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Seagate Expansion Desktop External Hard Drive Black
Storage 8 TB
form factor desktop
14 Overall Score
Price CA$370
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong storage (99th percentile) 99th
Cons
- Below average port selection (7th percentile)
- Below average ram (9th percentile)
- Below average gpu (10th percentile)
- Below average reliability (12th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Memory & Storage
| Storage | 7.8 TB |
| Storage Type | HDD |
Build
| Form Factor | desktop |
| Weight | 1.2 kg / 2.6 lbs |
vs Competition
| Spec | Seagate Expansion Desktop External Hard Drive | HP OMEN 35L | Lenovo IdeaCentre 91CX0002US | Apple Mac mini M4 | Dell Optiplex 7070 | Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | - | AMD Ryzen 7 8700F | AMD Ryzen AI 7 350 | Apple M4 | Core i7 | AMD Ryzen 7 255 |
| RAM (GB) | - | 32 | 32 | 24 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 8000 | 4096 | 1000 | 512 | 5120 | 1024 |
| GPU | - | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | AMD Radeon 860M | Apple M4 10-core | Intel HD Graphics 630 | AMD Radeon 780M |
| Form Factor | desktop | mid-tower | mid-tower | mini | tower | mini |
| Psu W | - | 850 | 260 | - | - | 120 |
| OS | - | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | macOS | Windows 11 Pro | Windows |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | Reliability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seagate Expansion Desktop External Hard Drive | 27.2 | 10 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 99.1 | 11.6 |
| HP OMEN 35L Compare | 68.6 | 82.4 | 87.5 | 95.2 | 96.5 | 70.5 |
| Lenovo IdeaCentre 91CX0002US Compare | 56.9 | 52.5 | 82.4 | 77.8 | 51 | 70.5 |
| Apple Mac mini M4 Compare | 54.2 | 57.9 | 52 | 96.6 | 31.1 | 99.4 |
| Dell Optiplex 7070 Compare | 85.1 | 43.8 | 63.8 | 77.8 | 96.8 | 70.5 |
| Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus Compare | 63.7 | 55.9 | 82.4 | 79.6 | 57.3 | 11.6 |
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