I won't say anything more about its speed, everything has already been said by previous reviewers. I've had it for exactly 1 year and it works perfectly! Absolutely satisfied!!!

The disk is silent.
Temperature is moderate, not concerning at all.
I got 2 pieces for professional use and video file storage.
Writing speed on the disk is 170-180 mb/sec. Steady.
Very satisfied.

Very good, I had bought it for 100 € and I can say that it was flawless with recording speeds of 170 mb/s, but with the recent price increase I can't say it's worth it anymore

He suddenly died after 2 years, taking all my files with him. He was my newest disk. I couldn't imagine it. I have disks from other companies that are 20 years old. I opened it to see if the heads were stuck, but no, they were parked normally. And then they would go up and down normally. I don't know what was wrong. My PC didn't even post with it. I had to hot plug it. And it died suddenly like that. Just when I was copying from Android, it started making weird noises and the motor went crazy again. We never found out what was wrong. I swear I won't buy WD again.

Power on time 217 days and it produces the sounds of the video (ignore the image, just listen).

It is still alive, but it has started experiencing I/O errors. I am expecting a HD RED Plus tomorrow to replace it.

The irony is that it has 100% Health.

Obviously, cables and voltage have already been checked.

Purchased to replace the WESTERN DIGITAL WD10EADS 1TB CAVIAR GREEN SATA2, from 2009, which has been working for 14 years and has reached its capacity. So far, everything is good, mainly for storage use.

For games and operating systems, obviously it doesn't work. If you just want hardware storage, then it is one of the best options.

First of all, it is CMR and this is the difference with the WD40EZAZ.
Writing speed up to 200mb with an average of 140-170mb consistently.
In idle, it is silent, no discussion about it, during writing you can hear it working but it cannot be considered annoying.
Purchased on 1/9/23. I will come back again in the future if any problem arises.

So far, there haven't been any issues but I haven't had it for very long. I only use it for storing images and videos. It makes a sound when I search for something in explorer while idle and sometimes takes a little time to load the data, which is mainly photos. Time will tell its durability.

The head crashed within 5 months without having undergone frequent data copies. It's a pity for the company. Returning it for replacement is risky due to personal data.

Purchased about 2 years ago for around €120. The price has now skyrocketed (2/2023). Besides that, it holds a lot of stuff. I've divided it into three parts and it's very comfortable for my work. Recommended for data storage. I have games in it without noticing any delays due to the disk.

It was purchased in May 21 solely for storing my photos, videos, and music. It's not meant to run an operating system as an SSD is much faster. However, the file transfer speeds, temperatures, and noise left me satisfied. I had and still have several WD drives and they have all left me satisfied in terms of reliability, which was the main reason for choosing this one. Its operating hours are minimal. During a file transfer from my phone, the progress bar froze, the system froze, and the disk started making various sound effects, as if spinning and stopping. So, in the blink of an eye, it left us without any warning in our year and a half of use. As a result, I lost my little one's birthday, which I hadn't backed up yet, which would have been done immediately after the file transfer from my phone was completed. It still has a 6-month warranty, but I prefer to buy a new one rather than send the one that is full of personal data. 1 star at its value

In 2 months, I bought 2 blue ones. Both crashed within 1 hour of copying files. I tried to replace the first one's board with the same model but could never recover the files. I opened it up and shook the head hoping something would come loose.
I left the second one for 1 month and had the exact same RMA.
For 25 years, I always had WD blue and it never failed me...such a disappointment.
While they were working, they had good speeds, even on SATA 2 as I only used it for backups on a PC in a LAN

I got him purely for storage space, not frequent access. That's why he's perfect for what I need. He doesn't make noise, and has a decent speed. For reliability, I always have HD Sentinel on my computer, otherwise you can't catch anything...

I use Western Digital due to their reliability. Although I have heard some strange stories about Western Digital lately, for me they have been working well for at least 5 years with 24/7 use. The speed for a non-SSD disk surprised me. My Linux benchmark gave me a max of 420mb/sec. Of course, this speed is maintained for a short period of time due to the cache. Don't buy it just because you think it will give you 420mb/sec after half a minute of transferring a large file of half a terabyte. At some point, the cache fills up and speeds drop to 100mb/sec or something like that. Not bad for a magnetic disk.

For a backup disk, it's excellent. You copy your files and put it aside. It's slow for speed, but that doesn't matter to me. I wouldn't use it as a boot disk.

I use it both as storage and in combination with an SSD and caching, along with a cheap 256GB or 500GB SSD and the necessary software for Windows, you have ample capacity and very good performance, with a total cost of around 120-130 euros, 4TB Blue, SSD along with the SSD Caching software license with lifetime use on any motherboard, the Cache disk can be SATA or NVME. If you take care of your backups, you don't need a longer warranty or a more expensive disk for performance.

Very good for its price!

The only downside is that the first one I received was defective, but it was immediately replaced by the store. So now everything is perfect!

Bad luck, I suppose. The first one was hit by the cat and his head broke. The replacement had a faulty head in two months. I hope the third one lasts longer.

I ordered the disc on 9/9/21 and the next morning I had it in my hands. Very well-packaged.

The WD40EZAZ drive is SMR and is VERY slow even for simple storage. In the position where a WD40EZRZ gave me 110-120MB/s write, this one gives 70-80MB/s. The current price difference (about 30€) somewhat justifies the performance difference. However, if the WD40EZRZ drops below 100, it will be worth paying more for the CMR drive.

I loaded it with 3.5TB, while its (classical) total capacity was 3.6TB as is customary for 4TB drives, and in less than 2 months I was trying to empty it so that I could return it since it was getting stuck. Of course, during the transfer of the data it took 3 days since it got stuck again. Far away. Finally, the Blue series is for me.

The disk is truly amazing, everything the manufacturer claims is true. The size of 256 MB cache is real and the speeds are incredible for a mechanical disk that doesn't have enough money to spend on SSDs. For the reason that games take up space and you need storage space, and in terms of money it is unattainable, I highly recommend this disk with closed eyes. I have 3 different disks, an M2 SSD 500, an SSD SATA 500 GB Samsung EVO, and the two SSDs are not even a discussion. This HDD has the guts to compete with them. When I saw the transfer speeds of a series I have at 500 GB, my jaw dropped to the floor. Instead of taking 6 hours, it took 3 hours and the speed was constant without any drop.

Great disk, it's the second one I buy for storage. Overall, I recommend Western Digital, I've been buying it for 10+ years

It is a hard drive. It is satisfactory in speed but I have very little time with it, so any evaluation would be risky

Don't be afraid of anything, it's not an SSD but it opens games very quickly + the huge storage space!