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expiredwarcraft82 posted Nov 28, 2025 06:31 PM

5TB WD Elements USB 3.0 Portable External Hard Drive

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$104

$140

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BH Photo Video has 5TB WD Elements Portable External Hard Drive (WDBU6Y0050BBK-WESN) for $109.99 - $6 applied in cart = $103.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member warcraft82 for sharing this deal.

Features:
  • 5TB Storage Capacity
  • Micro-USB 3.0 Interface
  • Includes Micro-USB to USB Type-A Cable
  • Preformatted for Windows
  • Mac Compatible with Reformatting

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  • About this Product:
    • Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars based on over 550 customer reviews.

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BH Photo Video has 5TB WD Elements Portable External Hard Drive (WDBU6Y0050BBK-WESN) for $109.99 - $6 applied in cart = $103.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member warcraft82 for sharing this deal.

Features:
  • 5TB Storage Capacity
  • Micro-USB 3.0 Interface
  • Includes Micro-USB to USB Type-A Cable
  • Preformatted for Windows
  • Mac Compatible with Reformatting

Editor's Notes

Written by johnny_miller | Staff
  • About this Deal:
    • Please see the original post for additional details & give the forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
  • About this Product:
    • Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars based on over 550 customer reviews.

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MWink
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Keep in mind, these are SMR.
CrazyBuckeye
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Not sure why your post got two "not helpful" --- knowing whether a drive is CMR or SMR is definitely good information and could be a determinant for some. SMR drives have a much higher failure rate, lower reliability and slower performance as well. SMR is Perfectly OK for many use cases. A drive that just sits in a corner and gets used once a month to make a backup or something, great. But it's not something you'd want to have in a machine that's on and used all the time IMO.
xlerate
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Not bad. I really hate the Micro USB 3 interface.

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radarsNov 30, 2025 05:38 AM
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Quote from holly_molly :
I am out of touch. m last purchase was adata and paid $60 for 2TB. what's the current price tag?
Check the 24, 26 etc tb price at such as BB.
Nov 30, 2025 05:52 AM
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CalmHeart2Nov 30, 2025 05:52 AM
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how big is this thing physically? can we pocket it?
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Keep in mind, these are SMR.
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CalmDirt3517Nov 30, 2025 08:22 AM
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Quote from radars :
Doesn't matter if the hard dive purpose is for storing large amounts of data.
What? It's a portable drive that the user intends to carry in their pocket; I'm perplexed why you think "the purpose is for storing large amounts of data" somehow renders the device's physical size irrelevant.
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b166Nov 30, 2025 12:59 PM
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I got WD 4TB Gaming Drive for $70 at Target back in 2020 or 2021
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NervousAlpaca568Nov 30, 2025 01:07 PM
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Definitely worthwhile for storing photos and backing up old phone stuff- I use something similar

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Quote from MWink :
Keep in mind, these are SMR.
Not sure why your post got two "not helpful" --- knowing whether a drive is CMR or SMR is definitely good information and could be a determinant for some. SMR drives have a much higher failure rate, lower reliability and slower performance as well. SMR is Perfectly OK for many use cases. A drive that just sits in a corner and gets used once a month to make a backup or something, great. But it's not something you'd want to have in a machine that's on and used all the time IMO.
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Quote from holly_molly :
I am out of touch. m last purchase was adata and paid $60 for 2TB. what's the current price tag?
The price of storage had been dropping for a long time, but recently there's been a huge spike in storage (and memory) prices, tied mostly to AI driven demand (at least that's what I read, not sure if true). What used to be $100 is now $140. A year ago I would have scoffed at this drive at this price, but these days it's one of the better prices you'll see.
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CalmDirt3517Nov 30, 2025 01:46 PM
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Quote from shortprong :
The purpose is irrelevant to the amount of data stored on it. It does not physically expand as more data is stored on it. The best way to determine if it fits in your pocket is to look at its dimensions and measure your pocket. Now, if you get all ones instead of zeros, it may get heavier.
I must be missing some joke here, because there's just no way multiple people are having trouble grasping a simple request for the product's physical size or my comment explaining that the driver's storage capacity doesn't somehow nullify one's need to know the physical dimensions.
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radarsNov 30, 2025 03:21 PM
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Quote from CalmDirt3517 :
What? It's a portable drive that the user intends to carry in their pocket; I'm perplexed why you think "the purpose is for storing large amounts of data" somehow renders the device's physical size irrelevant.
Enjoy your pocket full and spending more.
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TheRyanNowNov 30, 2025 04:40 PM
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Quote from BigBG :
lol what
He said "DO YOU HAVE A BETTER DEAL FOR A 5TB PORTABLE?"
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maverickheuNov 30, 2025 05:59 PM
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i bought one, and now it has a cyclic redundancy error, cannot fix, tried everything.

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Nov 30, 2025 07:39 PM
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Quote from Dealsfinder2019 :
Disk usually last much much longer. Would expect an ssd to break as like those sandisk external hd.
i have 4 ssd external drives that are older, zero issues. 1 sits in my tesla recording every single drive.

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