Seagate Breathes Life into Gaming Rigs in Singapore with Next-Gen SSDs Built for Elite Performance and Speed

Singapore– July 2, 2020 – Seagate Technology plc (NASDAQ: STX), a global leader in data solutions, today announced the launch of their new high-performance external solutions in Singapore. Launching on July 3 2020, the Seagate^® FireCuda^® Gaming SSD and FireCuda© 120 SATA SSD will deliver elite performance, killer speed, and convenience for gamers and power users on the go. The two SSDs will be joining Seagate’s existing industry-leading line of storage for gamers and have been especially designed for those gamers looking for more speed, durability, and safeguard their vast digital libraries.

FireCuda Gaming SSD

Designed as the perfect companion to Seagate’s recently released FireCuda Gaming Dock, the portable FireCuda Gaming SSD delivers performance to help scorch the competition. Purpose-built for gamers, it marries Seagate’s premium FireCuda NVMe 510 SSD and the latest cutting-edge SuperSpeed USB 20 Gb/s (USB 3.2 Gen2×2) interface, delivering staggering read speeds of up to 2,000 MB/s¹. The drive is optimised for performance and high on style, offering capacities of 500 GB, 1 TB, and 2 TB and features a signature chisel metal enclosure with customizable RGB LED lighting. Gamers can personalise the drive’s full-range RGB LED with the free Seagate Toolkit software and synchronise the LEDs with a FireCuda Gaming Dock, creating an immersive setup.

FireCuda 120 SSD

The latest in Seagate’s line of PC game storage, the new FireCuda 120 takes gaming rigs to the next level with a SATA 6 GB/s interface, and roars to life with sequential read/write speeds of up to 560/540 MB/s, which offers more responsive downloads, installs and multitasking. The drive has capacities up to 4 TB, Seagate’s highest capacity gaming SSD yet. Meeting the demands of sustained abuse, the FireCuda 120 was built for durability, delivering a 1.8M hour MTBF and up to 5,600 TBW. For total peace of mind, Seagate backs the drive with a five-year limited warranty. Available from 3 July on Seagate’s official store on Shopee and on Lazada, Seagate’s FireCuda Gaming SSD includes a five-year limited warranty and will retail for S$259 (500GB), S$399 (1TB), and S$689 (2TB), while the FireCuda 120 SSD , also available on 3 July, will retail for S$165 (500GB), S$259 (1TB), S$499 (2TB) and S$899 (4TB) on Shopee and on Lazada. All prices are inclusive of GST.   About Seagate Technology Seagate crafts the datasphere, helping to maximise humanity’s potential by innovating world-class, precision-engineered data management solutions with a focus on sustainable partnerships. Learn more at www.seagate.com. Follow Seagate on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube, and subscribe to our blog. Footnotes

1. Fresh-out-of-the-box (FOB) performance obtained on a newly formatted drive. Performance may vary based on SSD’s firmware version, system hardware, and configuration.

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