LaCie teams with Porsche on USB-C external drives, with up to 8TB

LaCie's new Porsche Design external HDDs come in up to 8TB, feature USB-C.

Anthony Garreffa

Senior Hardware Editor

,Jon Coulter

Senior Hardware Editor

Published Jan 6, 2016 4:19 AM CST
Updated Nov 3, 2020 12:02 PM CST

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CES 2016 - Seagate came out batting quite hard at CES and Storage Visions 2016, with an impressive new external HDD thanks to its acquisition of LaCie.

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Seagate and LaCie showed off a huge 8TB external HDD powered by USB-C, so if you have USB-C on your PC or Mac, you can enjoy the new connectivity standard. The new LaCie Porsche Design external HDDs come in 4TB, 5TB and 8TB capacities, for all data needs - be it backups of your important data, photos, business files, or even your Steam directory.

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All you'll need to do is use a single USB-C cable, and that's enough to power the entire drive and provide data transfer. As for pricing, LaCie Porsche Design Desktop Drive arrives in 4TB from $209.95, with no pricing provided on the 5TB and 8TB drives just yet.

Anthony Garreffa and Jon Coulter

Senior Hardware Editor

Jon joined the TweakTown team in 2013 and has since reviewed 100s of new storage products. Jon became a computer enthusiast when Windows XP launched. He was into water cooling and benching ATI video cards with modded drivers. Jon has been building computers for others for more than 10 years. Jon became a storage enthusiast the day he first booted an Intel X25-M G1 80GB SSD. Look for Jon to bring consumer SSD reviews into the spotlight.