Seagate Lightsaber Collection Special Edition 2TB M.2 SSD Review

How Much Does it Cost?

This drive is pretty fantastic, and while it’s unlikely that a Star Wars-themed drive will appeal to everyone, for fans of the series looking to customise their latest PC build? I’m sure they’ll love it! Sure, you are going to pay a premium over the stock model, twice actually. This is the flagship FireCuda drive, which is excellent, plus a thick and premium quality EK heatsink on top, plus the StarWars theme and licence on top of that. If that sounds like something you’re happy with, you can check for the latest stock and prices right here on Amazon.

Overview

There’s no doubt about the performance of this drive, it’s their high-end PCIe Gen 4.0 drive that’s been on the market for roughly 2 years now with only minor adjustments to any components or manufacturing offering any variance in its performance. In a perfect scenario, it can hit up to 7300 MB/s read and write speeds, but the files you’re dealing with, your CPU, motherboard, and all that jazz, can throw that out to some degree. I managed to get just above 7100 MB/s, and honestly, that’s pretty fantastic really; loading times go brrrr.

Let’s get down to what really matters, the heatsink, that’s what you’re really buying into here. It’s pretty stunning and actually, about one of the best engineers I’ve seen in a long time. It’s got a good mass to it, thick aluminium, a two-part main body that slides together and locks in place with four screws, and there’s a thick thermal pad to ensure even heat dissipation. In short, thermal performance is not an issue for most use cases such as gaming.

Then we have the style, which is just stunning. You don’t have to be a Star Wars fan to appreciate that this is a cool idea, but you do likely have to be a pretty hard-core Star Wars fan to invest in this version of the hard drive. Star Wars is nothing new to Seagate, they’ve done a load of licenced hardware over the years, but this may be their coolest integration of the licence to date.

Should I Buy One?

I think this is an extremely specialist product, it delivers class-leading read and write performance, fantastic cooling, and a unique aesthetic for Star Wars fans, and if you need a fast, cool and Star Wars-themed hard drive, well, this is the best of the best!