Testseek.com have collected 34 expert reviews of the Western Digital My Book 3.0 USB3 and the average rating is 86%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Western Digital My Book 3.0 USB3.
April 2010
Experts 86% 34 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
USB 3.0 connectivity, Great performance, USB PCIE 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...
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...
Fast transfer speeds, Backwards compatible with USB 2.0
No bundled software, No eInk display or capacity gauge
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 WD My Book 3.0 1TB can be used for both storage and for daily purposes. However, you'll pay a huge premium (almost...
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
Nice design, very fast speeds, USB 3.0 card included, backward compatible
Expensive, no software bundle
The WD My Book 3.0 1 TB proves that USB 3.0 is the best thing that has happened to external storage drives in a very long time. The fast performance did blow us away. The transfer speeds are as good as a SATA hard drive connected internally or an eSATA...
Nice design, very fast speeds, USB 3.0 card included, backward compatible
Expensive, no software bundle
The WD My Book 3.0 1 TB proves that USB 3.0 is the best thing that has happened to external storage drives in a very long time. The fast performance did blow us away. The transfer speeds are as good as a SATA hard drive connected internally or an eSATA...
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
