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1TB Crucial X6 USB 3.2 Type-C Portable External Solid State Drive

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Amazon has 1TB Crucial X6 USB 3.2 Type-C Portable External Solid State Drive (CT1000X6SSD9) on sale for $62.98 when you apply the $15 off coupon. Shipping is free.

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Amazon has 1TB Crucial X6 USB 3.2 Type-C Portable External Solid State Drive (CT1000X6SSD9) on sale for $62.98 when you apply the $15 off coupon. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member FantasticGazelle573 for finding this deal.

About this product:
  • Read speeds up to 800MB/s
  • 3-Year Limited Warranty

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Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This deal is $17 lower than the previous Frontpage Deal and $47.01 lower (42.74% savings) the retail list price of $109.99.
    • Refer to the forum thread for additional details and discussion.
  • Ratings & Reviews:
    • This SSD has a 4.5 out 5 star rating based on over 4,800 customer reviews on Amazon.
  • About this store:

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gpturner
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Even if you have an older slower USB port the fact that this supports 3.2 should not make it any slower than anything else you plug into a non-3.2 port right? And then when you upgrade to a newer system or want to use this portable on something that does use 3.2 you already have it. I do not see the down side to buying this if you do not have a 3.2 port to plug it into at the moment. But maybe I am missing something
BorisZX6R
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I just did some testing with my self built external drive (nvme pcie drive using a usb enclosure) and you are right. This is my mistake 100%. Used the wrong cable... Even though they were thick and fast charging etc. they were not usb 3 and up apparently. 😒

To be fair though, the Crucial X6 drive only includes a type c to type c cable, no type c to type a cable, or c to a adapter... I think this is a big miss on their part.

The enclosure i bought for my nvme drive includes both, type c to type c and type c to type a cable. You would think Crucial would be smart enough to include at least the type c to type a adapter (which they do sell separately btw)...
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I bet you were using a USB-C to USB-A cable or adapter that only supported USB 2.0 based on those speeds. They're exactly what you'd expect for USB 2.0.

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Quote from BorisZX6R :
Unless you have a type c port usb 3.2 that is compatible stay away as the speeds will be horrible.
Even if you have an older slower USB port the fact that this supports 3.2 should not make it any slower than anything else you plug into a non-3.2 port right? And then when you upgrade to a newer system or want to use this portable on something that does use 3.2 you already have it. I do not see the down side to buying this if you do not have a 3.2 port to plug it into at the moment. But maybe I am missing something
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Quote from FantasticGazelle573 :
I was able to get it down to $27.49 using the AMEX 50% off promo.
What Amex promo are you talking about?
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What Amex promo are you talking about?
Targeted, but this - https://smile.amazon.com/b?node=20906611011
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Targeted, but this - https://smile.amazon.com/b?node=20906611011
Sorry, you're not eligible for this offer right now.

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Quote from BorisZX6R :
Sadly that is not true in this case, hence why I warn against it.

2 desktops with usb 3.0 ports and 1 laptop with usb 3.0 port
results are as follows...
Attachment 12256036
I have USB sticks that are faster than this.. Any external hdd (platter drive) will perform bettter... So very disappointing for an SSD drive...
I see posted screenshots on amazon reviews of much faster performance but not in the case of USB 3.0

Hence why I returned mine. And I had the 2TB for ~$115 from Amazon
I bet you were using a USB-C to USB-A cable or adapter that only supported USB 2.0 based on those speeds. They're exactly what you'd expect for USB 2.0.

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Quote from ChrisA1106 :
I bet you were using a USB-C to USB-A cable or adapter that only supported USB 2.0 based on those speeds. They're exactly what you'd expect for USB 2.0.
I just did some testing with my self built external drive (nvme pcie drive using a usb enclosure) and you are right. This is my mistake 100%. Used the wrong cable... Even though they were thick and fast charging etc. they were not usb 3 and up apparently. 😒

To be fair though, the Crucial X6 drive only includes a type c to type c cable, no type c to type a cable, or c to a adapter... I think this is a big miss on their part.

The enclosure i bought for my nvme drive includes both, type c to type c and type c to type a cable. You would think Crucial would be smart enough to include at least the type c to type a adapter (which they do sell separately btw)...
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Can this be plugged in to the iphone to use as external storage?
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Quote from ChrisA1106 :
I bet you were using a USB-C to USB-A cable… exactly what you'd expect for USB 2.0.
Wait, is this all USB-C to USB-A cables ?
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Quote from BorisZX6R :

Hence why I returned mine. And I had the 2TB for ~$115 from Amazon
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Link to that, please?
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Link to that, please?
https://slickdeals.net/share/android_app/t/16100476
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Can this be plugged in to the iphone to use as external storage?
No it can't
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Wait, is this all USB-C to USB-A cables ?
No, there are C to A that can do full 3.2 Gen 2 speeds.

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If I was still doing Uber, I'd jump on this. I've already collected at least 5 TB of dashcam footage from just doing Uber for 2 years "part time". The statute of limitations for anything an Uber driver can be accused of is several years. Better to be safe than sorry.

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