Storage on the go: We test five fast portable hard drives - johnsonwhowerromed56

For system championship, archiving, OR only carrying more or less large data sets, 2.5-edge in portable hard drives rule the rest. Competing flash drives are tiptop portable and accessible, but they round top out at 128GB; and at larger capacities, they cost a whopping one buck per gigabyte.

By comparison, to each one of the fin portable concentrated drives we tested in this roundup monetary value about 10 cents per G—and both toll even less. All five units also feature USB 3.0 interfaces, making them considerably quicker than previous-generation drives.

While any of the models we tested will fit easily in a jacket pocket, they vary much than a pocket-sized in both physical size and maximum easy electrical capacity. The My Passport Edge and Seagate Slim have a significantly thinner profile than the other drives, but offer only 500GB of storage. The standard My Pass is a bit thicker, but is available with 2TB. The 500GB Satellite was the largest drive physically, merely that's due to the internal WI-Fi electronics and battery used for creating a mobile hotspot. The 500GB Lancer LX is also on the large side, only it's ruggedized and has dual FireWire 800 ports in addition to same USB 3.0 port.

Each of the cinque drives proved to beryllium competent, turning in nearly identical performances reading our mix of files and folders—basically the most frequent task a drive is asked to perform. Overall, however, the Westerly Digital drives outpaced the challenger by 6MBps or more. Seagate's Orbiter Mobile Radio was quite a bit slower than the other four drives when it came to transferring large files, but its ability to stream audio and video files via WI-Fi connectivity earns it a pass; besides, it's still immobile compared to USB 2.0 models.

When every was said and done, each drive had something that set it apart from the competition: Style, performance, or a unique feature. Here are links to each of the reviews, followed away two charts that theme on their read/write speeds.

Rocstor Lancer LX (500GB) Prepacked in a ruggedized enclosure.

Seagate GoFlex Satellite Mobile Wireless Storage (500GB) Creates its ain Wi-Fi hotspot.

Seagate Reduce (500GB) Slim and sexy.

Western Digital My Passport (2TB) The tip performing artist in this roundup.

Western Digital My Recommendation Edge (500GB) WD's take a sparse external drive.

Source: https://www.pcworld.com/article/455514/storage-on-the-go-we-test-five-fast-portable-hard-drives.html

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