That translates to 3 cents per gigabyte for the My Book, much less than most of the drives we've tested over the past couple of years, including the $349.99 Innov8 and the 5TB Seagate Backup Plus (both 4 cents), the latter our former top pick.
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But many games take up much less space (between 500MB and 10GB), so you will likely be able to install many more.Īt its $249.99 list price, the 8TB My Book is much less expensive than the same-capacity Seagate Innov8. With some of the larger console game downloads now approaching 40GB, an 8TB drive should be able to handle at least 200 games before filling up. This capacity is made for the heavy downloader as well as the gamer who wants to put an external drive on their Xbox One, or later this year, their Sony PS4. The extra bulk also helps the My Book accommodate the desktop drive mechanism inside, ranging from 3TB ($129.99) to the 8TB model we tested. You'll need a spare power outlet, since the My Book needs its (included) power adapter to operate. That's compact, but still made to sit on your desktop rather than fit into your pocket. It measures 6.7 by 1.9 by 5.5 inches (HWD) and weighs 2.02 pounds. The My Book shares its vertical orientation with older WD drives like the 2012 iteration of the My Book Duo, though its scalloped black polycarbonate sides are more like those on the recently redesigned My Passport drives. With a good mix of capacity, pricing, and performance, it's a shoo-in as our latest Editors' Choice for desktop external hard drives. It's backward-compatible with current and older Macs and Windows PCs, a plus right now as USB standards are changing. The 8TB version of the Western Digital My Book ($249.99) can hold thousands of hours of video, or millions of MP3s or photos. If you're addicted to downloading videos and snapping up every game you can find online, chances are you need inexpensive, voluminous storage to house it all.
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