Speaking in terms of time, to burn a 1GB video file on your WD, you will need to wait for either 10 or 40 seconds with USB 3.0 or 2.0 respectively. You can either use USB 3.0 or 2.0, but as you know, data transfer is faster with the former: it is 100 Mb/s with USB 3.0 and about 38 Mb/s with its alternative. Plus, the manufacturer offers you more and less capacious models (1TB / 2 TB / 3 TB / 4 TB) so that you could get the one that meets your individual needs.Īs any other portable hard drive in our review, this one is powered through the USB cable. It is quite compact for the model with a storage space of 2 TB and fairly affordable for the HDD of its range. The WD Element can rightly be called one of the most reliable external hard drives on the market.
