Reddit reviews Seagate STEB5000200 5 TB Expansion USB 3.0 Desktop 3.5 Inch External Hard Drive for PC, Xbox One and Playstation 4

Seagate Expansion 5 TB USB 3.0 Desktop 3.5 inch External Hard Drive for PC and Xbox One - Black https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00UNA1O0W/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_rajLybN8BN35X

Come to daddy! 😎

Or I could have picked this.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/433/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-inch-External-Hard-Drive/B00UNA1O0W/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1483958449&sr=1-1&keywords=5tb+external+hard+drive

For £120/$150, store completely full 1mb block for 100 YEARS!, by which time we will probably have some improvements in storage technology. After all look at hard drives form 100 years ago /s

I wouldn't say the loading times are all that noticeable, I looked up a few speed test videos and they show around a 2.5 speed difference.

I like the Seagate drives like this one; https://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-inch-External-Drive/dp/B00UNA1O0W/ref=sr_1_8?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1464979871&sr=1-8&keywords=External+Hard+Drive

Although that one comes with a power supply which might not suit your needs if you move around a lot but they have whichever size you want.

I bought a 5TB external drive drive for ~£100 from Amazon (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00UNA1O0W?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00) like a month ago. I record into a 2TB internal drive, but I only have around 700GB free at most. Most of my videos use around 120GB per hour of footage, except stuff like Undertale that takes a quarter of that space, or, interestingly enough, stuff like Factorio that takes twice as much. In any case, I just move the old finished series to the 5TB drive, and so far so good.

I haven't tried to record directly over the external one, since it peaks at 150MB/s (a bit lower than the internal one) and it's way noisier when working.

Also, just to mention, if you record using h264 or something that is unlikely to take you more than say 50MB/s, any modern drive will do.

Get yourself one of these mate: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00UNA1O0W/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1474876121&sr=8-1&pi=SL75&keywords=5+tb+external+hard+drive

:)

5TB Seagate Expansion

What you say makes sense... I had a 2TB originally as I stated and after it was all set up it was actually 1.7TB. I don't ever recall going below 1TB and tbh I haven't got many games (especially not 130!). There is a handful of games I want to play I'm not a gamer I just play now and again but I literally have no space for even a single game update. As the Seagate/Samsung 2TB I had before stopped working after a while (could just have been that I got a faulty drive), I'm a bit off on the idea of going again for another Seagate internal. But it seems to be different for each user... Some have no issues as you don't either.

I would like to download all the free PS+ games even though I won't play any of them just so it's there and I don't have to wait to download or install it.

Also, the 5TB externals I was referring to are both desktop drives with AC adopters and are the 3.5" type if I remember correctly. Here are the links:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Elements-Desktop-External-Drive-WDBWLG0050HBK-EESN/dp/B00NAQG0VY



https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/433/Seagate-Expansion-Desktop-inch-External-Hard-Drive/B00UNA1O0W/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_147_tr_t_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=9G4W82253RRC5K9VX7BX

The advantage of having the internal is the SSHD even though only slight difference it's a difference nonetheless if I'm right. And it comes with 5 year limited warranty. And you're right I know I won't use the 2TB up right now. Like I said only a handful more games id play right now until newer titles are released. If on average a game is 50GB that's an extra 20 games if not more I can install on the 2TB compared to the stock drive.

The advantage of the 5TB external drive is well it's 5TB so extra £40 for 3TB more than the Firecuda. I don't know about the read write speeds though which is a question I have for anyone. Don't know about the robustness of these hard drives as they seem "affordable". Would these drives go slow as the drive fills up? I know I said load times don't matter as much but would it be significantly affected as more applications are installed?

Is USB 3 better than the internal option? I know I keep asking this but I can't get my head around it. I could buy both but there's no point. Not for now anyway. Maybe in a years time or end of this year I could get a external if I went internal now. It should be a easy decision but I keep going back and forth. Some people say the SSHD is good after a few loads, does this mean say if I regularly play GTA would the game load up faster if I kept closing the game and re-opening it? Or does it mean when I switch the PS4 off if the next day I play GTA again it'll load faster? I'm assuming the latter is incorrect. I make my mind up to get the internal but the fact that I can literally go down the road to pick up the external is tempting.

Could someone please compare all three? Here is the link to the SSHD

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-ST2000LX001-Firecuda-Internal-Hybrid-2-5-Inch/dp/B01M1UQQT5/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1499382385&sr=1-1&keywords=firecuda+2.5

Apologies for the long reply! I'm a tech guy but I know nothing when it comes to this I keep going back and forth as I want the best deal and the best option.

My default Install device is an - Seagate STEB5000200 5 TB Expansion USB 3.0 Desktop 3.5 Inch External Hard Drive https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00UNA1O0W

Its never done that before.

I'm going all in on this from Amazon. 5TB for £120 ain't too bad. For your budget £90 will get you 3TB.