Seagate launches world's largest capacity 5TB portable hard drive

Prasad, 16 November 2016

Seagate has announced a new drive for data hoarders, the Backup Plus 5TB drive, the highest capacity drive of its kind. The new drive is the first drive from Seagate to feature the BarraCuda 5TB drive that use Seagate's new 2.5-inch 1TB platters.

The Backup Plus comes with Seagate Dashboard software for easy local, mobile, cloud, and social media backup, NTSC drivers for macOS compatibility, USB 3.0 connectivity, and 20.5mm form-factor with aluminum cover for durability.

The Seagate Backup Plus 5TB is priced at $189.99 and will be available this month in black, silver, red, and blue color options.

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  • AnonD-231994
  • 23 Nov 2016
  • Nug

Same for me too. Dont know what these other guys r talkin' bout.

  • AnonD-359671
  • 21 Nov 2016
  • fsV

I read your review perfectly but you didn't read mine cus you don't get my point. If you like go with your reviews on old egg or whatever that site you check reviews on is called. As for your statement about old drives being better, it's baseless and...

  • AnonD-359671
  • 21 Nov 2016
  • fsV

Unfortunately, no reliable brand makes 480gb so you must be using an unreliable brand if your drive capacity is marketed as 480GB. Reliable brands market as 500GB :p

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