most external hard drives use a flavor of USB or, in rare cases, Thunderbolt. Right now, the fastest connection type in wide use on hard drives is Thunderbolt 3, which is handy assuming you have a ...

We're only taking a look at 2.5in and 3.5in external HDDs – not internal hard drives – but our guide focuses on a variety of devices, examining internal and external benchmarking to evaluate ...

Thunderbolt 3 or 4 vs. plain old USB 3.0. Thunderbolt 3 and 4 claim potential bandwidth up to 40Gbps, but again, your typical external hard drive won't push data anywhere close to that limit.

while SSDs that support Thunderbolt 3 or 4, or USB 3.2 Gen 2x2, can have read and write speeds pushing 2,000MBps or even higher. (One factor in hard drive speed is spin rate—among external ...

It's not just about freeing up space on your computer, Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson says. It's about protecting your digital ...

This small, 64mm square drive contains either 1TB, 2TB or 4TB capacity and promises read speeds of 4,000MB/s and write ...

They may be rendered unnecessary with 128GB base storage on the best Android phones, but you can never have too much storage ...

Thunderbolt 5 boasts quite a few upgrades over Thunderbolt 4, but is it worth splurging on a brand new laptop for these ...

USB-C and Thunderbolt 3 docks will work as Thunderbolt 4 is ... another (“downstream”) to attach further devices (hard drives, external display, and others). Here we concentrate on Thunderbolt ...

Sporadic reports on social media are talking about how hooking up an external hard drive to a New Mac mini is dramatically cutting Wi-Fi speeds. Here's why it's happening, and how to reduce the impact ...

SAVE $50: As of Feb. 10, the Seagate Expansion 20TB external hard drive is on sale for $229.99 at Best Buy, down from its ...

With 20 terabytes of storage in play, these drives can be used to store your game library and more for an extremely low price ...