LaCie 2big review: LaCie 2big

If the recently reviewed LaCie Minimus is arguably the most compact desktop external hard drive, the LaCie 2big USB 3.0 is quite the opposite. It's huge and heavy. But that's the only complaint we have. The drive comes in a good-looking and user-friendly design. It's fast in our tests and incorporates a convenient way to manage the internal hard drives. If you're in need of an external hard drive to either expand your desktop computer's storage or store backups of important files, look no further than the LaCie 2big USB 3.0. At the street price of around $330 for 2TB (or $550 for 4TB), the 2big is slightly more expensive than other similarly configured external hard drives of the same specs, but it's well worth the investment.

8.4

LaCie 2big

The Good

The LaCie 2big USB 3.0 is fast, has a great design, and includes a PCI-e USB 3.0 add-in card. It's extremely easy to change the drive from one RAID configuration to another.

The Bad

The 2big is rather bulky and comparatively expensive.

The Bottom Line

The LaCie 2big USB 3.0 is an overall excellent external hard drive.

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