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: [ Ссылка ]

WD 5TB drive: [ Ссылка ]
Seagate 5TB drive: [ Ссылка ]

Other external HDDs: [ Ссылка ]

Backup software:
Acronis (free for WD drives): [ Ссылка ]
Macrium Reflect free (Windows): [ Ссылка ]
DiskDrill free (Windows, Mac): [ Ссылка ]

Free Paragon NTFS driver for mac:
Seagate: [ Ссылка ]
WD — contact Paragon for newest version: [ Ссылка ]

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

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