Our only real gripe is, we wished we had more control over the effects. It risks coming off as gimmicky, but it’s just subtle, even elegant, enough to work even if it isn't usually your preference. A mesmerizing lightshow, indicating the drive is powered. In our benchmarking, CrystalDiskMark 7.0 recorded 954MBps reads, and 898MBps writes.Īnd anyway, it’s the outside that really catches the eye. Whatever’s in there, performance is perfectly in line with most USB Gen 2 drives on the market. Depending on the price-point, expect a Samsung, Intel or SK Hynix NAND. But our assumption is, the SE770G uses an SMI controller, like an SM2262G. Adata is always coy about its hardware because it can change during a production run. You may not have heard of them over the likes of Western Digital and Seagate, but the company has a long and excellent record in solid-state storage, including the SD700 and the compact SE730H. It also comes bundled with a raft of premium software, including a year’s subscription to Create by photo management firm MyLio, and four months of Adobe Creative Cloud.Ī striking RGB design and remarkable performance marks the Adata SE770G out as one of the best portable SSDs with a little something extra. The drive uses a USB 3.2 Gen 2 connector, making it one of the fastest external solid state drives in its category, and matching the likes of the Samsung T7 or the Crucial X8. In real life, rather than the simulated tests, we transferred a 10GB file in 18 seconds which is equivalent to a transfer rate of more than 500MBps. In other words, this is a speedy drive with plenty to give. This means we actually managed to beat the rated speed by just over one percent. Benchmarking on CrystalDiskMark gave us speeds of 1047MBps (read) and 1027MBps (write). The drive is available in 500GB, 1TB, and 2TB capacities, with a black, blue or silver finish. The kit includes both USB Type-C and Type-A cables, although we wished they were longer than they were. But at a mere 70 x 50 x 10mm and weighing 43g, this drive is ridiculously small and portable, too. The Seagate OneTouch is a flawless portable SSD, offering exactly what you’d expect - and then a bit more.īuilt from plastic, metal, and cloth, it’s an elegant design in itself. Read our full WD My Passport (2020 edition) portable SSD reviewĪ bit more expensive than the competition Otherwise, there's something for everyone here. Expect to pay for it for the higher-capacity 4TB model - it’s the drive’s biggest black mark, especially as smaller, nimble rivals are taking the lead when it comes to value for money. Overall, expect a fast, compact portable SSD with an excellent five-year warranty. Other benchmarks delivered the same range of results but transferring a single 10GB file proved to be slower than expected. During our benchmarking with CrystalDiskMark, the drive reached 1046MBps (read) and 1013MBps (write). Inside, you’ll find a SN550E, a PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe drive that pairs an ASMedia ASM2362 bridge with a SanDisk 20-82-10023 controller and SanDisk BiCS 4 96L 3D TLC flash memory. You can pick up three different capacities (500GB, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB) in four different colors (blue, red, champagne gold, and gray silver). We were just as impressed with its sleek, ridged metal design, which improves grip while reducing the chance of causing damage to anything else thanks to its curvy, pebblesque shape. At 46g, measuring 10 x 5.5 x 0.9cm, this is an impressively slim-line footprint. It was one of the first things we noticed about the drive. Read our full Samsung Portable SSD T5 reviewĪ refresh to Western Digital’s much-loved mainstream external SSD, the WD My Passport is one of the best portable SSDs for thin and lightweight design. Otherwise, the Samsung T5 is a great all-rounder SSD with fast transfer rates for moving or carrying large amounts of data. If you already have a T3, you can doubtless stick with it for the time being. If you’re not fussed about those performance gains, the Samsung T3 should be more than enough, and at a cheaper price now, too. It's also backwards compatible with USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 if your PC doesn't have USB Type-C. It comes with a 10Gbps USB 3.1 Type-C Gen 2, making it capable of delivering twice the maximum theoretical transfer rate of its predecessors. There’s a fast USB Type-C connection that ekes out every last drop of performance from the solid-state drive inside. If you’re looking for a true portable, this one is proof at last, that an external drive can be smaller than a high-powered power bank or a stack of credit cards.īuilding on the brilliant design and performance of its predecessor, the Samsung T3, the T5 does bring performance gains. “A masterclass in portable storage” is how we described this speedy drive after our time. Samsung’s brilliant line-up of portable SSDs continues with the excellent Samsung Portable SSD T5.
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