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4TB Crucial X8 External USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C Solid State Drive

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Amazon has for 4TB Crucial X8 External USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C Solid State Drive (CT4000X8SSD9) on sale for $159.99. Shipping is free.
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Amazon has for 4TB Crucial X8 External USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C Solid State Drive (CT4000X8SSD9) on sale for $159.99. Shipping is free.
  • Note: Must login to your Amazon Prime Account to purchase.
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Written by SlickDealio | Staff
  • No Longer Available:
    • B&H Photo Video also has 4TB Crucial X8 External USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C Solid State Drive (CT4000X8SSD9) on sale for $159.99. Shipping is free.
      • Note: It is temporarily out of stock, but can still be ordered.

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T7 Shield is a TLC drive that can sustain 800MB/s sequential writes through the entire disk: https://www.anandtech.com/show/18...-upgrade/3

X8 is a QLC drive that sustains 800MB/s sequential wriets only for a short period of time before dropping to 150MB/s: https://www.anandtech.com/show/16...-onthego/6

There is a very big performance difference if you are actually going to write a large amount of data to the drive.
I have two x8 2tb and they are super slow if you are copying or moving a lot of data at one time. I thought they were bad, but they speed up if you transfer smaller amounts of data. Not ideal for a backup IMHO.

I switched to the Samsung T7 Shield and enjoy much better performance.

Or just buy a cheap nvme and e enclosure. 😉

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Oct 10, 2023
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Rizvi1
Oct 10, 2023
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This is cheaper than the Samsung T7 Shield 4TB which is $199 today. How does it compare to that? I'm actually looking into getting a Samsung 870 EVO 4TB SSD and putting it in an enclosure because I can do a price match from Dell to today's flash sales and put that in an enclosure.
Oct 10, 2023
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dealstorm
Oct 10, 2023
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Quote from Rizvi1 :
This is cheaper than the Samsung T7 Shield 4TB which is $199 today. How does it compare to that? I'm actually looking into getting a Samsung 870 EVO 4TB SSD and putting it in an enclosure because I can do a price match from Dell to today's flash sales and put that in an enclosure.
Two features off the top of my head that the Shield has and this doesn't: hardware encryption support and an activity light.
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Rizvi1
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Quote from dealstorm :
Two features off the top of my head that the Shield has and this doesn't: hardware encryption support and an activity light.

Ah nice, thanks for the info
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ckx
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Quote from Rizvi1 :
This is cheaper than the Samsung T7 Shield 4TB which is $199 today. How does it compare to that? I'm actually looking into getting a Samsung 870 EVO 4TB SSD and putting it in an enclosure because I can do a price match from Dell to today's flash sales and put that in an enclosure.
T7 Shield is a TLC drive that can sustain 800MB/s sequential writes through the entire disk: https://www.anandtech.com/show/18...-upgrade/3

X8 is a QLC drive that sustains 800MB/s sequential wriets only for a short period of time before dropping to 150MB/s: https://www.anandtech.com/show/16...-onthego/6

There is a very big performance difference if you are actually going to write a large amount of data to the drive.
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Oct 10, 2023
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Rizvi1
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Quote from ckx :
T7 Shield is a TLC drive that can sustain 800MB/s sequential writes through the entire disk: https://www.anandtech.com/show/18...-upgrade/3

X8 is a QLC drive that sustains 800MB/s sequential wriets only for a short period of time before dropping to 150MB/s: https://www.anandtech.com/show/16...-onthego/6

There is a very big performance difference if you are actually going to write a large amount of data to the drive.

Thanks for the breakdown. I actually think I may go with the Samsung 870 EVO 4TB because that's on sale right now for $169 at Best Buy and Amazon. I'm trying to get Dell to price match so that I can use my Dell AMEX Offer $50 off $100. And then the UGreen enclosure is on sale for Prime Day at $14
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UniqueFang618
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Uggh I bought the 2TB X6 just two days ago
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illbirz
Oct 11, 2023
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Can it be used in the eufy homebase?

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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank ghostfreckle

I have two x8 2tb and they are super slow if you are copying or moving a lot of data at one time. I thought they were bad, but they speed up if you transfer smaller amounts of data. Not ideal for a backup IMHO.

I switched to the Samsung T7 Shield and enjoy much better performance.

Or just buy a cheap nvme and e enclosure. 😉
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Quote from ghostfreckle :
I have two x8 2tb and they are super slow if you are copying or moving a lot of data at one time. I thought they were bad, but they speed up if you transfer smaller amounts of data. Not ideal for a backup IMHO.

I switched to the Samsung T7 Shield and enjoy much better performance.

Or just buy a cheap nvme and e enclosure. 😉
I have one too and it's not too bad after the initial fill since everything from there is incremental and the cache is decently sized. Of course that cache shrinks as the drive fills up.
Oct 11, 2023
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kdupuis77
Oct 11, 2023
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I bought 2x 4TB T7 Shields for backups and storing movies and holy good lord do they transfer files fast and consistently! It took about 8 hours to copy 4TB of movies from my old external 4TB HDD (usually takes almost 24 hours mechanical HDD to mechanical HDD in the past!) and then duplicating to the other T7 Shield took just over an hour for 4TB woohoo!

I got the best historical deal earlier this year @ $220 each but now they are going for $199, I'd highly highly recommend them! They're nice and impact resistant, got a durable rubber outer case and yes, label maker labels stick to the rubber just fine haha. They also each c9me with USB-A and USB-C cables as well. Very happy with them over here!
Oct 11, 2023
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stasfire
Oct 11, 2023
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Quote from ckx :
T7 Shield is a TLC drive that can sustain 800MB/s sequential writes through the entire disk: https://www.anandtech.com/show/18...-upgrade/3

X8 is a QLC drive that sustains 800MB/s sequential wriets only for a short period of time before dropping to 150MB/s: https://www.anandtech.com/show/16...-onthego/6

There is a very big performance difference if you are actually going to write a large amount of data to the drive.
You comparing the T7 with the X6 not X8.
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ckx
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Quote from stasfire :
You comparing the T7 with the X6 not X8.
No, I am comparing it to X8. This image is from the second link:

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Oct 11, 2023
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hans007
Oct 11, 2023
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the crucial is just a nvme drive in a case, so I suppose its shuckable but its not cheap. basically the crucial p3 in a case.. https://realhardwarereviews.com/c...-review/3/
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AlishVerish
Oct 11, 2023
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Quote from ckx :
T7 Shield is a TLC drive that can sustain 800MB/s sequential writes through the entire disk: https://www.anandtech.com/show/18...-upgrade/3

X8 is a QLC drive that sustains 800MB/s sequential wriets only for a short period of time before dropping to 150MB/s: https://www.anandtech.com/show/16...-onthego/6

There is a very big performance difference if you are actually going to write a large amount of data to the drive.
Any good deals you recommend for a fast 8TB SSD?

Prefer to use it as an external so I can move it from computer to computer but if price is better for internals I guess I could put it into a enclosure myself.

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Frank_Nitty
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With some luck, we might be able snag one of these for $150 by the time BF/CM comes around...

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