Seagate Portable 2TB External HDD
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Specifications
- Capacity
- 2TB
- Interface
- USB 3.0
- Form Factor
- 2.5-inch
- Read Speed
- 130 MB/s
- Write Speed
- 120 MB/s
- Endurance
- —
- Warranty
- 2 years
- Brand
- Seagate
- Price / TB
- $65.00/TB
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Our Verdict
The Seagate Portable 2TB is one of the most popular portable hard drives on Amazon, with the Seagate Portable line passing 270,000 ratings at 4.6 stars. It is a 2.5-inch drive powered entirely over one USB 3.0 cable, works with Windows and, after reformatting, with Mac, and carries a 2-year warranty plus Seagate's Rescue data recovery plan. Expect around 120 to 130 MB/s, which is fine for backups and photo or video archives but slow for editing directly from the drive. Its closest rival, the WD Elements Portable 2TB, is the same type of drive, and in our price data the two have often been far apart, so compare them on the day. Larger Seagate Portable models cost less per terabyte. Choose the 2TB when you need a simple, proven backup drive and 2TB is enough; if you need speed, a portable SSD is several times faster.
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