2 TB Portable External HDD Duel: Seagate Backup Plus Slim vs. WD My Passport Ultra

Inside the Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2 TB

Removing the cover of the Seagate Backup Plus Slim 2 TB, we found a 2.5” Seagate/Samsung hard disk drive, model ST2000LM003. It features a SATA-600 interface, 32 MiB cache, and spins at 5,400 rpm. The drive is connected to a removable USB 3.0 interface.

Figure 5: top cover removed

Figure 6 shows the bottom of the hard disk drive.

Figure 6: bottom

As seen in Figure 7, the interface that converts the SATA-600 drive to USB 3.0 is very small and can be removed from the drive.

Figure 7: USB 3.0/SATA interface