Portable HDDs have become pretty cheap for the amount of storage they offer. While they are sure much slower than NVMe SSDs, in certain scenarios it can be a perfect choice.
In this video I'll review and benchmark Seagate and Western Digital external portable hard drives, so that You can understand whether it's a right option for You.
If You wonder whether it's a good choice for editing 4K footage straight from this type of drives - I'll be showing that use case in the video too.
Links to tech:
Type-c to Micro-B cable: amzn.to/3GunBSN
WD 5TB drive: amzn.to/3GngBam
Seagate 5TB drive: amzn.to/3jF8nRl
Other external HDDs: amzn.to/3Gvi2n5
Backup software:
Acronis (free for WD drives): shop.westerndigital.com/produ...
Macrium Reflect free (Windows): www.macrium.com/reflectfree
DiskDrill free (Windows, Mac): www.cleverfiles.com/
Free Paragon NTFS driver for mac:
Seagate: www.seagate.com/gb/en/support...
WD - contact Paragon for newest version: www.seagate.com/gb/en/support...
Time codes:
00:00 - Into
01:05 - Options and prices
01:29 - Bundled software
02:23 - What's in the box
03:23 - Size and design
05:24 - Benchmarks
07:42 - 4K video editing test