


Western Digital My Book Software With The
Once formatted, you'll get 931GB of usable space, making for a cost per formatted gigabyte of 26.8c pricier even than Seagate's BlackArmor WS 110.Disappointingly, you won't get any bundled software with the My Book 3.0 just USB 3.0 drivers and electronic manuals.In order to see how the Western Digital My Book 3.0 external hard drive would fare under a variety of circumstances, we used two testbed PCs. For an extra $30, you can pick up a bundle that includes the external hard drive and a PCI Express 2.0 adapter card that provides two USB 3.0 ports for your desktop PC.At $249.99, the Western Digital My Book 3.0 is $70 more than its USB 2.0-equipped counterpart, or $100 more if you buy the bundle kit. Western Digital, WD, the WD logo, My Book, WD Backup, and WD Security are registered trademarks or trademarks.There aren't many PCs that currently have USB 3.0 connections, but the interface is backwards compatible with USB 2.0 (the My Book 3.0 will simply operate slower). In real world operation, Western Digital claims you should see speed increases of four to five times those of USB 2.0 drives.The My Book hard drive is trusted desktop. Since the hard drive itself is limited to a maximum speed of 3Gbps, the My Book 3.0 won't quite reach those speeds.
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The My Book 3.0 external hard drive is an excellent example of the interface's capabilities, though lacks some of the features of Western Digital's more stylish storage options.Stay up to date with the latest news, reviews and features.
