Seagate Firecuda Gaming Hub 16TB | Unbox & First Impressions 

I may need to invest in one of those... Thanks for the tip!

Awesome! Anytime Red D, all the best with it, happy to help!

Also, pathetically poor storage.. tsk tsk

Computer family that's dope

hello, can you kindly confirm if i can add 2 external drives to this hub , an 8tb and a 4tb is what i have, one through type A and other through usb C , id highly appreciate it. thankyou

Sony says USB extended storage requirements on PS5 consoles = 8 TB maximum capacity. So it might not work!

It’s most likely no faster than 200 MB/s because it’s a HDD in there.

This is correct

It's way better than the old Backup Plus drives. You get a Seagate Enterprise drive with these and they are built like tanks and are way faster than the old Backup Plus ones and also have USB 3 A and C ports on the front which makes it great as a hub if you are low on ports. I've had to retire my Backup plus ones but they have served me well. Always had a better experience overall with Seagate anyway compared to WD.

Exactly what EGP said!

hello, can you kindly confirm if i can add 2 external drives to this hub , an 8tb and a 4tb is what i have, one through type A and other through usb C , id highly appreciate it. thankyou

Some are like this, just keep it in a spot that won't get moved, that's all we can really do

That's horrible! I have Seagate and WD, both work well, but I found the entry level ones work a bit slower / louder and more prone to die. I use this one as well as a WD My Passport (mirrored for backup) and both work fine, the Seagate is a little quicker though.

The main difference with SSD's is the boot time which is significantly quicker. And obviously more reliable because no spinning discs. It's just far more expensive, if you can afford it then go for it, but otherwise the HDD is still good for gaming and main noticeable difference is the boot time! Hope this helps :)

@@tech.reviews yea I got 4tb ssd in my gaming pc. But I was wanting something with more storage and a lil cheaper just in case I need more space.

@@joegalloway1613 that's a lot of games Joe! Love it! Could probably get an external HDD for overflow, not a bad option!

I've got a few of the 16tb Fircuda for different purposes. On PC I run my games on multiple internal SSD's but use the external 16tb Fircuda to install a large chunk of my Steam backlog on. Gaming off the drive isn't the best as they are prone to randomly crashing unless it's an indie game, even when using SSD external drives. I've even tried it with Samsung T5 SSD's but haven't had much luck with it. What I do now is just use them purely for storage and then when I want something I just transfer it over to my internal SSD and it generally only takes 5 to 10 mins compared to several hours of downloading it's well worth it.

@@ezzahhh perfect solution!

Needs to be formatted for PS4, then just plug and play!

Not too sure about this one as haven't tried - if the external drives are USB powered, I don't see why not because the hub part of this can power USB devices. But if those drives require their own power, then probably not (but just a guess)

yes

Yes absolutely it's a normal hard drive!

@@tech.reviews What are the read speeds, like 160-180 MB/s? I mean, whats the purpose if you can buy HDD up to 260 - 270 MB/s read speads?

@@samfkt It should be able to ready 250mb/s, if it's a bit slower, that's the tradeoff of having 16TB vs smaller 4TB HDD's for example

@@samfkt There are 7200rpm Seagate Enterprise drives inside the enclosures, they are one of the best drives you can buy.

I have had no issues with it so far! SSD's are known to be more reliable though, no moving parts, and much quicker, but more expensive of course!

@@tech.reviews are you recommending I should get the SSD for faster loading response? Rather than this one?

@@Shadowassassin1172 It depends what you would like to prioritise - SSD is known for speed. HDD still brilliant and can store much more, which many people prefer.

Potentially just that unit? Hopefully not long term

@@tech.reviews I'm not sure what's wrong with my copy. Judging by the information on the Internet, the gaming hub is generally hot. Now it's been about 2 weeks of use and it's still averaging 48-49 degrees, but it's working well so far. I will pray for him :D

@@holocius hopefully okay, will pray for him too!

Bruh, it's just living up to its name, they can't call it icecuda if it's getting hot, 😂😂😂.

Reformat it to work for PS4. Go to Settings > Devices > USB Storage Devices. Select the USB storage device to format and choose Format as Extended Storage.

@@tech.reviews I’m also having the same problem but and it won’t work even with the steps

@@edsterbester ah sorry it isn't working, maybe try format on your PC and then again on PS4? Kind of like a hard reset

I believe it can, so long as it is formatted correctly. Thanks

Yes, just format it for Xbox

Yes of course

Yes sir!

for real. Can’t even see anything