2010 ver western digital my passport 1tb hdd usb 3.0

2010 ver western digital my passport 1tb hdd usb 3.0 portable#
2010 ver western digital my passport 1tb hdd usb 3.0 pro#

While Seagate’s SATA drives have this capability, their comparable Fast SSD ( Amazon) does not. However, if speed and security are what you’re looking for, the WD Passport SSD ( Amazon) maximum capacity of 2TB can be encrypted with 256-bit AES using WD’s security software. While Seagate may offer 5TB of storage here instead of Western Digital’s 4TB, the latter is cheaper - it’s a matter of personal preference.

2010 ver western digital my passport 1tb hdd usb 3.0 portable#

We prefer the colourful designs of Western Digital's My Passport range ( Amazon), though Seagate’s Backup Plus Portable drives ( Amazon) aren’t bad looking either. Western Digital and Seagate both offer a variety of pocket external hard drives with differences in capacity and connectivity. The better choice in this case is a matter of who provides the best security, largest capacities and best choice of connectivity. External Storage Credit: SeagateĮxternal storage is great for backing up personal and corporate data, as well as for transporting large amounts of information from one computer to another. Western Digital still holds its own in the lower- to mid-range market. Seagate is currently on top of the race for larger internal storage and speed, though not by much. Jacobi came away similarly impressed with Seagate's FireCuda 520 saying that 'The FireCuda 520 is a great drive, nearly as fast as any we’ve seen in the PCIe 3 benchmarks, and has the added benefit of supporting PCIe 4, which offers a noticeable jump in sustained throughput.' In the newer NVMe range, the Firecuda 510 is where Seagate edges out the competition, though once again only marginally the Western Digital Black 3D NVMe is more expensive though not as fast as the Firecuda 510. Western Digital and Seagate were both initially reluctant to invest into the solid-state drive field, though they are now roughly neck-and-neck.īoth companies’ SATA SSDs, Seagate’s Barracuda 510 ( Amazon) and Western Digital’s Blue 3D ( Amazon), are practically the same in terms of speed, both offering a maximum of 2TB. On the solid state front, both companies offer speedy drives designed to access and write your data as fast as possible. The 2TB desktop model ( Amazon) includes 8GB of NAND flash memory to boot up and load games faster. If you want better performance from a hard drive, Seagate offers a HDD/SSD hybrid range, the Firecuda SSHD. We’d pick Western Digital’s Blue range ( Amazon) for those on a budget, but if you can afford something higher-end then Seagate’s drives are very tempting.

2010 ver western digital my passport 1tb hdd usb 3.0 pro#

Seagate also offers a Pro version of the Barracuda with up to 14TB of storage ( Amazon), though not without a hefty price tag. However, Seagate drives come in both cheaper and faster, though only marginally - an 8TB Barracuda ( Amazon) drive sells for around AU$50 cheaper than Western Digital’s 6TB offering. Now, the company offers up to 6TB for desktops and 2TB for laptops. Western Digital was one of the first to offer up to 2 terabytes of space in its internal SATA hard drives. When it comes to internal storage, it essentially comes down to whether you want space or speed. Hard drives have evolved immensely over the last 20 years: storage capacities have grown exponentially, and speed and power efficiency have also improved.ĭifferent segments of the market have emerged (consumer, enthusiast/enterprise, AV) to cater to different classes of user those who require greater speed as opposed to capacity, for example. Both Western Digital and Seagate started out making internal hard drives, so it only makes sense that the contest begins here.