WD Black P10 vs Seagate Portable vs WD Elements: Best External Hard Drive Teardown & Comparison

[@zebadtube545]

I just bought a 5TB Seagate HDD and I found this video which is so helpfull. I haven't opened it yet but happy with my choice so far and your videa ascertain that. Please make a videa of HDD vs SDD which one is better and why. You already got one more new subscriber here. Thank you.

[@stanislavdimitrov8800]

A plastic case might actually save a drive better than a metal case during a fall - as it will absorb some of the shock by breaking apart. A strong metal one, where the drive is attached firmly to it (no shock absorbers) will probably transmit most of the shock to the HDD inside. Am I right?

[@MyAmazingUsername]

The plastic would absorb some kinetic energy yes, but the difference would be small. The drive would still slam into the floor and risk magnetic head damage. I honestly would suggest that you skip all mechanical drives. They are pretty much always shingled drives now, which means super slow. And they are always fragile. Use a M.2 NVMe (NOT SATA!) enclosure and a QLC (quad level cell) SSD instead. The advantages are extreme durability (relaxing), low power usage (USB is all you need), high speed, high random read/write seek access, silent operation, and upgradeable drive. All those advantages are worth the slight extra. What is your data safety worth to you?

[@satansify.]

what about the feature in WD P10 which has the USB 3.2 but the Seagate has the 3.0? isn't 3.2 usb better? but the RPM is win by Seagate's one though. I'm confused, I want to buy storage for backup photos

[@PkmHax]

Hi. A bit of an unrelated question but im hoping you could help. I have an old 1tb external hard drive that i believe has a bad port. I have tried 2 different cables and sometimes works but keeps connecting and disconnecting. The cable has a bit of play in the hard drive port which i think is causing this. I have ordered new 4tb hard drive but i am wondering is there anything i can do to stabilise the connection so i can transfer the files? Sketchy or not. I just want to be able to get the files off it. Thanks.

[@Edvard_Nygma]

So I can take HDD out of the Seagate Portable enclosure and install it in my PC and use it as a regular drive?

[@howfixit]

yes it will work

[@PaekSukis]

Excellent video. Never going to buy WD HDD again. Thank you!

[@yankes]

Why? which one will you choose now?

[@yt_acid_7707]

@@yankesim confused too bro i want for my xbox

[@Aslan_q7yz]

Can i use the seagate portable to store and play games on xbox ?

[@howfixit]

Yes you can, I think it's the best choice for Xbox