If you’re a photographer, video editor, or really anyone that is regularly working with huge files, you’re probably always on the lookout for good storage solutions. While generally you can get faster load times and better performance out of solid state drives, there’s still one thing that hard drives still tend to be better at: being beefy. This Seagate expansion HDD has a full 8TB packed inside for all your storage needs. It’s currently 5% off, which brings the price down from $250 to just $237. But maybe that savings isn’t enticing enough for you. Or perhaps 8TB still isn’t enough to satisfy your needs. If that’s the case, Seagate also has this HDD with a whopping 22TB capacity. It’s now 17% off, which takes the price down from $499 to $500, saving a nice $99 for a limited time.
Massive Storage
22TB… Think about that for a moment. Your latest Xbox only has 1TB. This is like 22 Xboxes. Forza Horizon 6 just came out and it’s got a crazy high files size of about 160GB. That’s staggeringly large for a video game, and yet, you can fit it on this hard drive 130+ times. I wouldn’t recommend it, as that game likely requires faster loading than this HDD is capable of, but that’s still a crazy large size to think about—but lets go further.
The original version of Super Mario Bros. for the NES is only about 40KB. If my quick napkin math is correct, that means you can fit 590,558,003 copies of Super Mario Bros. on the Seagate 22TB expansion drive. Wow.
HDD Specs
So, onto the details that actually matter. This expansion drive from Seagate make file transfers over USB 3.3—the cable comes included. It supports automatic recognition for both Windows and Mac computers. Right out of the box, you’ll be able to simply drag and drop your files from your PC or Mac over to the hard drive.
Since this is a pretty sizable drive, it does require its own power source. The HDD comes packed with an 18W power adapter.
The HDD does take up a decent bit of space, at least compared to SSDs. This one measures in at 17.9cm by 4.2cm by 12.5cm.
You can enjoy peace of mind with your investment as the Seagate external hard drive comes with warranty and one year of rescue services. If anything happens, you’ll be able to work with world-class data recovery experts who self-reportedly have a 95% success rate.