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expiredphoinix | Staff posted Oct 12, 2022 10:18 PM

Prime Members: Crucial X6 2TB Portable SSD – Up to 800MB/s – USB 3.2 – External Solid State Drive, USB-C - $115.89 + F/S - Amazon

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Amazon [amazon.com] has Crucial X6 2TB Portable SSD – Up to 800MB/s – USB 3.2 – External Solid State Drive, USB-C for $115.89. Shipping is free.

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$54.10 lower (32% savings) than the previous price of $169.99

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About this Item:
  • HUGE CAPACITY: Up to 4TB, storage capacity - enough for up to 20,000 photos, 100 hours of video, 6,000 songs, or 400GB of documents with room to spare
  • FAST: Read speeds up to 800MB/s – that's 5.6x faster than most hard drives
  • TINY, LIGHTWEIGHT: Fits between your fingertips and weighs less than your car keys
  • BROAD COMPATIBILITY: Works with PC, Mac, Android, iPad Pro8 (PS4, Xbox One, and USB-A computer require USB-A adapter, available separately)
  • RELIABLE AND DURABLE: Backed by Micron, one of the largest manufacturers of flash storage in the world

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B08FSNKNSV [amazon.com]


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Amazon [amazon.com] has Crucial X6 2TB Portable SSD – Up to 800MB/s – USB 3.2 – External Solid State Drive, USB-C for $115.89. Shipping is free.

Price:
$54.10 lower (32% savings) than the previous price of $169.99

Customer reviews:
★★★★★ / 4,639 global ratings

About this Item:
  • HUGE CAPACITY: Up to 4TB, storage capacity - enough for up to 20,000 photos, 100 hours of video, 6,000 songs, or 400GB of documents with room to spare
  • FAST: Read speeds up to 800MB/s – that's 5.6x faster than most hard drives
  • TINY, LIGHTWEIGHT: Fits between your fingertips and weighs less than your car keys
  • BROAD COMPATIBILITY: Works with PC, Mac, Android, iPad Pro8 (PS4, Xbox One, and USB-A computer require USB-A adapter, available separately)
  • RELIABLE AND DURABLE: Backed by Micron, one of the largest manufacturers of flash storage in the world

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B08FSNKNSV [amazon.com]


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Oct 13, 2022 03:05 AM
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amax
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Oct 13, 2022 03:05 AM
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It's SATA-based, not NVMe, so slower than the Samsung T7 series or big brother X8.
Oct 13, 2022 05:22 AM
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arthurhuOct 13, 2022 05:22 AM
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Potential buyers be aware - this SSD has a relative small cache so not ideal if you want sustainable fast read/write speed. Check out the link below for its benchmark comparison against similar products. Might be a good fit for backup uses though.

https://www.tomshardware.com/revi...d-review/2
Oct 13, 2022 05:46 AM
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F1_SSOct 13, 2022 05:46 AM
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Damn some of these SSDs are really cheap right now
Oct 13, 2022 08:18 AM
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seanleeforeverOct 13, 2022 08:18 AM
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Quote from amax :
It's SATA-based, not NVMe, so slower than the Samsung T7 series or big brother X8.
SATA3 starndard maxed out at 6.0 Gbps, or 600 MB/s once you taken the 8b/10b encoding

if this one goes beyond that, then it is definitely not SATA.
Oct 13, 2022 11:58 AM
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BorisZX6ROct 13, 2022 11:58 AM
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I am in for one. Was thinking of building one myself using an enclosure and an nvme drive but it would have been more expensive than this to build a 2TB unit. So I figured nvme would have been overkill for the same purpose this unit will provide me.
Oct 13, 2022 12:46 PM
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wallterfreeOct 13, 2022 12:46 PM
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Too late to the deal. Price is now back to $169
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Oct 13, 2022 05:35 PM
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Quote from seanleeforever :
SATA3 starndard maxed out at 6.0 Gbps, or 600 MB/s once you taken the 8b/10b encoding

if this one goes beyond that, then it is definitely not SATA.
Yep, so as I'm saying, Crucial are liars.

https://www.tomshardware.com/revi...ssd-review
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Like Crucial's X8, the X6 comes packed with QLC NAND flash, but rather than leverage an NVMe SSD like the X8, the X6 uses a BX500-like SATA 6Gbps SSD and a small Type-C adapter. The X6 features Silicon Motion's SM2259XT SSD controller, and the device connects to the host via an ASMedia ASM235CM USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 to SATA 6Gbps bridge chip.

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Oct 15, 2022 11:47 AM
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BorisZX6ROct 15, 2022 11:47 AM
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Unless you have a type c port 3.2 (2x1) this is pretty much useless, perhaps you can buy an type a adapter or a cable if your port is type A. It does not come with an adapter. When connected with a USB 3.0 cable to a 3.0 port it is slower than many USB sticks. What a waste of time/money.
I would have expected it to perform at usb 3.0 speeds when connected to usb 3.0 port and that is not the case. If it was the case I would have kept it because 2TB for $116 is hard to beat.

If you have the latest hardware then this might be fine, but for me that is not the case.
Returning and building my own using an nvme drive and an enclosure.

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