

I am concerned that the My Passport option will be able to work properly in the long run since it only uses 1 cable to transfer the data and the power, sure, it's designed to work with only 1 cable but I am concerned that since it's 4 TB it might need the extra power cable that the My Book model has.īut what do you think? What's the best option for me to buy and if you can elaborate your answer that would be great! The My Book model would be more reliable but it's bulkier and I have to have an extra wall socket available to power it up. The things that the My Passport option has in favor is the portability and not having to use an extra wall socket to power it up (It only uses it's USB 3 cable). Hey everyone, I'm back, now I need to buy an HDD and the 2 options I am down to is the WD 4TB My Book and the WD 4TB Black My Passport Just make sure to tag the post with the flair and give a little background info/context. On Fridays we'll allow posts that don't normally fit in the usual data-hoarding theme, including posts that would usually be removed by rule 4: “No memes or 'look at this '” We are not your personal archival army.No unapproved sale threads or advertisement posts.
POWER CONSUMPTION WESTERN DIGITAL MY PASSPORT 4TB FREE

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