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Comparison Seagate Expansion Portable Hard Drive 2.5" STEA5000402 5 TB vs Seagate Maxtor M3 Portable STSHX-M401TCBM 4 TB

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Seagate Expansion Portable Hard Drive 2.5" STEA5000402 5 TB
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Placementexternalexternal
TypeHDDHDD
FeaturespCpC
Size5000 GB4000 GB
Form factor2.5 "2.5 "
Manufacturer's warranty2 years3 years
Connection
Interface
USB 3.2 gen1
USB 3.2 gen1
Technical specs
RPM5400 rpm5400 rpm
General
Power source (external)USB portUSB port
Materialplasticplastic
Size117x80x15 mm82x118x20 mm
Weight238 g236 g
Color
Added to E-Catalogmarch 2020march 2017

Size

Rated capacity is one of the key parameters of a hard drive, which determines how much information can fit on it. For SSHD, this item indicates the capacity of only the hard drive, for RAID arrays, the total capacity of the array.

The volume of information in the modern world is constantly growing and require more and more capacious drives. So in most cases it makes sense to choose a larger disk. In fact, the question of choosing this parameter often rests only on the price: the cost of the drive directly depends on the volume.

If the question is in such a way that you need to choose a disk "smaller and cheaper, but that's enough" — it's worth evaluating the amount of information that you have to deal with and the specifics of use. For example, for an ordinary office PC, designed mainly for working with documents, an internal drive of 2 TB and even 1 TB will be more than enough, and an enthusiastic gamer will need 4 TB, 6 TB and even 8 TB will not be superfluous. If you use a disc for recording from camcorders, then you can get a 10 TB, 12 TB, 14 TB, 16 TB, 18 TB or more HDD.

Manufacturer's warranty

Manufacturer's warranty provided for this model.

In fact, this is the minimum service life promised by the manufacturer, subject to the rules of operation. Most often, the actual service life of the device is much longer than the guaranteed one.
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