WD My Passport Portable Hard Drive falls to $199.99 on Amazon

Down $90 from the usual price.

WD My Passport Portable Hard Drive, Works drops to $199.99 - save $90. That's a 31 percent cut from the $289.99 list price, bringing 5TB of USB-C and USB-A portable storage under $200 for the first time in months.

THE DEAL

WD My Passport Portable Hard Drive, Works

$199.99 (was $289.99) - Save $90 (31% off)

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Get This Price

For just $199.99, down from its list price of $289.99. This is the best price on this drive since late last year. The 30-day average sits at $242.87, so you are saving roughly $43 versus what it typically goes for right now.

Not an all-time low (that was $129.99), but a genuine price cut that beats recent averages by a wide margin.

What You're Getting

This is a 5TB portable hard drive that works across USB-C and USB-A devices out of the box. That means it hooks up to Windows PCs, Macs, Chromebooks, gaming consoles, and even phones and tablets without adapter hassle.

It includes password protection with 256-bit AES hardware encryption, device management backup software, and a 3-year limited warranty. At 5TB, it holds roughly 1.25 million photos or 1,000 hours of HD video.

Who This Is For

Best for: anyone running out of space on a laptop or console and wants a single-drive backup solution that works with multiple device types. The USB-C native support makes it a natural fit for modern MacBooks and Chromebooks that ditched USB-A ports.

Skip it if you need SSD speeds for active editing or gaming. This is a traditional HDD meant for backup and archival storage.

The Caveat

This is a portable hard drive with spinning platters, not an SSD. Transfer speeds top out around 120MB/s, which is fine for backups and media storage but slow for running apps or editing video directly off the drive.

Final Verdict

If you need 5TB of reliable backup storage that plays nice with everything from a PS5 to a MacBook Air, $199.99 is a fair price given the $242.87 30-day average. The real value here is the universal compatibility, most external drives this size don't ship with both USB-C and USB-A ready to go.