WD Elements Portable 3.0 2.5" WDBUZG5000ABK 500 GB

Thoughtful body

External hard drives with a high-speed USB 3.0 interface remain the most popular means of storing large amounts of data that do not fit on the internal drive of a laptop or PC. One of the most interesting options among inexpensive and reliable external devices is WD Elements Portable 3.0.

The drive body is made of strong plastic, in which the front side is matte with a small edging, and the back is rougher, so it does not slip on the table surface or in your hands. Externally, the disc looks quite restrained, but not without originality. Connection to a computer is carried out using USB ports of the second and third versions.

Serious reserve

Inside the Elements Portable there is a 500 GB HDD of the company's own production with a rotation speed of 5400 rpm, 8 MB of cache and decent read and write speeds. In the Crystaldiskmark test, the drive achieved the same results of 108 MB/sec for both read and write.

WD Security Data Protection System

Among the small bonuses, it is worth highlighting the Auto Local & Cloud Backup utility, which allows you to set up data backup, including making a copy to the Dropbox cloud service. And the WD Security app allows you to use hardware encryption to protect data on the drive or simply “password-protect” it. As they say, there is no such thing as too much precaution. Also, the drive itself is initially formatted as one volume with the NTFS file system, which ensures its compatibility with operating systems of the Windows family.