Seagate Portable 5TB
Score72.7
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Specifications
- Capacity
- 5TB
- 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
- $43.92/TB
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Our Verdict
The Seagate Portable 5TB packs a lot of storage into a pocket-sized drive powered over one USB 3.0 cable, with no power adapter needed. It belongs to Seagate's most popular portable line, with more than 270,000 Amazon ratings at 4.6 stars, and carries a 2-year warranty plus Seagate's Rescue data recovery plan. As a 2.5-inch hard drive it moves data at roughly 120 to 130 MB/s, so a 100GB backup takes around 15 minutes, which is fine for backups, archives and travel copies but slow for editing from the drive. It also works with game consoles for storing extra games. Its closest rivals are the WD Elements 5TB and 6TB; compare prices on the day, since they trade places. Choose the Seagate Portable 5TB for high-capacity, low-cost backups you can carry; if you need speed, a portable SSD is far quicker but costs much more per terabyte.
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