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Review on πŸ’₯ Seagate FireCuda 1TB SSHD - SATA 6GB/s Flash Accelerated Hybrid Drive Performance for Gaming PC Laptop - Frustration Free Packaging (ST1000LX015) by Doug Hook

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The best combination of SSD and hard drive storage

I don't really like cutting-edge technology, but I'll dig a little deeper into the types and purposes of hard drive storage, FireCuda is the answer to the question that you will ask too late. When I bought a Windows laptop I had functional plans for upgrades and backups, an extra drive was given but I didn't want to spend the money on a comparable 1TB solid state drive (SSD) storage but I liked the SSD . in my mac mini. I heard about these drives many years ago when they were in their infancy and after some thought I decided this was the drive I needed. The Seagate FireCuda 1TB Hybrid Hard Drive is a hard drive that combines the speed of flash with the capacity of a hard drive. at a unique compromise between performance and cost. Available in 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch form factors and in capacities from 500GB to 2TB, they can be used as primary or secondary storage. What sets this drive apart from all others is that the 8GB flash drive is paired with hard drive storage that learns patterns over time and moves the most commonly used data to the flash portion, increasing the speed of Solid State Drives (SSDs) is reached. Depending on your computer's purpose, comparable SSDs get expensive as capacity increases, but many of us prefer them for download and file transfer speeds - now you have a compromise between the best of both worlds. In my case, I bought a user-upgradable laptop with the intention of upgrading to an SSD "someday", but I immediately bought this 1TB model. As part of the backup process (you back up your hard drive regularly, right?), the laptop's hard drive is regularly cloned to this FireCuda drive. If my laptop's hard drive fails, getting my laptop working again is as easy as swapping out the drives. Heck, if I ever got tired of slow downloads and app launch speeds, I could do the same. I am someone who can compromise and maybe you can too. I need the capacity to handle the large files I'm dealing with and 1TB is more than enough for someone like me. Granted I haven't made it my primary drive yet, I did notice a slight jump in speed when cloning another USB 3.0 drive. using the outer case. So have you thought about it? Whether you need primary operating system storage or just storage in general, the Firecuda drive is more than ready for either role.

Pros
  • Great for a small home
Cons
  • Questionable purchase for the elderly