Seagate Expansion Expansion Desktop External Hard Drive Black
About This Desktop
Seagate Expansion Expansion Desktop External Hard Drive Black — storage 8000 GB, form factor Desktop.
- Storage 8000 GB
- Form factor Desktop
Overview
Performance
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong storage (99th percentile) 99th
Cons
- Below average port (7th percentile) 7th
- Below average ram (8th percentile) 8th
- Below average gpu (11th percentile) 11th
- Below average reliability (12th percentile) 12th
Specifications
Full Specifications
Memory & Storage
| Storage | 7.8 TB |
| Storage Type | HDD |
Build
| Form Factor | Desktop |
| Weight | 1.2 kg / 2.6 lbs |
Value & Pricing
vs Competition
| Spec | Seagate Expansion Expansion Desktop External Hard Drive | Apple Mac mini M4 | Dell Pro Slim QCS1250 | HP OmniDesk M02-0234 | Lenovo Yoga AIO F0J20012US | MSI Envision S13 SFF Desktop Envision S13 SFF Desktop |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | - | Apple M4 | Intel Core i9 14900K | AMD Ryzen 7 8700G | Intel Core Ultra 7 255H | AMD Ryzen 7 5700G |
| RAM (GB) | - | 16 | 64 | 16 | 16 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 8000 | 256 | 2048 | 1536 | 1000 | 1536 |
| GPU | - | Apple M4 10-core | Intel UHD Graphics 770 | AMD Radeon 780M | Intel Arc | AMD Radeon Integrated Graphics |
| Form Factor | Desktop | mini | sff | mini-tower | aio | sff |
| Psu W | - | 155 | - | 280 | 170 | - |
| OS | - | macOS Sequoia 15.1 | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Pro |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Port | Storage | Reliability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seagate Expansion Expansion Desktop External Hard Drive | 26.5 | 10.6 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 99 | 12 |
| Apple Mac mini M4 Compare | 56.3 | 90.2 | 29.8 | 97 | 13.1 | 99.3 |
| Dell Pro Slim QCS1250 Compare | 94.6 | 31.7 | 96.8 | 71.6 | 85.4 | 71.2 |
| HP OmniDesk M02-0234 Compare | 72.5 | 10.6 | 50.2 | 95.8 | 80.8 | 71.2 |
| Lenovo Yoga AIO F0J20012US Compare | 68.9 | 51.8 | 56.6 | 84.6 | 50.3 | 71.2 |
| MSI Envision S13 SFF Desktop Envision S13 SFF Desktop Compare | 57.8 | 95.1 | 63.2 | 49.5 | 80.9 | 39.3 |
Usage Scores
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