I actually opened a ticket with WD to ask this and got a pretty bad cut and paste reply 11 days later with about zero useful information so I turn to the WD Forums!
I currently own a very old WD 1TB External and a newer 2TB My Passport Ultra. They’re both in perfect working condition as I only seldom use them for file/phone/system backup (Like once every 6mths. I know, terrible).
That said I have like 4 internal drives and backing up is turning into a headache trying to manage the space and two drives. The externals are also getting old and I’m worried about failures. I’d like to consolidate into one 5GB 2.5 (self powered) quality drive.
The question is, what are the exact specifications/differences between the WD 5TB 2.5" HDD externals? Specifically:
WD 5TB Elements Portable Storage USB 3.0 Model WDBU6Y0050BBK-WESN
WD 5TB My Passport Portable Storage USB 3.2 WDBPKJ0050BBK-WESN
WD 5TB My Passport Ultra Portable Storage USB-C WDBFTM0050BGD-CESN
WD Black 5TB P10 Game Drive Portable WDBA5G0050BBK-WESN
I’ll assume the Elements is the budget, Passport next tier, then the Ultra and Gaming. But has anyone ripped these apart? Noted specs and/or tested? Is there a thread I cannot find with all the gritty details?
The WD site provides next to zero actual info on the drives or the differences.
Things I care about:
- Quality hardware/drive
- Capacity
- Durability
Things I do not care about:
- Included software
- Encryption
- Formatting (as long as I can format to whatever I need)
- Gaming interfaces or whatever.
I’d rather pay a few bucks more for a Gold/Enterprise level drive than end up with a ‘Green’ or ‘Blue’ drive. That said these are 2.5" drives and choices are slim.
Any help appreciated!
