FireCuda X Vault: big backup for creatives

At first glance, the Seagate FireCuda X Vault looks like one for the gamers. It has the FireCuda branding, RGB lighting, Xbox on PC certification and a one-month Xbox Game Pass Ultimate offer. But look past the gaming styling and I think there is a much wider story here for photographers, especially anyone who needs a simple way to add a lot of local storage without another power brick under the desk. The big thing for me is capacity. The FireCuda X Vault comes in 8TB and 20TB versions, which immediately makes it interesting for photographers who are regularly dealing with high-resolution RAW files, video clips, Lightroom catalogues, Photoshop files and client archives. It is not designed to be a high-speed working SSD, but that is not really the point. This is more about giving you a large, affordable place to store, back up and organise the files that would...