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This item does not come with a US functional electric plug. I used the charger from another WD product and it works fine. I do not understand why Amazon sells it in the US.I have bought plenty of backup drives so i have plenty of spare plugs but if this is your first be warned. it comes with a few different outlet plug head just not the US outlet. For the money was worth it for me.A year ago I bought a 10TB version of this drive and I still have a couple 2TB and 4TB older versions as well. None of those drives are nearly as noisy as this one. It keeps making the same grinding/knocking sound every 2-3 seconds, shaking and vibrating inside its enclosure box. Even when there's no data written to it, even when I have not accessed the drive even once since booting up my system. It just won't quit making these sounds and the overall impression I have is that it won't last long. My return window has passed as I didn't have too much time to work with it before it closed or I likely would've returned it. Now have a decent amount of data on it and this drive makes me very concerned that I made the wrong investment.This came withan AC adapter not compatible with US household Plugs. It is a universal adapter but no American option.Biggest hassle for me is that this drive came from overseas where they didn't put the right ends into the box so the power supply (which is modular to support the various end types) could work in the USA.Fortunately, as a computer guy who keeps lots of power supplies even after the products die, I did have a compatible power supply available. Even better, WD support sent me a US power supply.It works great. Lots of space.Came from Europe with foreign power plug and no US plug. I had another power block that works fine. Watch out for it coming from Amazon UK.Great price for storage and the transfer speed is faster than what I thought it to be.Excellent external drives returning excellent speeds for large files, but like most mechanical drives small files are much slower. These are perfect for backups and storing video. The drives are both quiet even in operation.10TB: Large Files: Read 208 Write 165 Small Files Read: 0.83 Write 2.914TB: Large Files: Read 205 Write 171 Small Files Read: 0.83 Write 2.8Inside the 10TB drive I found a WD100EMAZ white drive with 256MB Cache. Part Number 2W10228It is easy to use a flat screw driver to prise off the plastic outer casing. Then gently work out the four rubber corners. Unscrew the two Philips screws holding the SATA to USB-3 converter. Finally gently pull the drive from caddy – and you are done. I am not very practical, but found this easy.Once extracted: The performance is very similar to a WD Red 10 TB NAS drive. It has the same version of Firmware, the same SMART parameters, but across a range of benchmarks is very slightly slower (<5%).10TB White Drive: 210.2 MB/s Read and 209.3 MB/s WriteWD 10TB RED NAS: 213.8 MB/s Read and 214.6 MB/s WriteI have installed this in my Synology DS918+ and it is working well. Very happy.I have also installed this into a Synology DS119j and it is fully compatible.The only down side is goodbye warranty.FYI If anyone's interested I purchased two of these in 6TB and both had the WD Blue WD60EZRZ drive inside.(WD 12TB Elements (Ordered April 2020)Like most, I was purchasing these for the drives inside, rather than for use as an external unit, typically proving to be the cheaper way of buying larger drives when they're on offer.Issues that you may need to know:Firstly, and not wholely unexpected, this doesn't have the standard mounting screw holes you'd expect on older/smaller 3.5" drives, missing the middle of the three on each side in order to accomodate the additional drive platters, and repositioning the mount holes on the bottom for the same reason. This might not sound like much, but if you use a screwless case of any kind, or some kind of tray system that use the older style mounting holes, you'll likely find that can't secure these drives into the bay with the standard kit - I had to resort to some adaptation myself.Secondly, and more importantly, some older PSUs can have a problem powering these drives up due to the use of a newer SATA power specification. There's a few workarounds, so have a quick look for 'fix 3.3v issue in white label drives' if you have a problem. Using a simple molex-to-sata adapter works if you're stuck.The good:It's still very simple to open the case itself - a small flat-nose screwdriver or some plastic cards will do to pry the top-end open (from there it's just a case of pushing), and you'll need a screwdriver (Phillips head) to remove the drive from the two screws attaching the drive to the SATA/power connector. Other than that, there's some rubber mounts that simply need pushed out. There's youtube videos about removing it from the case and what to watch for it you plan on removing it (just needs a bit of care to watch snapping off some plastic clips when doing the initial steps).This is my second - the last contained a WD red, but this latest contains a WD120EMFZ-11 drive (manufacturing date of January this year), hence adding a review for those still hoping for Reds specifically. These latest models are specifically Western Digital Whites: 3.5" SATA III drive, seemingly 6Gb/s, 5400 RPM disks. In open air, spin and seek noise seems to be far better than a neighbouring Seagate drive, appearing to be very similar to some of my older, very quiet, WD Green drives. For use as a video-hosting server drive, it's pretty much ideal - very low power on idle, 5A peak during full use. My only gripe is that it runs roughly three degrees hotter than my other WD drives, including the last 12gb (an EMAZ drive), but nothing major.Si necesita mucha capacidad al menor precio por TB, la familia WD Elements Desktop, es la suya.Se trata de un dispositivo de sobremesa, esto significa que no está pensado para llevar de un lado a otro, ya que requiere de estar conectado siempre a su fuente de alimentación, aunque su tamaño no es demasiado grande. Aprovecho para corregir las medidas aportadas en la página de Amazon, ya que las medidas reales de la unidad son: 165mm x 135mm x 48mm. Hay un pequeño error de 4mm, pero siempre viene bien saber la realidad por si se tiene reducido espacio para ubicar.Esta familia de discos duros, se comercializa en diferentes capacidades: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10 y 12TB y por lo que he podido ver, la única diferencia entre estas es su capacidad y precio. El resto de características son tal y como sigo explicando.En las primeras imágenes que he puesto puede ver la caja como viene presentado y la protección que aporta a la unidad para su transporte. Esta protección, se trata de unos topes laterales de plástico que hacen que la unidad se mantenga en suspensión y absorba los golpes que pueda recibir la caja.La caja contiene, la unidad de disco duro, un cable tipo micro B (para conectar al PC) y una fuente de alimentación. Importante tener en cuenta que esta unidad no funcionará sin su fuente de alimentación y no servirá conectar únicamente con el cable USB.En otras imágenes que he añadido, se puede apreciar unas rejillas de plástico que recorren todo el borde del disco duro (zona superior, inferior y posterior) y que sirven para facilitar la correcta ventilación, que gracias a esto y a un ventilador interno que lleva la caja, garantiza una temperatura de trabajo muy buena.El decir que lleva un ventilador interno, hace pensar que la unidad sea ruidosa, pero sorprendentemente, la unidad es mas silenciosa de lo esperado, y seguramente tenga que ver a que su velocidad de rotación es de 5400 rpm, esto no quiere decir que sea totalmente silenciosa.El disco duro funcionará sin problema en conexiones: 2.0 , 3.0 e incluso en 3.1 Gen2. Pero importante decir que si queremos sacar el máximo rendimiento tendremos que evitar el 2.0. Y el hecho de usar la conexión 3.1 Gen2, no significará mayor rendimiento que usando el 3.0, ya que esta unidad no soporta velocidades superiores al 3.0.La compra que hice era precisamente para la unidad de 6TB, aunque la capacidad real de la unidad queda en 5,45Tb, esto es algo normal y que sucederá con todas las unidades de diferentes capacidades (es un tema relacionado al formato, que en este caso vienes en NTFS).Si observamos otra imagen, veremos en la parte trasera, la conexión del cable tipo B, la entrada para la fuente de alimentación y un botón de encendido y apagado. Para encender, simplemente hay que pulsar, pero para apagar, será necesario mantenerlo durante 4 segundos. Quizás, el haber puesto el botón de encendido en la parte delantera habría resultado ser mas practico, ya que resulta incómodo ir a ciegas buscando al tacto dicho botón.Y en la parte delantera, podremos ver cuando esté encendido un mini led, que nos informará si la unidad está en uso.Motivos por los que recomiendo la compra:1- Muchos TB a precio imbatible (Acierto seguro con las ofertas que realiza Amazon)2- Bonito diseño y bien ventilado.3- Conexión 3.0, nos asegura velocidades muy buenas.4- Patitas de goma en parte inferior de apoyo, que absorbe posibles vibraciones de la unidad.Lo que no me ha gustado:1- Botón de encendido en parte trasera, dificulta su acceso, aunque hay que tener en cuenta, que al apagar el PC, la unidad también queda apagada.2- La caja es redondeada y un bonito diseño, pero terminado en negro piano y este se raya con solo mirarlo. En mi caso, no le quité el film protector que trae.3- Garantía de 2 años. Hay unidades que ofrecen mayor tiempo de garantía, nos tendremos que conformar con los dos años.En definitiva, personalmente, recomiendo su compra.Espero que esta opinión y análisis les sirva de ayuda.
