pro (Late 2013), 4GB RAM, 128 GB SSD
  
• Computer Stand - twelvesouth HiRise for MacBook
  
• Desk mat - PRÖJS from IKEA
  
• Keyboard - Apple Magic Keyboard (AA battery version)
  
• Mouse - Logitech MX Master Wireless Mouse
  
• Tablet - Apple iPad Air 2, 64 GB, Gold
  
• Tablet Stand - Griffin A-Frame
  
• Phone - Apple iPhone 6, 64 GB, Space Grey
  
• Phone Stand - Twelve South HiRise for iPhone/iPad
  
• Speakers - M-Audio AV32
  
• Headphones - Audio-Technica ATH-M50x
  
• USB Power Hub - Not sure exactly what brand it is, but it’s similar to this one.
  
• USB Data Hub - Anker USB 3.0 7-Port Hub
  
• WD easystore 8TB (Not pictured)
  
• 2x - Western Digital 4TB My Book
  
• 2x - Western Digital 2TB My Passport
  Hard Drive Toaster - StarTech.com HDD Docking Station
  
• UPS - APC Back-UPS Pro 1500VA UPS (Not pictured)
  
  
  Little sumo man was a gift from a friend. Custom R2-series astromech droid was purchased a trip to Disney Paris. And I name my external hard drives after characters in movies and TV shows that I enjoy.
  
  
  Let me know if you have any questions!

Here try this link
https://www.amazon.ca/Western-Digital-External-Drive-USB-3-0-WDBBGB0040HBK-NESN/dp/B01LQQHL4E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498831272&sr=8-1&keywords=WDBBGB0040HBK

TL;DR get the WD Easy Store it the best and in your price range at the moment.

WD Easy Store is a great external drive. The drive inside is usually a WD Red which is far better than the WD Blues in the WD My Book. The My Book isn't bad but its just that you can get the Easy Store for 89.99 right now where as the My Book is 99.99. The Easy Store also goes on sale a lot with its more expensive sister, the legendary 8tb Easy Store.

Alternatively if neither are available to you for what ever reason I guess you can also get the Seagate Backup Plus. The internal drive is an SMR drive which can be a bit slow at times. All around its about on the same level as the WD Blue in the My Book. A lot of people hate Seagate for many reasons such as the 3tb fiasco and their reputation for lower reliability, but I personally don't have a strong vendetta against them like others do. The Plus also has a built in USB hub which I personally love and me and my brother use all the time. The Plus is also 99.99, same as the My Book.

It seems like you are not going for any sort of redundancy system like RAID and instead use this drive like normal as an external hard drive, so I would strongly advise you stay away from anything refurbished. Refurbished is only great in systems using RAID so drive failure is not as much of an issue. I have nothing against using refurbished its just more of a gamble to take since the failure rate of a refubished hard drive is completely unknown to you. Each refurbisher is going to be different, and each drive is going to be a different case where it is in its life. You can save a lot of money buying a 3tb Hitachi Ultrastar for only 49.99, but you would need to buy an adapter if you want to use it as an external hard drive.

I use a 4TB WD My Book on my Xbox One X, and an 8TB WD My Book on my PS4 Pro. Not a single corruption, disconnect, or issue to speak of. I personally prefer an external hard drive that is in constant use to be wall powered instead of USB powered, but that's just my preference.

On both consoles, the external drives load games about 10-15% quicker on average (I timed a few games like Fallout 4, Dragon Age, The Witcher 3, etc). They're faster than the internal drives by a bit (unless you put an SSD inside your console). 3.5" drives (external storage drives and inside desktop computers) are faster than their 2.5" counterparts (usually used inside game consoles, laptops, etc.)

That's my recommendation.

https://www.amazon.ca/Western-Digital-External-Drive-USB-3-0-WDBBGB0040HBK-NESN/dp/B01LQQHL4E/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1521511676&sr=8-3&keywords=wd+my+book

this, I'm buying the 8TB

Thanks!

https://www.amazon.com/Book-Desktop-External-Drive-WDBBGB0040HBK-NESN/dp/B01LQQHL4E/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1542990604&sr=8-9&keywords=4tb%2Bwestern%2Bdigital&th=1

Would this be worth buying and shucking? I heard around here its a red inside, but not 100% sure.

I use this.

Only have been using it for a couple months, but haven't had any issues arise! (Also, consider backing up your drives, I've heard lots of nightmare stories about people's drives failing.)

I record mostly from Amazon Prime, but have recorded from most of the other channels that come with Spectrum or are otherwise free. I record at the default quality which is 1280x720 at 29.97 FPS.

Not sure how legal the following is, but I also recommend looking into youtube-dl, which supports the following sites.

this is what me and my wife have: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01LQQHL4E/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496190621&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=mybook+4tb&dpPl=1&dpID=31BjN66m%2BrL&ref=plSrch

can't recommend it enough.

i get what you mean..what about external that plugs in directly to PC?

like this? https://www.amazon.com/Book-Desktop-External-Drive-WDBBGB0080HBK-NESN/dp/B01LQQHL4E/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&rps=1&ie=UTF8&qid=1521128978&sr=1-5&keywords=Western%2BDigital%2BWD&refinements=p_85%3A2470955011&th=1

ive got a 500gb SSD currently however this is quickly filling up.

Im looking for something slightly cheaper for big storage

Quick search says yes and there's a green inside. WDBBGB0040HBK apparently has a blue inside.

For my Xbox One I use a 3 TB WD MyBook. The one I linked is a newer model from what I actually have, and there's different sizes. I've had it for maybe 2 years now and I do leave it plugged in as it's convenient.

I just re-read your post, this may be too large in size, both in memory and physical size. It's called the MyBook because, it's like the size of a small book. Lol. Not too practical for traveling as there are smaller hard drives. But I do personally like WD products.

Anyways, as someone else mentioned you format it one way or another, for games or for music/movies. You can't do both. I have a WD Passport that I have movies on. Those are affordable as well.

4TB $111

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LQQHL4E/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I got my 4TB WD My Book for $99 bucks last year on Amazon. I looked it up to see if it was comparable still, it is: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01LQQHL4E/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1497635683&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=wd+my+book+4tb&dpPl=1&dpID=31BjN66m%2BrL&ref=plSrch.

I use it for my Xbox One, works great. I think it only took like 5 mins to format, then I was ready to go. 4TB is overkill for me, I don't think I've even used 500gb. I couldn't resist getting it though since I can use it for a pc too.

I have this one and love it: WD 4TB My Book

When I bought mine it was on sale at Amazon but I got a WD 4TB My Book for just a smidge over $100. You may want to see if they have anything on sale or maybe wait a little bit for Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales. You may get much more space for your dollar then.

Edit: never mind they actually have it for a little cheaper then when I bought it. https://www.amazon.com/Book-Desktop-External-Drive-WDBBGB0040HBK-NESN/dp/B01LQQHL4E/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1503330921&sr=8-3&keywords=Western+Digital+My+Book

I've been using the slightly older model of this HDD for over a year and have had no issues with it. I considered it well worth the price as I shouldn't ever need to upgrade again.

WD 4TB My Book Desktop External Hard Drive, USB 3.0 - WDBBGB0040HBK-NESN https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LQQHL4E/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_XaxWDbWKP3MTV

WD 2TB Black My Passport Portable External Hard Drive - USB 3.0 - WDBS4B0020BBK-WESN https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079V4L9BD/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_ucxWDb1G3J6NH

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>I'd go ahead and copy your data to the new drive, but don't remove it from the old ones until you have to.

Well that's the thing. I'd pretty much have to right away. My drives are currently pretty much maxed out which is why I need to get another so I can have some free space to work with. I mentioned copying a few to the new drive so I could "break it in" for the first couple of months while still having the data backed up in case it does fail so I wont lose any date but I will need the extra space fairly quickly.

Here are the ones I was looking at:

https://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-Canvio-Basics-Portable-HDTB330XK3CA/dp/B00T5ME88Y/

https://www.amazon.com/Book-Desktop-External-Drive-WDBBGB0040HBK-NESN/dp/B01LQQHL4E/

I was also looking at the Seagate 3t one that is like $90 but I've heard a lot of terrible things about Seagate. (Its worth noting that none of these would ever leave my house and would pretty much just be plugged in 24/7)

Thanks for your help by the way. I'm just getting started and I'm already pretty confused and a bit intimidated by it all. I felt so much more secure in my ignorance when I just bought drives with good reviews, moved files there, and did nothing else but after reading the sub I know I've got a long way to go. I didn't even know about the Crystal Disk programs or that I should be checking that stuff until yesterday. I can't even begin to understand RAID, NAS, NTFS, Unraid, drivepool, parity, etc. and every time I try to look up tutorials and overviews on this stuff it just leads to more things I have no clue about. Fortunately, I've got a while to learn before I'm able to afford to do anything like that and I've learned a ton from this sub already.

I'm not an idiot when it comes to computers but you guys sure make me look like one.

Nothing fancy

https://www.amazon.com/Book-Desktop-External-Drive-WDBBGB0040HBK-NESN/dp/B01LQQHL4E/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1511028616&sr=1-5&keywords=wd+external+hard+drive

Do you need to keep each person's data private from the other users? If so, then an external USB drive is probably not an option.

Edit: If an external USB is OK, consider a WD xTB My Book. The drives can be removed and added to a desktop PC/NAS later if you change your mind.

https://www.amazon.com/Book-Desktop-External-Drive-WDBBGB0060HBK-NESN/dp/B01LQQHL4E/ref=dp_ob_title_ce?th=1