Seagate Review

With its adorable sci-fi aesthetic, solid speeds, and large 5TB of storage space, Seagate's Astro Bot Limited Edition Game Drive makes for the perfect PC gaming HDD. There are faster and less expensive options out there, but it reliably gets the job done while offering a standout design that's perfect for gifting to someone who plays a lot of classic games.

Seagate yet again demonstrates why it is the top dog in terms of storage. The Firecuda 530R is a chart-topping Gen4 NVMe SSD, offering performance that surpasses the previous king, the Firecuda 530. Seagate has beaten out its own drive, offering read and write speeds around the 7000MB/s mark. Regarding thermals, the Firecuda 530R is a solid performer and doesn’t succumb to throttling even during 100% utilisation, which is reasonably impressive. And the non-heatsink version is relatively price competitive compared to the heatsink variant, saving you some money.For many builders, the most significant caveat of this drive is whether it’s worth picking up versus better-priced options. As discussed earlier in the article, read and write speeds don’t massively affect gaming performance, so this drive is primarily geared towards enthusiasts. However, there comes a time when spending $30-$50 more may not be worth the few extra seconds you’ll gain, reducing export times or moving files. For this reason, for many builders, it will be worth sticking to a drive that suits your use case and budget, instead of picking up a drive with the best speeds. The Firecuda 530R is still a top-end Gen4 SSD that we’d recommend, but be aware that it likely won’t affect general performance by a considerable margin.

For its size, there is nothing more rugged, capacious or portable than Seagate's Ultra Compact SSD.

The IronWolf Pro 30TB uses lasers to heat up a miniscule portion of the disk to write data, allowing greater density than we've ever seen before. That's how Seagate was able to deliver 30TB of storage in a single drive, and the best part is that the IronWolf Pro 30TB drive looks no different to any other NAS HDD. It has the same great performance and reliability, and the ability to store huge amounts of data in a single HDD is a game-changer.