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Pros

The key is whether you are using a thunderbolt 3/4 port or a usb4. On my macbook pro m1 pro computer it maxes out the capabilities of the thunderbolt 4 port with what the apple silicon chips can support ( a maximum of 10 gbps and about 900mb/s realize...  Read More

Perfect portable backup devise for all my needs. I use it as an external gaming drive for games like; shadow of the tomb raider, far cry 6 and the crew motofest. It works wonderfully with iphone 15 pro max 15 when recording video directly to drive in ...  Read More

The speed is insane. Shockingly fast. It is compatible with a huge range of devices and operating systems. A samsung t7 also runs at the same speed.

This drive is super nice! Overall, very happy and look forward to continued use. Working perfectly. It's just literally the only thing i could think of.

The size and portability are excellent. It provides ample storage space in a compact form factor.



Cons

Anything over 100gb takes an inordinate amount of time to write. Could not get data copy speeds above a few hundred mb/s - should have been up to 2 gb/s. It disconnects and reconnects a few times an hour all on its' own.

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Quality


It is very well made and can survive the rough treatment of travel.


This is the fastest drive i've ever used, and after installing 1tb worth of games over the course of a few hours it was still c...  Read More


The device is deceivably small and light weight.


However, that could have been related to the camera and it was quickly resolved by turning off and on the camera, and happened ...  Read More

Price


Bought this during thanksgiving at an attractive discount, i just couldn't resist.


I hesitated to spend this much money on an ssd.


At the time of this review (9mar24) it is $285 and if it goes back on a discount, i will definitely buy another.


Got this 4tb discounted at $210 back in november 23' and i have no complaints.

Shipping


Super fast once i purchased an actual thunderbolt cable to use with my macbook pro.


Very fast ssd that's even smaller in size than i expected.

Competitiveness


I think crucial drives are the best drives on the market at the moment.


I tried a few different external drives that took ages to download games onto, but saw this recommend as one of the best.


Anyways, get this if you could get on a good discount only for "future proofing", otherwise the x9 is the better deal.


I also purchased at the same time the crucial x9 and it runs at the same speed (about 850 mb/s).

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    crucial, fast, pro, small and external.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 640 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 16 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Comes with exfat which both windows and apple hate top write speed was 50mbsec


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I connected to linux and reformatted with ext4 and am getting 578mbsecond write speed


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Never believe those 34up to34 numbers that they quote youll never see them


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Another fun fact is with exfat is it grossly over allocates disk space copying 300gb of pictures off my hard drive consumed more that 2


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    When reformatted with ntfs on windows apples file system or ext4 on linux you only use 300gb


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    So much smaller then my equal capacity external hard drives and they plug right into my usb adapter


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This portable ssd is small and lightweight

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