4TB External Hard Drives for 2012

There aren’t a lot of 4tb external hard drives available in the market today. And the ones that are available would cost more than $200. But since the demand for much bigger capacities is soaring, most people find 1TB external hard drives seriously lacking in space.

Hard drives equipped with this kind of capacity support faster connectivity options (read – USB 2.0 won’t cut it). The type of people who need this much space are the ones who are working with movies, photos, videos, animations – in short those who deal with huge file sizes who need bigger and faster drives. These 4tb hard drives also work well as backup drives.

No matter what your reason may be for wanting to buy a 4tb external hard drive, it seriously beats having to pay for two 2tb external hard drives or even 4 x 1Tb external hard drives.

4tb External Hard Drive

G-Technology G-RAID 4TB Dual External Hard Drive

G drives are known to be very stable and fast. It is packed with varying high speed interfaces which will guarantee maximum data transfers. The G-Raid 4Tb was created with professional content creation applications in mind which means it is expected to live up to post-production environments.

Most reviews are raving about how fast this drive is and we certainly do not doubt the speed. Warranty wise, G-tech has one of the best. We certainly cannot fault this hard drive for anything other than it’s price tag but that too is considered a value for money considering that you can get this for as much as 30% off at amazon.

Western Digital My Book Studio II WDH2Q40000N

The Western Digital My Book Studio II is a high-performance 4TB external hard drive that can be connected using Firewire, USB, and eSATA. Virtually any computer or laptop can be connected to this drive without the need for special ports or cables. With it’s high-speed firewire 800 combined with the power of Raid 0, smooth video editing and 3D rendering is absolutely not a problem for this drive.

It comes with a 5 year warranty is readily formatted for the mac. The only real question is – can you afford it?