Seagate has once again activated the part of my brain that makes me want to impulse buy anything Star Wars-related by releasing a limited edition SSD with swappable faceplates based on the lightsabers of Star Wars' most famous laser sword-swingers.
Here's the kicker, though. The lightsabers light up. Ugh, here's my credit card. Well done, Seagate.
Seagate uses its Firecuda 530 NVMe SSD for the Lightsaber Collection Special Edition drives. Despite being a few years old, the Firecuda 530s offer good all-around performance: It's a PCIe 4.0 drive with a read speed of 7,300 MB/s and a write speed of 6,900 MB/s.
Last year, Seagate sold Firecuda 530s resembling beskar ingots from The Mandalorian, which looked neat. However, this time around, the drives include a low-profile heatsink. Because, as you know, a lightsaber can get pretty hot.
