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The limitation is that no USB-C-compatible cord is provided. The USB cord is USB 2.0 backwards-compatible, which could be appealing if you plan to use this device with older machines. There are just two ports on the Elements Desktop: a micro B to USB 3.0 port and an AC power jack. Lifewire / Yoona Wagener Ports: USB 3.0- and USB 2.0-compatible
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While I wouldn’t say that data transfers are lightning-fast on the WD 10TB Elements Desktop, I did find the performance to be respectably speedy on both macOS and Windows devices. I also moved over RAW digital photo files, nearly 3000 in total and 60GB in volume, and that took nearly 24 minutes to complete.
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A larger batch of 5.2GB of movie files took a little over 1 minute 4 seconds. I transferred a few movie files that were between 1.5-1.6GB and those each took about 20 seconds to transfer. I didn’t have HD files on hand, but I can see this claim holding up. Western Digital claims that a 2-hour HD movie is ready to view in just 3 minutes. It took nearly 49 seconds to load from the WD Elements Desktop, which is about twice as slow as the load time I saw from the gaming laptop hard drive I tested this game with (Acer Predator Triton 500). But the load time of the game was much slower than other devices I tested. The Elements Desktop did out-perform the WD Black P10 game drive with 5TB of storage by about 30 minutes. That’s on par with, though slightly slower than, the time it took to perform that same task on the ADATA SD700 SSD-which took closer to a solid hour on the nose. When I put it to the bigger test of downloading the 98GB NBA2K game, it took about 1 hour and 7 minutes. I transferred Asphalt 8 (2.37GB), which took about 5 minutes to move, and 20 seconds to load from the Elements Desktop. That’s slightly longer than the 13 seconds it took to load on a Lenovo Ideapad 130S, which isn’t a gaming-centric laptop itself either. This isn’t a gaming-specific drive, but I wanted to see how it could serve as a backup for storing a few game files.
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I also formatted this HDD for my MacBook Pro as well and used Blackmagic Disk Speed Test, which showed write and read speeds of 180MB/s and 186MB/s, respectively. I couldn’t find any manufacturer-specific claims about the speed of this HDD, only the promise that this device offers “ultrafast data transfers.” My results using CystalDiskMark showed a maximum read speed of about 218 MB/s and write speed of 118 MB/s. It picked up fingerprints from the moment I first handled it out of the box and looked quite smudgy after just a few hours of use. Luckily, nothing happened to its ability to operate, but this didn’t instill a lot of confidence in the product-considering HDDs are known to be more fragile and prone to failure because of all of the physical parts at work.Īnother drawback to the design is that the smooth plastic casing is prone to smudging. I inadvertently, and with little effort, bumped this HDD several times and watched it topple over on my desk. But just like a free-standing book, it lacks stability. It doesn’t require much space at less than 2 inches thick and 6.5 inches tall and resembles a hardcover book.
Lifewire / Yoona Wagener Design: Low profile but a bit precariousĪssuming you’re okay with a device that’s not necessarily portable, and you’re not looking for an ultra-fast SSD, this HDD offers uncluttered appeal for a work desk.
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