Earlier this month, Amazon and Finest Purchase each dropped the 8TB Seagate Starfield Recreation Drive Hub to solely $150 (was $240). That deal bought out in a short time at each retailers, however the low cost has returned for Finest Purchase’s Black Friday in July Sale. The three-day sale goes up towards Amazon Prime Day 2024, which kicks off tomorrow, July 16. Along with the 8TB Recreation Drive Hub, the 5TB Starfield-themed moveable drive is discounted to $110 (was $170).
$150 (was $240) for 8TB | $110 (was $170) for 5TB
The 8TB Starfield Recreation Drive Hub is sort of chunky compared to the 5TB drive. As a “hub,” the 8TB model is provided with USB-A and USB-C ports, whereas the 5TB moveable exterior drive solely has the information cable to USB-A connection.
Together with an eye catching design impressed by Starfield, every drive comes with a one-year guarantee and customized RGB lighting results.
As talked about, Amazon bought out of each the 5TB and 8TB drives, and in contrast to Finest Purchase hasn’t restocked its stock. Nevertheless, you’ll be able to nonetheless get the 2TB moveable mannequin for $90.
The Seagate Starfield HDD is formally licensed, and you can too use it as an exterior drive for PS5 and Xbox Collection X. Take into accout you may have to switch PS5 or Xbox Collection X video games from this exterior drive to your console earlier than you’ll be able to play them–Xbox One or PS4 video games could be performed straight from the drive–so this in all probability is not the most effective resolution for console gaming until you might be gaming on last-gen consoles or have sluggish web speeds. For some customers, deleting and re-downloading video games on console could also be sooner than transferring video games forwards and backwards between your console’s SSD and the exterior drive.
As an alternative, you could possibly use the 8TB drive to retailer your greatest PC video games in addition to different knowledge.
Video games are larger than ever these days, so contemplate upgrading your storage talents with considered one of these low-cost exterior HDDs forward of all the large sport launches this vacation season. The 8TB mannequin would be the most versatile because of the additional USB ports.
