Are you having trouble finding space on your laptop or is the space on your hard drive becoming too small to save your data? Turn to external hard drives to give you room to breathe. Today, videos, photos and music files are larger in size because of the improved quality and higher resolutions. As a results, laptops don’t have the sufficient space they did a decade ago. Even console owners are feeling the pinch. The answer to all these are external hard drives that will give you plenty of storage, are portable and easy to use. Here are some of the best external hard drives that you should consider when looking to get one.
LaCie Porsche Design Mobile Drive USB Type-C/USB 3
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Starting Price: $59.94
LaCie Porsche Design Mobile Drive comes in two sizes, the 1TB and 2TB versions. The 1TB version isn’t particularly great especially if you are looking for the extra USB Type-C connectivity and style which is provided in the 2TB version. The LaCie Porsche Design Mobile Drive is an all-aluminium, super slim and shiny. It is not only beautiful to look at but also super-fast with speeds peaking at 129MB/sec read and 127MB/sec write. This attractive portable external hard drive only weighs 193g and is 10mm thick.
Seagate Backup Plus Slim
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Starting Price: $68.99
External hard drives don’t come slimmer and more portable than Seagate backup plus slim. This storage devices is just 9.6mm thick and weighs 135g. It’s available in a variety of storage capacities ranging from 500GB to 2TB. The casing is made of plastic and available in either gold or silver. Seagate Backup plus slim is powered with software to enable you schedule automatic data backups and mirror stored data to cloud storage platforms such as Google Drive and Dropbox. The recognition time when you first plug in this external hard drive using a USB cable averages 7 seconds with peaks of 135MB/sec read and 125MB/sec write.
Western Digital MyPassport
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Starting Price: $54.99
Western Digital has a reputation for reliability and with the new latest generation of external hard drives, it hasn’t disappointed. The WD MyPassport is available 1TB to 4TB sizes. These external drives have additional features including optional password protection, cloud storage, 256-bit AES encryption and WD’s backup software. This external drive might not be the slimmest or lightest portable drive but it does deliver great value and is a good performer when it comes to transfer speeds. WD My Passport boasts of a sleek and stylish design and comes in a variety of colors.
Buffalo MiniStation Extreme NFC
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Starting Price: $124.99
The Buffalo MiniStation Extreme NFC is very flexible as it is compatible with machines that have Mac or Windows. It features a built-in USB 3.0 cable, 256-bit AES security encryption and Near Field Communication that allows users to unlock and view files using a smartcard and without having to use a password. Additionally, the 1TB Buffalo’s MiniStation Extreme NFC has a rugged case that is dust and water resistant to survive any rough day.
Samsung T3
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Starting Price: $194.99
There is no external hard drive in the market that has faster transfer speeds than this little storage device. It averages transfer speeds of up to 450mbps. With up to 2TB storage, the Samsung T3 sets the standard for speed, connectivity and durability. It only weighs 51 grams which makes it surprising considering the fact that I can store 2TB worth of data and it’s almost the size of a business card. Nonetheless, Samsung T3 is compatible across multiple operating systems and users can connect to a variety of devices as it has USB 3.1 Type-C port and the USB Type-C to Type A cable.
