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Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars with 236 reviews

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Customers are saying

Customers regard the Expansion 5TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive favorably, particularly praising its large storage capacity, ease of use, and compatibility with various gaming consoles and computers. The drive's affordability and generally good performance are also frequently cited as positive aspects. While some users noted slightly elevated temperatures during extended use, the majority reported a quiet and reliable operating experience.

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  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    dont listen to all reviews

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I purchased this for as an expansion pack for ps4 its not compatible

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Died at 13 Months

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This drive has a 1 year warranty and it died at 13 months with a years worth of server backups on it. Total garbage. Seagate used to be good, no longer. Warranty is useless.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great External HDD for use with Xbox One

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This 5tb harddrive works great. I bought it for use with my Xbox One, as I needed more space. The Xbox One detects it no problem, and once formatted you have 4.5tb usable to store downloaded games, movies, etc. It will also be great to have once Microsoft releases the backwards compatibility update in November, as all your Xbox 360 games will have to be stored (or downloaded from the Xbox Marketplace) just as Xbox One games are to play them. Playing games off the harddrive works great. I didn't notice any longer loading times or any sort of errors doing so, and I have games like Call of Duty Modern Warfare installed on it. If you need more storage for your Xbox One, this is a perfect buy. You will find it VERY hard to run out of space, especially if you own the 1TB Xbox One. As a sidenote, I own the 500gb version. As an example, with this harrdrive assuming each game you had was taking up exactly 50gb (which not all games do), you could fit 90 games on it. Plenty of space!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Speed, Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Love it

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I require a lot of storage.. This was the right number of TB for the right price, and I'm thrilled with it. transfer is fast, read is error free, no issues or anything.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    No longer works!

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I bought two of these drives. One died within a few months. The other is sluggish when playing video stored on it.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great 5 tb storage

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Add 5 tb for storage for my Xbox one games and had space for lots of additional movies now I don't have problems for space down side it needs to be plug in the outlet.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Storage
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    Heat

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Good Size External Drive

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I use several of these newer designed Seagate Expansion drives for backups of PC images and data storage. The only issue I have is I think they may run a little warmer that other Seagate external desktop drives.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great External HDD For Xbox One

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    great hard drive for the price, 5tb seemed like an overkill for an xbox one, now with all the new titles coming out I'm happy I purchased this external hdd, xbox one preforms faster thanks to the disk speed of this hard drive

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Excellent product, highly recommended! 5 stars for quality and performance.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good performance and price

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Saw this on sale and needed some extra storage room for videos so gave it a shot and I have not been disappointed. Performance is on par with any other drive I have used and the price per TB was excellent for this size drive. A few friends also purchased this drive the same time I did and I have heard no issues from any of them.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage, Usb 3.0

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Big size for storing a lot of stuffs

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    it can store a lot of stuffs for this 5GB External Hard Drive with USB 3.0 speed

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Price, Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    huge storage at a very low price

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    huge storage at a very low price, plugged it in and it works!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    very nice external hard drive

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    very cool, i love this external hard drive, i got it on sale

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    It is what it is

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    You get what you pay for. Great external HD. Very easy to use and install. It doesn't get any better than that.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Big Drive

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I got this to move all my digital movies to. It as a lot of room.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    DRIVE FAILED

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This drive failed exactly 30 days after it was delivered to me. Best buy would not let me return it because it was past 15 days.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend