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Crucial 500Gb X8 External NVMe SSD $79.95
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Crucial [crucial.com] has the 500Gb Crucial X8 portable SSD on sale for $80
This uses NVMe (~1000 mb/s) as opposed to SATA (~450 mb/s) while being the same price as an external SATA SSD.
You will need a compatible USB-C port on your computer to take advantage of NVMe speeds, otherwise it will be limited to SATA speeds.
This uses NVMe (~1000 mb/s) as opposed to SATA (~450 mb/s) while being the same price as an external SATA SSD.
You will need a compatible USB-C port on your computer to take advantage of NVMe speeds, otherwise it will be limited to SATA speeds.
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This lets you grab a drive twice the speed but the same price as an external SATA SSD.
Includes 3 year warranty.
Amazon won't deliver till April 22 (likely b/c of COVID)
For some who get confused by this Gbps vs MB/s you can just divide Gbps count by 8 (bits) to get bytes (MB).
$2 more at Newegg
These are prob better options for some ppl
$2 more at Newegg
These are prob better options for some ppl
For some who get confused by this Gbps vs MB/s you can just divide Gbps count by 8 (bits) to get bytes (MB).
Not exactly. To convert from Gbps to MB, you would multiply Gbps by 125. Meaning, 8 Gbps would be 1000MB/s
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For some who get confused by this Gbps vs MB/s you can just divide Gbps count by 8 (bits) to get bytes (MB).
Otherwise if your PC just has USB-C or USB-A 3.1 it likely will only handle SATA speeds and this drive isn't necessary. However b/c its the same price as SATA SSD's it seems like a solid buy for future proofing.
The drive you linked is really gimped though for the price, for only ~$5 more you can grab the offers from Seagate and Sandisk that hit ~500 Mb/s as opposed to ~250. Again if your computer is old and only supports USB 3.0 then you wouldn't be able to take advantage of full SATA speeds.
Otherwise if your PC just has USB-C or USB-A 3.1 it likely will only handle SATA speeds and this drive isn't necessary. However b/c its the same price as SATA SSD's it seems like a solid buy for future proofing.
The drive you linked is really gimped though for the price, for only ~$5 more you can grab the offers from Seagate and Sandisk that hit ~500 Mb/s as opposed to ~250. Again if your computer is old and only supports USB 3.0 then you wouldn't be able to take advantage of full SATA speeds.
what's up with all the price fixing though
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"Yes. Use the ifixit kit, two steel thin spades to go across the seam on the end pieces, they will pop out but requires a lot of force. The circuit board slides out, just unscrew the nvme ssd"
He was referring to the 1TB Crucial X8 but I assume the process would be the same for this one. Amazon.ca had them for $52 3 months ago, now that was slick!!
For some who get confused by this Gbps vs MB/s you can just divide Gbps count by 8 (bits) to get bytes (MB).
For some who get confused by this Gbps vs MB/s you can just divide Gbps count by 8 (bits) to get bytes (MB).