Silicon Power Stream S06 4TB USB 3.0 HDD Review

Storage/HDD by stefan @ 2015-03-28

The Stream S06 4TB variant from Silicon Power is incorporating drives from Seagate, and to be more exact the ST4000DM000 model, which is built to support the 6Gb/s SATA interface, with a spindle speed of 5900RPM. The drive is featuring four platters, 1TB each and comes with a power consumption of 7.5W in normal operation, IDLE of 5W, while the sleep mode would only require 0.75W.

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Packaging, A Closer Look

Here we have another interesting storage product from Silicon Power, but this time it does not sport a 2.5’’ laptop drive, but a 3.5’’ one for reaching even higher transfer speeds and to be able to backup data up to 4TB. In comparison to 2.5’’ laptop-drive based USB 3.0 products, their 3.5’’ variant counterparts need extra power from an adapter, decent cooling inside the enclosure and some cannot be handled optimally. But let’s go ahead and see what Silicon Power has prepared for us with this model; as with previously tested products from the same company, the external enclosure comes fully sealed:

 

 

 

On the top side of the packaging, we will see a photo of the product in operation, supported OS platforms, total storage capacity but also some of the main product features designed as small pictograms:

 

 

 

On one of the product sides, Silicon Power is estimating how many multimedia files we are able to store on the device, depending on the capacity; here we will also learn that the Stream S06 is also available in 2TB and 3TB variants:

 

 

 

If we switch the box on the opposite side, we will get a close shot at the back side of the device:

 

 

 

Also, on the back side of the packaging, we have the product features explained in more detail and here we will be also able to spot the product specifications:

 

 

 

After removing the top packaging layer, we will end up with a transparent plastic mold, which houses both the main product and its bundle:

 

 

 

We will receive one power cable, the adapter, but also a small User Manual:

 

 

 

The power supply is rated on the output as 12V, 1.5A:

 

 

 

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