Seagate Expansion Desktop External Hard Drive Black
Storage 8 TB
form factor desktop
14 Overall Score
Price $250
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 | Dell Optiplex 7070 | HP All-in-One 27-cr2074 | Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus | Lenovo IdeaCentre Mini 91B20000UT | GMKtec Nucbox K11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | - | Core i7 | Intel Core Ultra 7 255U | AMD Ryzen 7 255 | Intel Core 7 240H | AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS |
| RAM (GB) | - | 32 | 16 | 32 | 16 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 8000 | 5120 | 1024 | 1024 | 512 | 2048 |
| GPU | - | Intel HD Graphics 630 | Intel Graphics | AMD Radeon 780M | Intel Graphics | AMD Radeon 780M |
| Form Factor | desktop | tower | aio | mini | mini | mini |
| Psu W | - | - | 90 | 120 | 150 | 120 |
| OS | - | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home | Windows | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Pro |
| 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 |
| Dell Optiplex 7070 Compare | 85.1 | 43.8 | 63.8 | 77.8 | 96.8 | 70.5 |
| HP All-in-One 27-cr2074 Compare | 41.4 | 47 | 54 | 77.8 | 57.3 | 70.5 |
| Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus Compare | 63.7 | 55.9 | 82.4 | 79.6 | 57.3 | 11.6 |
| Lenovo IdeaCentre Mini 91B20000UT Compare | 55.6 | 47 | 54 | 74.5 | 31.1 | 70.5 |
| GMKtec Nucbox K11 Compare | 65.5 | 55.9 | 82.4 | 79.6 | 91.6 | 11.6 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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