Storage/HDD by stefan @ 2021-10-01
The Canvio Gaming 4TB offers good performance for an external 2.5’’ 5400RPM drive and is silent during operation as well. The amount of storage should be plenty for a big game collection and while not getting the same access times as on an SSD model, the product can sustain high speed transfer rates for longer versus cheap-QLC based solutions.
The data cable comes with an USB Type-A connector on the computer/console side:
The connector which goes to the Canvio Gaming drive is Micro-B:
Even if we are dealing with a 4TB 2.5’’ drive enclosure for the Canvio Gaming, the overall assembly is quite compact, only the height differs; the top area is covered by a dark grey metallized paint, but also houses the Toshiba logo:
The thickness has increased a bit from 13.5mm (1TB, 2TB) to 19.5mm:
In one of the corners, we do have the activity LED, which shows when the drive is active but also when data is transferred:
The USB port on the drive is also located nearby:
The bottom area of the plastic housing comes with a central sticker, offering information such as the power rating, the manufacturing date, the internal code name but also the product serial number:
Here is how the activity LED does look like while the drive is operating:
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