Seagate Ultra-Compact SSD Review: Premium flash drive looks, mid-range speed

Seagate’s sleek metal-clad drive looks and feels like a premium, slender flash drive, a its 2TB top capacity is somewhat uncommon in this space. And it ships with some nice software extras. But its performance can’t keep up with the best flash drives, let alone true portable SSDs.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/external-ssds/seagate-ultra-compact-ssd-review

Created 2mo | Feb 12, 2025, 2:50:09 PM


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