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Fast enough for large file transfers, premium feel, compact. Come with a magnetic ring to support older generation phones.

So I got the drive, hooked it up to my Thunderbolt on my motherboard, and I transferred some files to my C drive, and I got a two-gig transfer speed. The Reading speed is great

Plugs right in and is usable right now. With this I have as much storage as an xbox can have (roughly 3.3 TB) and it seems sufficient. Western Digital edges out Seagate in overall performance as well.

Super Fast

Seem strong and good Works great with no issues. The solid state memory is much more durable than disk drive memory and much faster.

Plog to my Mac. Formatted gor TimeMachine. No problems.

- small - easy to use - comes with two different USB cables - sturdy since its got rubber on it. It wont slip off your desk.

- compact - easy to use - i like the provided encryption software

I did a full Windows 11 backup and noticed it was a little warmer than most SSDs but it was pretty fast.. If it lasts then I'll be a happy buyer.

Better than those old portable hard drive

WHO Crucial is entering the portable SSD market with this X8 Portable SSD. Crucial is a consumer brand of Micron (an American producer of computer memory headquartered in Boise), WHAT This SSD has a USB-C (3.1 Gen 2 10Gb/s) connection and uses a NVMe SSD internally that is based on the Crucial P1 hardware - so it has QLC NAND flash. The USB to NVMe bridge chip is the ASMedia 2362. A USB-C cable and a USB-C to USB-A adapter is included. The case is mostly aluminum with plastic ends - it feels hefty, rugged, and not plasticky. It comes in 500 GB and 1 TB sizes (I have the 1TB). NUTS AND BOLTS This portable is based on the Crucial P1 hardware which has been one of the best price/performance internal drives out there. Because it uses QLC NAND, sustained writes will depend on space in the SLC write cache - so expect the drive to slow down very dramatically for very large sustained writes as the SLC cache fills up. The SLC cache is pretty big but variable in size and doesn’t get bypassed when it gets full. Also, expect the larger drive to perform better because there is a ratio of 1GB per 1TB DRAM/NAND for the P1 - ie. the 1TB had more DRAM than the ½ TB. WHY This is a good drive for normal consumer use: reading more than writing, and not writing enormous files continuously. It is marketed that way. It is not the best drive if you regularly write very large amounts of data at high bitrate (like video). (If you do, you will need a more expensive TLC or MLC based SSD.) This is definitely way faster than any mechanical or thumb drive. Expect over 1000MB/s read/write with typical consumer use.

Pros: + Compact high capacity + High quality + Low thermals + External high speed storage when internal is not an option. + Crucials warranty service is very good.

I was running out of space and needed this fast. Newegg delivered the shield in a couple of days. Highly recommend Samsung t7 Shield.