Seagate 3TB Expansion Desktop Ext HDD

A god send for my 500gb PS4. Works perfectly and currently leaving all my games installed is quality. The set up is straight forward and you can get all the help you need online through YouTube or forums. It does require a socket to power, and must been connected to the PS4 using a USB cable, which will take up one of your ports permanently. The only problem I've encountered is not being able to wear my gaming headset and play guitar hero at the same time, as both require a USB port. Other than that, it's well worth the money. Size is nice as well, and looks like a decent bit of kit. Been using for about a month now, would recommend to any PS4 gamer who wants more than 4 games installed at once.

In the situation that i use this (always plugged in to my xbox one as an external hard drive rather than constantly being moved as a portable hard drive) this has been an excellent storage device that was very easy to set up and has never given me any problems. *Warning* My PERSONAL opinion upon inspecting the sockets and design of this product is that they are prone to wearing out and breaking very quickly if the device is plugged and unplugged alot (ie if it's being used as a portable HDD rather than a permanent expansion) so be forewarned that it's really not suited to the role of "portable" **EDIT** it's now 2022 and i've been using the same external drive daily since 2015 , the reason for the edit is that i think it's finally dying as i've had a couple of disk write errors and several files lost due to corruption. Literally could not have asked more from this equipment and i'll be looking to get whatever the current version is to continue on my external HDD needs. You have my sympathies if you've had a bad experience with this line of external/portable HDDs but in my experience the reliability has been top notch

Seagate comes with a big reputation, and for me personally they will always be an extremely solid choice. The fact that all Mac hardrives are supplied by Seagate is a big box tick for me. This drive is no different, it's really fast, reliable, small (smaller than you think) and is really great value for money. I use this drive to back up really large photo and video projects and so far I have nothing to complain about! Pros - Huge storage - Well made - USB 3.0 is very fast - Really pretty new design - Small and discreet Cons - Can be slightly loud, however, it's a physical HD so these will always make noise as there is a disc physically spinning inside! Seagate doesn't have it's reputation for reliability and value for money for no good reason. I would recommend any Seagate product and will be a fan for life!

If you want this drive to suspend when not in use or when you switch off a device it's connected to you will need to download the "Seagate Drive Settings" tool from here: [...] (Link removed by Amazon!! - Just search for 'Seagate Drive Settings' and make sure it's the tool for external drives.) For some bizarre reason my 3TB drive was set to be permanently on/spinning! This software tool didn't work on Windows 10, even in Win 7 emulation mode, but did work on my Windows 7 Professional PC. You can turn off the LED as well as set how long before the drive switches off when idle, starts from 3 min, I set mine to 5 min. I also noticed that it now turns off when I suspend my media box which it didn't before I changed the settings. I was going to send this back as it isn't silent although to be honest it's pretty quiet but it's seeming inability to suspend when not in use really annoyed me. Luckily I found the Seagate settings tool and all seems fine now, fingers crossed it has performance and longevity as well. I almost gave this 4 Stars because I had to p*** about but now I've figured out the fix, for all of us, I've decided to give it 5 as it is cheap and seems to be working fine, and it's pretty quiet. May update in the event of anything good or bad!

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE I'm a graphic designer and avid photographer so storage space is always a problem. This drive works perfectly with my mac and with USB 3.0 is lightning fast. I've partitioned mine 4 times and it works perfectly. If you have a windows PC there are a few additional pieces of software included with the drive, such as a back up agent. I have used seagate expansion drives for a few years now and have only good things to say. They are sturdy (although I don't go throwing mine around) and light weight which is handy if like myself you take it everywhere with you. It is also very quiet when running at full pelt. I use it as a scratch disk for video editing which gives you an idea of its speed and performance. APPEARANCE Aesthetically this generation of expansion drive is very nice to look at but feels a little cheap unlike its predecessor which had an aluminum case. I cant say how this effects it's cooling system but if I know anything it's that aluminium conduct heat better than plastic. STORAGE The one thing I don't like is the fact that it is designed to stand up on its end and a narrow end at that. I have had a Western Digital MyBook topple over onto my desk in the past and completely wrote off the drive so you can understand my concern with ever storing a drive the same way again. The drive only has rummer feet on it's narrow end so it may get scuffed when lying down. I'd recommend buying some felt pads to protect it. If your unsure which way up the HDD needs sit use the label on the back (with one with the serial number) and ensure the text is up right. FELT PADS: 60 pieces Felt pads - scratch protection - Furniture glides, heavy adhesive, round, black 60 x round 20mm - black (1 x 60) ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FEEL FREE TO ASK.

3 TB version Review Purchased to use as part of a media hub to use with an Android Media box, reformatted ( ExFat ) so the Android OS can access it and it works a treat. Un formatted the Android box will ask to reformat it in some weird android file system and it want be able to be accessed by anything else so no connecting it to a PC etc ie android only and it only sees 750GB of space initially, as i said easily rectified on a windows PC or Tablet,plenty of info on the web how to do this NOISE Level, i have seen some reviews say its noisy, if placed on a wooden shelf or desk top this will amplify the "chugging" and "clicking", i couldn't hear any real noise when 5 foot away from it and any audible noise was because i was listening for it, but this ( Noise ) is easily rectified by placing some small rubber/foam/cloth furniture protector pads underneath it, see the link, so overall the noise level is minimal. WHY do they use super bright Blue LEDs, more of an irritant to me was the flashing blue LED light as it works its way thro your films or music, i simply minimised the light by placing a piece of black electricians tape over the light. LOOKS, it looks really smart with its embossed case which is why i think you may be happy to have it on show on your desk or TV shelf, or easily hidden away in a cupboard. POSITION, It can be laid flat on its side, (height on side placing is approx 1.5" 3.75 cm ) this again is where the furniture pads come in to use by A, the noise dampening effect B, allowing air flow under the main body of the units. just make sure there is ample space at the rear where you connect power and USB in as this is where the air vents are. USEABLE CAPACITY, i have just over 2.7 TB available on the drive for storage, which is more than enough and at £75 delivered USB 3 and Power Socket are placed on the rear of the hard drive Protective rubber feet are on the bottom do offer a minimal amount of sound deadening. I had 2 other External Hard drives, one Toshiba which is still going after 4 years used as a MAIN back up etc on my Imac and a western digital ( 2nd back up ) that seems to be failing after 18 months, luckily i could see it was on its way out and transfered the data I will be buying another Seagate to run as my 2nd back up, after a few months, just making sure that this one performs as i expect it to I DID NOT receive this as a review product, this was purchased at full cost for myself

Lately having my pc setup to be a full dlna media server in my home, I noticed I'd managed to fill up my hdd pretty fast and needed to move all my movie files off it. Despite having a bluray writer, the whole burning process is slow and not always perfect, also I already have 2 x 1tb internal drives so adding another internal didn't take my fancy. So came the external drive. Sitting at 3tb, it can hold plenty of data, also equipped with usb 3.0 it can transfer that data fast. Please note though transferring to the drive will vary in speed depending on the source it's coming from, so don't always expect blistering speeds if it's an old HDD your taking data from. But if your transferring data from the external drive to a pc, you can expect some serious speed. So far I've put about 1.8tb of movie files on there and it was all transfered I less than 40 minutes from 2 sources. The drive was then setup as a dlna media drive for my bluray to access. It works perfectly and streams great. As my drive is plugged into my pc, despite having an external power source, it only comed alive when the pc is turned and this is only noticeable because it has a small blue power light, otherwise you wouldn't know it's that quiet.

This was just great. Solid and reliable and easy to use, until it suddenly, according to my PC, ceased to exist. Now, I realize that I've had it just over two years, and I've taken it for granted. It was just there, in the background, saving all my stuff, lots of it. As I said above, I don't know how long I was supposed to think it would last. It was my main backup. I've still got most of my stuff, almost all of it, scattered about on small external drives and the hard drives of an old PC and laptop. I'd like to put all that stuff back on the big one, but I can't even format it. My computer just tells me to insert a disc into drive I. The only hopeful sign I see is a post by another user who had the same experience as me. He said that Seagates customer service was pure fab and they actually got his drive working again. I'm on here writing this in the hope that someone at Seagate sees it and I end up as happy as that guy. I would have contacted Seagate directly, but Amazon have not provided a link to 'contact the seller'. Presumably because they were the seller, but the folk I need to talk to are the guys n gals who made the thing. I repeat; it's been a great thing, till now, and I just want it back doing its thing and letting me take it for granted.