Seagate has updated its consumer and prosumer storage family, and this one actually covers three very different crowds: people who just need a reliable backup drive, gamers who want big external storage with some RGB flavour, and creators dealing with massive 4K or 8K projects.
The refresh spans the main Seagate brand, FireCuda, and LaCie. In simple terms, Seagate is going for the full stack here — from everyday desktop storage to serious studio-grade RAID hardware.
Seagate One Touch: simple backup without the power brick drama
The most mainstream option is the new Seagate One Touch desktop drive, available in 8TB, 20TB and 24TB capacities.
The big convenience point is that it is a bus-powered 3.5-inch USB-C desktop drive, meaning one USB-C cable handles both data and power. No extra power adapter, no messy brick under the desk. For students, home users, small offices, or anyone with a laptop-heavy setup, that is honestly a nice quality-of-life win.
It works with both Windows and Mac out of the box, and Seagate bundles in its Toolkit backup software, auto backup features, plus Rescue Data Recovery Services. That last part matters because external drives are often where people dump their only backup of photos, assignments, client files, or video projects. Bro, please do not keep your only copy on one drive and call it a strategy.
Pricing starts at US$259.99 for the 8TB model, which is roughly around RM1,220 before taxes, shipping or local retailer markup.
FireCuda X Vault: for gamers, streamers and capture hoarders
For the gaming side, Seagate has the FireCuda X Vault, offered in 8TB and 20TB versions.
Like the One Touch, this is also a single-cable USB-C desktop storage drive with no external power required. The difference is the gamer treatment: customizable RGB lighting, support for Windows Dynamic Lighting, Xbox on PC certification, and an included Xbox Game Pass trial.
Seagate is positioning this as a companion to fast internal NVMe drives, not a replacement. That is the correct take. You still want your main competitive games, editing apps, and OS on a proper NVMe SSD. But for Malaysians juggling Steam sales, Game Pass installs, OBS recordings, VOD archives, mods, and maybe one terabyte of “I’ll play this later” backlog, a big external drive makes sense.
The FireCuda X Vault starts at US$269.99, or roughly RM1,270 before local costs. Not cheap, but if you are constantly deleting games before every new RPG or Call of Duty-sized update, the storage pain is real.
LaCie 8big Pro5: serious storage for serious production teams
At the top end sits the beast: the LaCie 8big Pro5.
This is not casual home storage. It is a Thunderbolt 5 multi-bay RAID enclosure aimed at video editors, production houses, photographers, and creative teams working with heavy footage and RAW libraries. Capacities range from 32TB, 64TB, 128TB, 192TB up to 256TB.
The headline spec is Thunderbolt 5 performance up to 120Gbps, with claimed speeds up to 2,800MB/s in RAID 0. It also supports multiple RAID configurations, so teams can choose between speed and redundancy depending on the project. Seagate includes RAID Manager, a 5-year limited warranty, and Rescue Data Recovery Services.
Another useful detail: the LaCie 8big Pro5 can deliver up to 140W of power to connected laptops. For MacBook Pro-heavy creative workflows — very common among SEA production teams — that means one fewer charger on the table.
But yeah, the price is gila. The 32TB model starts at US$5,979, which is roughly RM28,000 before local pricing adjustments. This is agency, studio, post-production house territory, not “I need more space for anime downloads” territory.
Why Malaysia and SEA users should care
Storage needs here are getting bigger fast. Gamers are dealing with massive installs, streamers are saving hours of footage, and local creators are shooting more 4K content for TikTok, YouTube, brand campaigns and events. At the same time, HDD pricing has been messy globally, so big-capacity drives are not something to ignore.
The practical takeaway: the One Touch is for simple backup, FireCuda X Vault is for gaming libraries and capture storage, while LaCie 8big Pro5 is for production teams that need speed, capacity and RAID flexibility.
All three products are available now.
Source: TechPowerUp