What's up everyone?! Which SSD drive would you choose? I hope this review of my favorite M1 Mac SSDs. Did I cover what you wanted to know? What else did you want to see or learn about? If you’re currently using another SSD, please share your experience with me. I am grateful in advance 🙏 (open for more) ⭐️ OWC Envoy Pro EX: geni.us/zl5Y (affiliate) ⭐️ Caldigit Tuff Nano: geni.us/P3w2oET (affiliate) ⭐️ Sandisk Extreme Pro SSD: geni.us/SVlv1 (affiliate) ⭐️ Samsung T7: geni.us/Qpa0ubJ (affiliate) ⭐️ PNY Pro Elite: geni.us/EjF2B (affiliate) ⭐️ Pioneer APS_XS03: geni.us/cFlMm (affiliate)
I know you can’t include them all, but I love my 1TB Samsung Thunderbolt X5. A little pricier because of the Thunderbolt connection, but great speeds and, hey, a Star Trek space-age look to boot! (I also like my 1TB Sandisk Extreme Pro, even though it’s not a Thunderbolt and it doesn’t have such a fancy exterior.)
This helped me out tremendously. I'm awaiting my M1 mini and did a lot of browsing trying to find the right external drive. I read a lot of material and view a lot of videos, but this one (yours) gave me clarity. I also commend you on your straight forward orator capabilities. Looking forward to your next video - thanks!
@@TechGearTalk I have purchased a Samsung T7 for my M1 MacBook Air, but the speed that I am getting on it is pathetic. If I connect the SSD using the USB-C cable that came in the box, the speed reaches upto 45 MB/s and when I use the USB-A cable via a thunderbolt usb hub the speed reaches upto 350 MB/s. Both the speeds are way less than the promised 1000+ MB/s speed. Is there something that I am doing wrong?
Heads up PpL ! I own the sandisk extreme pro 2TB & Samsung T5 2TB. The sandisk gets really warm fast! No LED indicators to know it’s safe to unplug the drive. The Samsung’s got that indicator and stays super cool thru out. Not sure what the T7 run temperature is, if as cool as T5. Better safe than faster by a few MB/s. If this is helpful, pls like this comment so others can easily find it. Sagi, a solid upload as always ✊🏽
Same experience.. I don’t have the the t5 or t7 I had to replace my sandisk drive and the new one is facing the same issue with sequential transfers.. it randomly stops responding 🤦🏾♂️
I have purchased a Samsung T7 for my M1 MacBook Air, but the speed that I am getting on it is pathetic. If I connect the SSD using the USB-C cable that came in the box, the speed reaches upto 45 MB/s and when I use the USB-A cable via a thunderbolt usb hub the speed reaches upto 350 MB/s. Both the speeds are way less than the promised 1000+ MB/s speed. Is there something that I am doing wrong?
I feel like your content is being pushed by the RUclips algorithm, as your two latest videos were both in my recommended, without me having been a subscriber of your channel, which I am now, so keep up the good work!
Thank you for showing external SSDs that are compatible with M1 Macs and M1 Mac Minis, complete with testing! It's so hard to find information on which drives will actually work! 💜
Hey I really appreciate this video! Just an extra note (take it or leave it) but possibly slap a deesser on your audio in post as these iPhone speakers are really ssssssing
Super glad it was helpful. Let me mess with my desser settings. Appreciate the feedback 🙏🏻. Can you watch today’s video and see if it’s better (I had already updated them. Thanks!)
I swear your reading my mind, I was just thinking about the best SSD that I can use along side my computer or iPad Pro. Thanks for the video! I hope some of these goes on sale soon too. xD
@Tech Gear Talk, Hello there, and thank you so much for your hard work and great content. What you have been missing though in this test, is the option of putting your own drive together, using a Thunderbolt/USB-C enclosure with a SSD NVMe, we are talking here abt 100-120 USD for a 1Tb drive and abt 30-45 USD for an enclosure. Simple to put together and insane speeds on the Thunderbolt Ports.......for less than a 150 USD - give it a shot ;-)
you are the only channel i watch that i feel bad if i skip the ads, so i dont. such high quality content and easy to understand way of explaining tech stuff. shout out from the Philippines :)
I actually had a call with an Apple Support supervisor the other day regarding the SanDisk Extreme Pro (4TB was the one I planned on going for). They say read/write speeds of 2000mb/s, however I saw alot of users (specifically M1/M1 Pro/M1 Max users) complaining that they are only reaching 700-1000mb/s speeds. Apple stated that you'd have to use a Thunderbolt 3 or 4 cable between the computer and the drive in order to achieve these speeds, as the included USB-C cable can only reach 700-1000mb/s. So unless you wanna buy the separate Thunderbolt cable, the Extreme version (speeds of 1000mb/s) is probably your best bet.
FYI: The SanDisk Extreme is a very rugged little drive and only weighs 2oz. I attached one to my 16" M1 Pro MBP on a 4" TB4 cable, configured it as a Time Machine backup disk and just let it dangle. When, a month later I had to send my MBP to Apple for diagnosis and repair, they did a clean MacOS install. 40 minutes from the time I unboxed it on return, I had the apps and data completely restored and was back in business. I don't use it for editing, I use it only for backup 24/7. It works a treat for that.
For me, the best option turned out to be an external enclosure with an NVMe disk. But only very few combos do actually deliver on performance, longeviity, price and temperature. I eventually settled on the Samsung 980 Pro and more importantly, the USB 4.0 aluminium enclosure from Chinese Acasis. The combo is both faster (on a M1 Pro) and cheaper than the OWC and does also work with older USB PCs.
Do these enclosures work good if someone is recording audio with over 70 tracks and lots of plug ins , stopping and starting. Also for someone who needs at least 2 drives one for samples and audio libraries and once for recording the audio, are these good? I'm thinking of getting a new mac studio but need advise on audio drives.
Yes, I agree with that. On M1 MacBook Pro I get 4000-5000 transfer speed with Black Magic, on internal Nvme, and some external Nvme drives can match that. Often best performance is with a particular Nvme, coupled with fast Thunderbolt 4 / USB4 compatible enclosure.
I had problems connecting a Samsung 1Tb EVO, in a UGreen USB C enclosure on M1 MacBook Pro, with any USB C cable, especially with Time Machine, where it would disconnect, and disconnect another partition. It was supplied with USB C to type A cable. However, connecting it to a Hackintosh laptop, with USB 3 works; and am able to write to both partitions from the M1, where the volumes show up on the desktop. Time Machine is a bit slow, but working now. External Nvme on Thunderbolt is better.
What I want to know is what the max possible performance is with the m1's. There's lots of conflicting information that the thunderbolt ports cannot utilize the full speed of the fast drives. I don't want to waste money on a drive that is too fast and I don't trust the reviews or influencers.
Those external hard drives were amazing and fast. I have here my 32gb flash drive and it performs really slow when transferring files from mac to the flash drive. Great video man!
I’ve watched at least a dozen of your vids. Right now, if I have questions/concern about my Mac Mini / iPad, I check out your videos. Your vid’s are top notch for several reason. Hope your “fan base” continues to increase! dlm
I've just bought mac m1 max in 2024, fast enough for me and thank you for your review. Back to the future about the past. Great review!!! Still! ANd many thanks.
Very nice line up. If you get time, consider investigating the Sabrent offerings. The Sabrent Rocket XTRM-Q out performs pretty much all of these drives. It has the advantage of being usable with both Thunderbolt and USB-C 3.2.
@@purehoops22 I guess we will never know. more important is if it will still work after mac wakes from sleep. no one wants to reboot just to access the data drive
Hey man, I dig the verbiage on your presentation. Voice tone and speed pleasing to the ears and dedication implied. I’ll be grasping either the T7 or SanDisk models with more terabytes depending on my wallet thickness. My Seagate one touch’s arm can’t handle traveling bumps evidently. Keep up the smooth talk. I was a little tardy, the speech was five months ago, let us know if there’s any more updates on new drives at your convenience. By the way, I pulled the trigger on the bell 🔔.
The difference in speed is down to the fact the OWC is thunderbolt, whereas the others are just USB C. Given ConstantGeekery's work showing the less-than-stellar USB transfer speeds from M1 (including Pro & Max), there was never a contest between Thunderbolt & non-thunderbolt drives Best bet is a Thunderbolt 3 enclosure + nvme drive; upgradable/modular, and you can select drives based on your need, but the hardware/infrastructure will be faster regardless
lmao you're wrong here. there's an issue with M1 Mac's not being able to read external SSD's at their 10gb/s speed. When plugged into an M1 Mac, speeds are slow as 5gb/s. Look it up. there's hundreds of videos out there showing how slow M1 Mac usb speeds are. I'm disappointed because I just bought one and the speeds are slower than my Intel Based computer.
Excellent video. Your analyses are very thorough. I have a WD 1T that runs well under $100 and works fine for backing up files. I'm sure it's much slower than most of the drives you reviewed but hard to beat the price point and it includes backup software. Now I need a used car review ... 😅
Good video. Good hedge. So basically the conclusion was: choose the expensive one if you want the best performance, choose the 2 mid-range if want the mid-range performance, and choose one of the two cheaper ones if you don't need high performance. :D
The USB-C ports on M1 macs does not support the full 10Gbps speed. To make full advantage of the USB-C ports, a USB 4 drive is the best option. Unfortunately, one has to build such drives manually and the parts are so expensive. It is so frustrating to buy an external ssd for Apple silicone macs.
Hey man. I'm currently looking into buying the MacBook air m1. Found your review. Subscribed and was happy. In times of biased reviews and fake statements I highly appreciate your review style and honest opinions. Just wanted to say thank you for your content, keep it up! :)
Thanks for the review. I recently bought a Sabrent Thunderbolt 3 drive which I was pretty happy with, but unfortunately, I lost it on a shoot. It wasn't able to connect directly with my QNAP NAS despite it having thunderbolt ports which I was again disappointed. I think this video has really pushed me to look at other options. OWC seems like a good choice for me as well as the Cal Digit. Love your lighting and studio setup. Also your B-Roll shots are fire!!! Thanks TGT!
Thanks for your video. Answered my question from a few days ago. I have the Samsung T7, 2 TB. Been using that on my iMac. Was easy to setup. Not certain if 10 to 20 seconds faster for what you were doing makes a big difference to the average user. I can see if you are a heavy user it could make a difference. Interesting how the highest read/write speeds only shaves off around 10 seconds. Perhaps in real life applications, speed may not be as significant as on might think.
Hey could you tell me what speeds do you get on black magic speed test? I should be able to get around 900 but i only get around 700...as shown in this video...isnt it weird ?
Awesome review Sagi! That SanDisk is $260 in Canada, and the T7 is $199, I love my T5 (I got it for a steal on sale for like $110) so the mix of both speed and economics are important for me.
I have a travel bag full of everything I need to get the most out of my iPad Pro 11 2020 on the move: Magic Keyboard, Apple Pencil, AirPods Pro, Logitech Anywhere MX2 BT Mouse, Hommie USB hub, Twick folding PD charger, RAVPower 20,000mAh PD power bank, and all the required cables. For my travel SSD, I chose the SanDisk Extreme Portable 1TB. It's fantastic value and very slim, and the whole bag is comfortable on the shoulder, and would easily fit under an aircraft seat. The Envoy is nice, but not £300 nice.
At first I was confused why Apple was charging $360 to upgrade to a 1 TB SSD. Now I understand. The native SSDs are insane. That being said, I'd rather just use that Sandisk. Probably the best bang for your buck out of all the options here.
Really good video! I have a 10 y.o. 1TB drive I use for Time Machine backs and dupes of DVDs (that are backups of work from the last 20 years). I know it's on borrowed time. My deal is I only connect it when I need to TM backup, I never work from it, SO a normal drive would make sense. I'd read about the Sandisk and leaned towards it. Seems like what makes the difference in speed is the Thunderbolt 3 cable vs USB3 that all the others have, is that roughly correct? Apple sells SSDs w/ Thunderbolt 3, and the cost is much more, but that speed, tho. (I know it's not just the cable, but the associated components).
Hey I'm sure you already did this, but could you please do a video on your lighting set up and what you set each light too? Also, what lens you use along with the aperture, ISO, etc. Dude getting Godox SL-60 and Neewer Softbox, and a Neewer 660 for my hair light, and I'm using an M50 with a 22mm lens for my A Roll, and it def looks waaaaaay better than ever before, but I know it could look better. Thanks for all you do!!!! Your A Roll (and B Roll) is soooooo crispy!!!!
Hi there. Check out this video: ruclips.net/video/COubO-eCH9U/видео.html As far as actual settings, it won't help you because it's based on available light. Here is all my gear though: ruclips.net/video/Knqufkb35kY/видео.html
At an affordable rate. It seems like Sandisk and Samsung are the best external SSD. Sandisk might look cool and funky- Carry it anywhere it might not be damaged quickly etc b/c of the cover of the Sandisk SSD, but I like the Samsung because of the indicator lights. Letting me know if it's working not. Because of that I might just go with Samsung for 1TB. I am glad that I came across this video. I was confused what to get b/c I want free my computer. (UPDATE: October 8, 2022. I got the Samsung SSW)
The T7 and Sandisk Extreme are comfortably good enough for most people. Just buy a small case to carry ur SSD around to keep it safe from the elements. That will do. 2 TB for 300 dollars is a sweet deal.
@@jojo-fj7lw Not fragile. It doesn't have any moving parts, unlike Hard Disk Drives (HDD). So even if u drop it, it will be okay. But just to be safe, always store it in a small pouch. Will keep away dust and water.
Thank you so much. I had ordered a San Disk and it is in the mail, but this video made me feel much better about my choice. I'll be using it mainly for project backups on my M1 Mac Mini.
I bought a Samsung T5 1TB a few months ago and I'm quite satisfied with it. I also tried a DIY external drive with an ASUS STRIX Arion enclosure with a Crucial 1TB SSD, which was worth the price and the speed. In this test, as Sandisk has also a good reputation and the speed seems quite right, it could be my next choice. A question though : how to know which one will last longer without crashing/dying ? Thanks for the video !
Appreciate you sharing!!! The larger SSDs have a higher rating in terms of the number of TB that can be written to before any problems happen. I still have never had an SSD die... ever
Isn't there an updated version of the OWC Envoy Pro EX that uses USB-C? What with those kind of speeds, you could literally use it with a blackmagic design pocket cinema camera 4k, and store RAW footage directly to the drive, then take the drive, and add those RAW files in FCPX, or am I being a bit of a wanker here? The speed alone justifies the usability going from source to computer, unless there's something obvious I'm missing?
I think I'd probably get an enclosure and an M.2 NVMe SSD drive. They're easy to put together. I don't need more than 250 GB, but I'd probably buy the 500GB. That would cost around $100 and be super fast.
Hi! The external hard drive solution has additional benefits...it can be partitioned for access by time machine and general storage plus formatted to be compatible in the MAC and Windows environment. A 256mb SSD internal would need at least 256MB of external memory for time machine backups. I use a 2TB Samsung T7 in this manor. Nobody seems to mention TIme Machine....no matter what, MACs need an external drive for backups. IMHO.
wow, that OWC is faaast! Just ordered it. I have a G-Tech 4TB that just filled up but I use it for holding cache and FCPx render files. Now I can use it as a proper backup and the OWC for day to day projects. My internal SSD is only 256G so I'm always moving Logic and FCPx projects back and forth...
@@TechGearTalk I have a CalDigit 3 I was going to hook it up to, I don't know if there's a speed difference between connecting it directly to the MBP versus a hub, but I can always just plugin it in directly too.
@@TechGearTalk man, you weren't kidding! Got the drive today and copied a 34 Gig FCPx project to it in about 15 seconds! It's a little slower when going through my Caldigit TM3, but the same folder transferred in about 20-25 seconds compared to the 3 - 4 minutes it takes to transfer to the G-Tech drive.
Not a bad vid. Your presentation format, video, and audio work look and sound great. However, the information in the vid was quite lacking. It would have been much better if you explained the differences between the drives, as well as why the OWC and M1 Mac drives were both faster and more expensive. The OWC and M1 drives use a completely different, newer, faster, more expensive technology (NVMe) than the others (still on some derivative of SATA). The speed difference isn't so much the drives as it is the speed limits of the tech they use. The way it was presented makes it look like the drives were all equal but the OWC and Apple brands were just better and faster.
Many SSD writing speeds slow down dramatically after only 25 percent full using a buffer that can’t keep up. The T7 is an example. This seems like a very important piece of info. Did you test for this?
You can open the OWC Envoy and replace the cable. There’s a USB C socket on the drive controller circuit board. OWC sells the Envoy as a build your own SSD option too without all the rubberized protection around it for $80.
I purchased the Samsung T7 1 terabyte but I couldn’t format using APFS so returned it. Got the SanDisk SSD and it worked just fine. The reason for using APFS was to make two partitions.
All the slower drives were using USB not Thunderbolt, that's their limiting factor. The Envoy Pro EX/FX is a Thunderbolt drive using a 4 channel PCIe interface. This is basically the same as the internal SSD. Thunderbolt interface external always cost more than USB drives because of licensing costs. This might change with USB4 if the vendor rolls their own Thunderbolt instead of using Intel parts. I believe this is what Apple is doing on their new M-series Macs. The NVMe blades used in the Envoy and maybe some of the others are about 3" long, which is why the Envoy is longer.
Question: I have the Snadisk Extreme Pro, the 2018 11” iPad Pro and I’m using LumaFusion to edit 4k footage from my Mavic Air2 drone. I thought I could edit (in real-time ) from the external drive but that’s not the case. So what should I use the Sandisk for. P.S. I am now a subscriber and I really love your content. Keep up the great work.
Would be nice to know what kind of SSD each one was and what controller chip they used and what was the real interface used. Most of this can be found by running the system report (easily found from the about this mac window). Generally, there are four types of connections USB 3.0, 3.1 gen 1, 3.1 gen 2, and Thunderbolt. Would also be nice to know which is using which type of SSD it was the NVMe SSD and the others are probably cheaper slower SSDs. For example, you can buy the OWC Rugged" bits.
I have the Samsung MU-PB500B/EU Portable SSD X5 500 GB Thunderbolt 3 Externe SSD and am very happy with it. A quick test on my iMac 2019 (i9, 500GB SSD) with a tool from Black Magic shows a 1.5 GB/S write and 2.5 GB/S read. A folder with 6.8 GB of data copies from this external SSD to the internal SSD in 4.5 sec, back it writes it in 6.5 seconds. Such read and write tests are indicative of course, when I ran this there was an upload to the cloud and other programs running in the background. With a reboot and without background tasks it runs faster, when there is a lot going on on the computer it probably runs slower. But is nevertheless a fast SSD, an extremely fast external SSD. I use the External SSD for my Final Cut Pro projects, as a workstation, project and files on there and that works flux and fast. The SSD gets warm to the touch. To use as storage it is too expensive, but as a work disk as an extension of the internal SSD it is great. It's faster than many built-in SSDs. The workmanship is very good as usual from Samsung, A very nice part. However, at room temperature above 26 degrees Celcius (thats 78,8 F for Muricans) the SSD gets too warm during intensive use (zb video editing) and turns off without warning. Since I had to let de first again cool down some time before I can work again.
Some folk have been having problems with Samsung T7 / T5 not showing up as an external drive with Big Sur. Samsung have released a fix but many still complaining that the drive is not being recognized. There are workarounds that require a deep understanding of mac OS & command line exp.
Hi! Thanks for this video. I have one practical question though: how does it refer to viewing photos/movies stored on the external drive? Are there any lags there? And btw do you recommend any specific photo viewer for Mac? Thanks :)
I wonder how the $79 OWC Envoy Express enclosure with an NVMe SSD would perform. OWC says the Envoy Express supports 1553MB/s throughput. You can put any size SSD you want in it. I bought this and a 2TB SSD for a little over $300.
Shooting 4K, editing in proxy mode, currently using the 2T Sandisk T5, I am running out of space inspite of deleting rendered files. Any suggestions? Thank you for your clear and concise content, beautifully presented.
Very useful one this 👍🏻 Was thinking of a drive for backups. That Sandisk Extreme Pro seems the best for price to performance and the OWC is just insane 😮 UK prices are higher too. The Sandisk is.
Very nice comparison video, I am using the OWC Envoy Pro EX with my iMac Pro, feel like using the internal drive speed, I also got the Samsung and SanDisk, and they seems pretty much identical in performance wise, but the SanDisk are the best bang for the buck :)
When you mentioned the transfer speed of the 1TB SanDisk Extreme PRO, I thought you quoted it incorrectly but it turns out that you were right because you tested the first generation drive. However, the 2TB SanDisk Extreme PRO I bought a few weeks ago to use with my M1 MacBook Pro is a V2 version that claims transfer rates of "Up to 2000MB/s". I can only guess that it would compete well with the performance of the OWC Envoy Pro EX's 2800MB/s transfer rate claims and probably outpace all the other drives in this review. So far this drive has performed well for me and it's my primary drive for video production, as opposed to using the internal drive. I also like the smaller physical size as compared to the OWC offering. Thanks for this interesting review and comparison.
@@lucass1701 My SanDisk Extreme PRO 2TB V2 SSD only delivered slightly better than the 1TB V1 version in the video. It was 805.0MB/s Write and 850.2MB/s Read when plugged in directly. I don’t yet own a powered Thunderbolt 4 dock but I understand that a powered Thunderbolt 4 dock will remove some of the limitations. When OWC ships their $250 Thunderbolt 4 dock in May, I’ll be running these tests again and I expect better performance. Interestingly there was no mention in this review video about whether the drives were plugged in directly or through a powered dock and I would think this would make a difference.
Thanks a lot for replaying to all comment , ur the best man, cuz some of youtuber the just showing off a lot they don't even answer their followers , any way thanks ✌
Or the ultimate solution is that you can buy OWC Envoy Express along with a good PCIe 3.0x4 NVMe SSD like that OEM version of Crucial P5 I bought. Way cheaper but still have the cutting edge performance.
I think you can see more significant savings by getting something larger than a 1TB. If you already buying a 1TB sandisk, you might as well pay another 120 for the 2TB. I dont know what a 1TB external makes that much sense, to me. Internal storage seems like it would be convenient enough for me to just upgrade to 1TB, if that's all I would ever need. I think you can save even more by buying an internal SSD and a thunderbolt/usb-c case for it.
What's up everyone?! Which SSD drive would you choose? I hope this review of my favorite M1 Mac SSDs. Did I cover what you wanted to know? What else did you want to see or learn about?
If you’re currently using another SSD, please share your experience with me. I am grateful in advance 🙏 (open for more)
⭐️ OWC Envoy Pro EX: geni.us/zl5Y (affiliate)
⭐️ Caldigit Tuff Nano: geni.us/P3w2oET (affiliate)
⭐️ Sandisk Extreme Pro SSD: geni.us/SVlv1 (affiliate)
⭐️ Samsung T7: geni.us/Qpa0ubJ (affiliate)
⭐️ PNY Pro Elite: geni.us/EjF2B (affiliate)
⭐️ Pioneer APS_XS03: geni.us/cFlMm (affiliate)
I would choose the Samsung T7.
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Wonder how the LaCie rugged SSD pro (thunderbolt 3) would have stacked up. Transfer rates up to 2800mb/s. Thoughts, Sagi?
I have the Samsung T5 and haven’t had any issues.
I know you can’t include them all, but I love my 1TB Samsung Thunderbolt X5. A little pricier because of the Thunderbolt connection, but great speeds and, hey, a Star Trek space-age look to boot! (I also like my 1TB Sandisk Extreme Pro, even though it’s not a Thunderbolt and it doesn’t have such a fancy exterior.)
Thank you David Schwimmer.
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I like how you included the speed of the internal drive on your speed comparison chart. That was some key information I needed to see. Thanks!
This helped me out tremendously. I'm awaiting my M1 mini and did a lot of browsing trying to find the right external drive. I read a lot of material and view a lot of videos, but this one (yours) gave me clarity. I also commend you on your straight forward orator capabilities. Looking forward to your next video - thanks!
I really appreciate you taking the time to watch and for the kind words. Thank you for joining the community 🙏
@@TechGearTalk I have purchased a Samsung T7 for my M1 MacBook Air, but the speed that I am getting on it is pathetic.
If I connect the SSD using the USB-C cable that came in the box, the speed reaches upto 45 MB/s and when I use the USB-A cable via a thunderbolt usb hub the speed reaches upto 350 MB/s. Both the speeds are way less than the promised 1000+ MB/s speed.
Is there something that I am doing wrong?
Heads up PpL !
I own the sandisk extreme pro 2TB & Samsung T5 2TB. The sandisk gets really warm fast! No LED indicators to know it’s safe to unplug the drive. The Samsung’s got that indicator and stays super cool thru out. Not sure what the T7 run temperature is, if as cool as T5. Better safe than faster by a few MB/s. If this is helpful, pls like this comment so others can easily find it. Sagi, a solid upload as always ✊🏽
good to know thx
Agreed. Thanks for sharing. Gives me something to think about.
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Same experience.. I don’t have the the t5 or t7 I had to replace my sandisk drive and the new one is facing the same issue with sequential transfers.. it randomly stops responding 🤦🏾♂️
I have purchased a Samsung T7 for my M1 MacBook Air, but the speed that I am getting on it is pathetic.
If I connect the SSD using the USB-C cable that came in the box, the speed reaches upto 45 MB/s and when I use the USB-A cable via a thunderbolt usb hub the speed reaches upto 350 MB/s. Both the speeds are way less than the promised 1000+ MB/s speed.
Is there something that I am doing wrong?
You have an uncanny habit of answering the questions I'm facing. Thank you for doing the work to inform and educate us.
So glad I could help!
It's uncanny how when I go to the weather channel I always get information about the weather. It blows my mind every time.
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@@craigdgriffiths6206 That's cute but that's obviously not what he meant.
I feel like your content is being pushed by the RUclips algorithm, as your two latest videos were both in my recommended, without me having been a subscriber of your channel, which I am now, so keep up the good work!
Super glad you found it. Thanks for being part of the channel!
Thank you for showing external SSDs that are compatible with M1 Macs and M1 Mac Minis, complete with testing! It's so hard to find information on which drives will actually work! 💜
So glad I could help. Thank you for being part of the channel!
Pretty much ANY external SSD will work with an M1 Mac
Hey I really appreciate this video!
Just an extra note (take it or leave it) but possibly slap a deesser on your audio in post as these iPhone speakers are really ssssssing
Super glad it was helpful. Let me mess with my desser settings. Appreciate the feedback 🙏🏻. Can you watch today’s video and see if it’s better (I had already updated them. Thanks!)
@@TechGearTalk definitely at least a bit better! (I've been having issues with my s's recently too hence why maybe I was just super clued in haha)
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Bro, can you use a little bit les deesser on your channel though? Evnin Edinger channel sounds like you have a lisp.
I swear your reading my mind, I was just thinking about the best SSD that I can use along side my computer or iPad Pro. Thanks for the video! I hope some of these goes on sale soon too. xD
Appreciate you sharing. Glad I could help.
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@Tech Gear Talk, Hello there, and thank you so much for your hard work and great content. What you have been missing though in this test, is the option of putting your own drive together, using a Thunderbolt/USB-C enclosure with a SSD NVMe, we are talking here abt 100-120 USD for a 1Tb drive and abt 30-45 USD for an enclosure. Simple to put together and insane speeds on the Thunderbolt Ports.......for less than a 150 USD - give it a shot ;-)
"Speed is just a question of money - How fast can you go."
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Nice!
Love to see an updated version of this, with larger drive sizes.
you are the only channel i watch that i feel bad if i skip the ads, so i dont. such high quality content and easy to understand way of explaining tech stuff. shout out from the Philippines :)
I’d pick the Sandisk out of all. Good all rounder
I'd like to hear more, just generally curious.
I agree with that
Good job that Samsungs one may get scratched.🙂
I just bought it thankyou ☺
I got the Sandisk and it doesn’t work on my Mac m1 air - even after reformatting it seems to not read/write properly! Have you found this? 😔😭
You have absolutely sold me on the Sandisk. Thank you for this extremely descriptive and visual representation. Subscribed!
I actually had a call with an Apple Support supervisor the other day regarding the SanDisk Extreme Pro (4TB was the one I planned on going for). They say read/write speeds of 2000mb/s, however I saw alot of users (specifically M1/M1 Pro/M1 Max users) complaining that they are only reaching 700-1000mb/s speeds. Apple stated that you'd have to use a Thunderbolt 3 or 4 cable between the computer and the drive in order to achieve these speeds, as the included USB-C cable can only reach 700-1000mb/s. So unless you wanna buy the separate Thunderbolt cable, the Extreme version (speeds of 1000mb/s) is probably your best bet.
Stumbled across your channel, and it is an instant favorite. Concise, quick, comprehensive reviews. Great stuff!
FYI: The SanDisk Extreme is a very rugged little drive and only weighs 2oz. I attached one to my 16" M1 Pro MBP on a 4" TB4 cable, configured it as a Time Machine backup disk and just let it dangle. When, a month later I had to send my MBP to Apple for diagnosis and repair, they did a clean MacOS install. 40 minutes from the time I unboxed it on return, I had the apps and data completely restored and was back in business. I don't use it for editing, I use it only for backup 24/7. It works a treat for that.
For me, the best option turned out to be an external enclosure with an NVMe disk. But only very few combos do actually deliver on performance, longeviity, price and temperature. I eventually settled on the Samsung 980 Pro and more importantly, the USB 4.0 aluminium enclosure from Chinese Acasis. The combo is both faster (on a M1 Pro) and cheaper than the OWC and does also work with older USB PCs.
Do these enclosures work good if someone is recording audio with over 70 tracks and lots of plug ins , stopping and starting. Also for someone who needs at least 2 drives one for samples and audio libraries and once for recording the audio, are these good? I'm thinking of getting a new mac studio but need advise on audio drives.
Yes, I agree with that. On M1 MacBook Pro I get 4000-5000 transfer speed with Black Magic, on internal Nvme, and some external Nvme drives can match that. Often best performance is with a particular Nvme, coupled with fast Thunderbolt 4 / USB4 compatible enclosure.
I had problems connecting a Samsung 1Tb EVO, in a UGreen USB C enclosure on M1 MacBook Pro, with any USB C cable, especially with Time Machine, where it would disconnect, and disconnect another partition. It was supplied with USB C to type A cable. However, connecting it to a Hackintosh laptop, with USB 3 works; and am able to write to both partitions from the M1, where the volumes show up on the desktop. Time Machine is a bit slow, but working now. External Nvme on Thunderbolt is better.
@@michaelbouckley4455 You realize I talked about an Acasis USB4 enclosure, not UGreen ...
What I want to know is what the max possible performance is with the m1's. There's lots of conflicting information that the thunderbolt ports cannot utilize the full speed of the fast drives. I don't want to waste money on a drive that is too fast and I don't trust the reviews or influencers.
Those external hard drives were amazing and fast. I have here my 32gb flash drive and it performs really slow when transferring files from mac to the flash drive. Great video man!
I think this video just convinced me to buy more internal storage... that Mac SSD is fast!
Hi Rob - the Mac SSD is incredibly fast!
Saw this video after purchase air with 256gb.
I’ve watched at least a dozen of your vids. Right now, if I have questions/concern about my Mac Mini / iPad, I check out your videos. Your vid’s are top notch for several reason. Hope your “fan base” continues to increase! dlm
I've just bought mac m1 max in 2024, fast enough for me and thank you for your review. Back to the future about the past. Great review!!! Still! ANd many thanks.
Really enjoy the format you use! Goes straight to the information that I'm looking for. Will definitely subscribe. Keep doing what you're doing 👍
Very nice line up. If you get time, consider investigating the Sabrent offerings. The Sabrent Rocket XTRM-Q out performs pretty much all of these drives. It has the advantage of being usable with both Thunderbolt and USB-C 3.2.
Thanks Michael - appreciate the suggestion!
Hey Michael, what is the transfer speed like on those?
Specifically with video editing.
@@purehoops22 I guess we will never know. more important is if it will still work after mac wakes from sleep.
no one wants to reboot just to access the data drive
Hey man, I dig the verbiage on your presentation. Voice tone and speed pleasing to the ears and dedication implied. I’ll be grasping either the T7 or SanDisk models with more terabytes depending on my wallet thickness. My Seagate one touch’s arm can’t handle traveling bumps evidently. Keep up the smooth talk. I was a little tardy, the speech was five months ago, let us know if there’s any more updates on new drives at your convenience. By the way, I pulled the trigger on the bell 🔔.
I have the Samsung drive. I love it! Another fantastic video Sagi! 😎🔥🔥🔥
It's such a good value! Thanks brother!
The difference in speed is down to the fact the OWC is thunderbolt, whereas the others are just USB C.
Given ConstantGeekery's work showing the less-than-stellar USB transfer speeds from M1 (including Pro & Max), there was never a contest between Thunderbolt & non-thunderbolt drives
Best bet is a Thunderbolt 3 enclosure + nvme drive; upgradable/modular, and you can select drives based on your need, but the hardware/infrastructure will be faster regardless
usb 3.2 gen 2 just support 10gbit speed roughly 1GBps you need usb 3.2 gen2x2 for 20gbit or usb4 which is more expensive then thunderbolt really
lmao you're wrong here. there's an issue with M1 Mac's not being able to read external SSD's at their 10gb/s speed. When plugged into an M1 Mac, speeds are slow as 5gb/s. Look it up. there's hundreds of videos out there showing how slow M1 Mac usb speeds are. I'm disappointed because I just bought one and the speeds are slower than my Intel Based computer.
@@BryanMiraflorTry formatting the external drive to APFS, in most cases the speed increases from the previous
Hey Sagi, its an amazing video... The way presentation in charts are absolutely insane 🔥... Keep creating like this charts for upcoming videos also 👍
Thanks so much! Appreciate you sharing the feedback!
Great video & test. Sandisk user here and been happy with them.
Appreciate the kind words and you sharing with the community
Literally the video I was looking for thanks!
Glad I could help!
Excellent video. Your analyses are very thorough. I have a WD 1T that runs well under $100 and works fine for backing up files. I'm sure it's much slower than most of the drives you reviewed but hard to beat the price point and it includes backup software.
Now I need a used car review ... 😅
Good video. Good hedge. So basically the conclusion was: choose the expensive one if you want the best performance, choose the 2 mid-range if want the mid-range performance, and choose one of the two cheaper ones if you don't need high performance. :D
The USB-C ports on M1 macs does not support the full 10Gbps speed. To make full advantage of the USB-C ports, a USB 4 drive is the best option. Unfortunately, one has to build such drives manually and the parts are so expensive. It is so frustrating to buy an external ssd for Apple silicone macs.
Hey man.
I'm currently looking into buying the MacBook air m1. Found your review. Subscribed and was happy.
In times of biased reviews and fake statements I highly appreciate your review style and honest opinions.
Just wanted to say thank you for your content, keep it up! :)
I'm so grateful that you took the time to leave feedback - means a lot to me. Appreciate you being part of the community!
Can we get an updated video? some of these are discontinued. Would love to only see Thunderbolt/USB 4 SSDs
Good idea!
@@TechGearTalk I'm curious to hear your thoughts on the Sabrent Rocket & Atom Glyph External SSDs too!
Thanks for the review. I recently bought a Sabrent Thunderbolt 3 drive which I was pretty happy with, but unfortunately, I lost it on a shoot. It wasn't able to connect directly with my QNAP NAS despite it having thunderbolt ports which I was again disappointed. I think this video has really pushed me to look at other options. OWC seems like a good choice for me as well as the Cal Digit.
Love your lighting and studio setup. Also your B-Roll shots are fire!!!
Thanks TGT!
Thanks for your video. Answered my question from a few days ago.
I have the Samsung T7, 2 TB. Been using that on my iMac. Was easy to setup. Not certain if 10 to 20 seconds faster for what you were doing makes a big difference to the average user. I can see if you are a heavy user it could make a difference. Interesting how the highest read/write speeds only shaves off around 10 seconds. Perhaps in real life applications, speed may not be as significant as on might think.
Hey could you tell me what speeds do you get on black magic speed test?
I should be able to get around 900 but i only get around 700...as shown in this video...isnt it weird ?
Awesome review Sagi! That SanDisk is $260 in Canada, and the T7 is $199, I love my T5 (I got it for a steal on sale for like $110) so the mix of both speed and economics are important for me.
Thank you Jason, That is a great deal on the T5!!! Appreciate you watching.
Yes the T7 seems a lot cheaper than the Sandisk pro recently
Binge watching your channel, great heads up for hardware and software. Love the content. subbed!!!
I really appreciate you taking the time to watch and for the kind words. Thank you for joining the community 🙏
I have a travel bag full of everything I need to get the most out of my iPad Pro 11 2020 on the move: Magic Keyboard, Apple Pencil, AirPods Pro, Logitech Anywhere MX2 BT Mouse, Hommie USB hub, Twick folding PD charger, RAVPower 20,000mAh PD power bank, and all the required cables. For my travel SSD, I chose the SanDisk Extreme Portable 1TB. It's fantastic value and very slim, and the whole bag is comfortable on the shoulder, and would easily fit under an aircraft seat.
The Envoy is nice, but not £300 nice.
At first I was confused why Apple was charging $360 to upgrade to a 1 TB SSD. Now I understand. The native SSDs are insane.
That being said, I'd rather just use that Sandisk. Probably the best bang for your buck out of all the options here.
mm that's not the case, the external ssd's are as fast or more than the internal, it's just that their performance is being limited by the m1 chip.
hey man, just a quick audio processing suggestions > use a de-esser, it’s a little difficult to listen to the audio for long.
Thanks! I’ve updated my audio workflow - let me know what you think about one of the recent videos.
This video is so helpful and professionally put together. Thank you!
Thank you so much for the kind words 🙏 Appreciate you being part of the channel!
Really good video! I have a 10 y.o. 1TB drive I use for Time Machine backs and dupes of DVDs (that are backups of work from the last 20 years). I know it's on borrowed time. My deal is I only connect it when I need to TM backup, I never work from it, SO a normal drive would make sense. I'd read about the Sandisk and leaned towards it. Seems like what makes the difference in speed is the Thunderbolt 3 cable vs USB3 that all the others have, is that roughly correct? Apple sells SSDs w/ Thunderbolt 3, and the cost is much more, but that speed, tho. (I know it's not just the cable, but the associated components).
Check out this man’s other reviews. He always does excellent work and is very knowledgeable.
What about now? Which is the best in 2023? Thanks, greetings. 😊
great video!!! really clear and thanks for just going to the results rather than showing the program test 😄 Subscribed ✅
I don’t know about everyone else but I was just focused on owc vs the Mac internal drive. Pretty impressive
I subscribed a few days back and man I am loving this channel. Excellent content and love the way you handle the dilemma most of us consumers have.
I'm so glad my approach is being helpful. Appreciate you being part of the channel!
Hey I'm sure you already did this, but could you please do a video on your lighting set up and what you set each light too? Also, what lens you use along with the aperture, ISO, etc. Dude getting Godox SL-60 and Neewer Softbox, and a Neewer 660 for my hair light, and I'm using an M50 with a 22mm lens for my A Roll, and it def looks waaaaaay better than ever before, but I know it could look better. Thanks for all you do!!!! Your A Roll (and B Roll) is soooooo crispy!!!!
Hi there. Check out this video: ruclips.net/video/COubO-eCH9U/видео.html As far as actual settings, it won't help you because it's based on available light. Here is all my gear though: ruclips.net/video/Knqufkb35kY/видео.html
Great comparison test. Would you consider testing some external nVme SSDs as well? Thanks.
The OWC is an external NVMe (same as the drive inside the M1) which is why it's so much faster than the other SATA based drives.
Fantastic video, exactly everything I needed to know, you did not leave anything out, thank you, makes it super easy for me to make my decision
Thank you for this information. I have been looking for information about the right SSD option for me. I love your videos!
At an affordable rate. It seems like Sandisk and Samsung are the best external SSD. Sandisk might look cool and funky- Carry it anywhere it might not be damaged quickly etc b/c of the cover of the Sandisk SSD, but I like the Samsung because of the indicator lights. Letting me know if it's working not. Because of that I might just go with Samsung for 1TB. I am glad that I came across this video. I was confused what to get b/c I want free my computer. (UPDATE: October 8, 2022. I got the Samsung SSW)
It would be great to see these test run through a hub
I would really like to see a Samsung T5 vs T7 video :)
The T7 and Sandisk Extreme are comfortably good enough for most people. Just buy a small case to carry ur SSD around to keep it safe from the elements. That will do.
2 TB for 300 dollars is a sweet deal.
Are SSDs fragile and need extra hard case to protect it when travelling?
@@jojo-fj7lw Not fragile. It doesn't have any moving parts, unlike Hard Disk Drives (HDD). So even if u drop it, it will be okay. But just to be safe, always store it in a small pouch. Will keep away dust and water.
Used the Sandisk at my job to run VMs. Worked well, but did get hot.
Appreciate the input!
Thank you so much. I had ordered a San Disk and it is in the mail, but this video made me feel much better about my choice. I'll be using it mainly for project backups on my M1 Mac Mini.
You're very welcome Riley! Glad I could help and CONGRATS on the Sandisk!
I bought a Samsung T5 1TB a few months ago and I'm quite satisfied with it. I also tried a DIY external drive with an ASUS STRIX Arion enclosure with a Crucial 1TB SSD, which was worth the price and the speed. In this test, as Sandisk has also a good reputation and the speed seems quite right, it could be my next choice. A question though : how to know which one will last longer without crashing/dying ?
Thanks for the video !
Appreciate you sharing!!! The larger SSDs have a higher rating in terms of the number of TB that can be written to before any problems happen. I still have never had an SSD die... ever
Isn't there an updated version of the OWC Envoy Pro EX that uses USB-C? What with those kind of speeds, you could literally use it with a blackmagic design pocket cinema camera 4k, and store RAW footage directly to the drive, then take the drive, and add those RAW files in FCPX, or am I being a bit of a wanker here? The speed alone justifies the usability going from source to computer, unless there's something obvious I'm missing?
I think I'd probably get an enclosure and an M.2 NVMe SSD drive. They're easy to put together. I don't need more than 250 GB, but I'd probably buy the 500GB. That would cost around $100 and be super fast.
Hi! The external hard drive solution has additional benefits...it can be partitioned for access by time machine and general storage plus formatted to be compatible in the MAC and Windows environment. A 256mb SSD internal would need at least 256MB of external memory for time machine backups. I use a 2TB Samsung T7 in this manor. Nobody seems to mention TIme Machine....no matter what, MACs need an external drive for backups. IMHO.
We have a similar expression in England. "Pay less pay twice."
Oh nice!!! Appreciate you sharing.
I went with a 1TB Samsung T7 touch and love the thing. If you hit it on a sale you can get it at $140. The added biometric security is awesome.
wow, that OWC is faaast! Just ordered it. I have a G-Tech 4TB that just filled up but I use it for holding cache and FCPx render files. Now I can use it as a proper backup and the OWC for day to day projects. My internal SSD is only 256G so I'm always moving Logic and FCPx projects back and forth...
Jason - it's LIGHTNING fast! Let me know what you think when you get it!
@@TechGearTalk I have a CalDigit 3 I was going to hook it up to, I don't know if there's a speed difference between connecting it directly to the MBP versus a hub, but I can always just plugin it in directly too.
@@TechGearTalk man, you weren't kidding! Got the drive today and copied a 34 Gig FCPx project to it in about 15 seconds! It's a little slower when going through my Caldigit TM3, but the same folder transferred in about 20-25 seconds compared to the 3 - 4 minutes it takes to transfer to the G-Tech drive.
Thanks for the review. BTW nice Audioengine speakers! Have the same pair/color.
Not a bad vid. Your presentation format, video, and audio work look and sound great. However, the information in the vid was quite lacking. It would have been much better if you explained the differences between the drives, as well as why the OWC and M1 Mac drives were both faster and more expensive. The OWC and M1 drives use a completely different, newer, faster, more expensive technology (NVMe) than the others (still on some derivative of SATA). The speed difference isn't so much the drives as it is the speed limits of the tech they use. The way it was presented makes it look like the drives were all equal but the OWC and Apple brands were just better and faster.
Many SSD writing speeds slow down dramatically after only 25 percent full using a buffer that can’t keep up. The T7 is an example. This seems like a very important piece of info. Did you test for this?
You can open the OWC Envoy and replace the cable. There’s a USB C socket on the drive controller circuit board. OWC sells the Envoy as a build your own SSD option too without all the rubberized protection around it for $80.
Thank you so much for sharing!!! I appreciate you being part of the channel 🙏🏻
@@TechGearTalk your comment is totally irrelevant. This is not what the user asked....
I purchased the Samsung T7 1 terabyte but I couldn’t format using APFS so returned it. Got the SanDisk SSD and it worked just fine.
The reason for using APFS was to make two partitions.
All the slower drives were using USB not Thunderbolt, that's their limiting factor. The Envoy Pro EX/FX is a Thunderbolt drive using a 4 channel PCIe interface. This is basically the same as the internal SSD. Thunderbolt interface external always cost more than USB drives because of licensing costs. This might change with USB4 if the vendor rolls their own Thunderbolt instead of using Intel parts. I believe this is what Apple is doing on their new M-series Macs. The NVMe blades used in the Envoy and maybe some of the others are about 3" long, which is why the Envoy is longer.
Question: I have the Snadisk Extreme Pro, the 2018 11” iPad Pro and I’m using LumaFusion to edit 4k footage from my Mavic Air2 drone. I thought I could edit (in real-time ) from the external drive but that’s not the case. So what should I use the Sandisk for.
P.S. I am now a subscriber and I really love your content. Keep up the great work.
this is my 1st video ever watched, and i subbed.
Best info so My final decision was sandisk extreme pro based on my 5 year experience and also being an user of M1 Mac Pro
The Envoy Pro now sells an SX version instead of EX version which seems to solve the cable criticism.
Would be nice to know what kind of SSD each one was and what controller chip they used and what was the real interface used. Most of this can be found by running the system report (easily found from the about this mac window). Generally, there are four types of connections USB 3.0, 3.1 gen 1, 3.1 gen 2, and Thunderbolt. Would also be nice to know which is using which type of SSD it was the NVMe SSD and the others are probably cheaper slower SSDs. For example, you can buy the OWC Rugged" bits.
I have the Samsung MU-PB500B/EU Portable SSD X5 500 GB Thunderbolt 3 Externe SSD and am very happy with it.
A quick test on my iMac 2019 (i9, 500GB SSD) with a tool from Black Magic shows a 1.5 GB/S write and 2.5 GB/S read.
A folder with 6.8 GB of data copies from this external SSD to the internal SSD in 4.5 sec, back it writes it in 6.5 seconds. Such read and write tests are indicative of course, when I ran this there was an upload to the cloud and other programs running in the background. With a reboot and without background tasks it runs faster, when there is a lot going on on the computer it probably runs slower.
But is nevertheless a fast SSD, an extremely fast external SSD.
I use the External SSD for my Final Cut Pro projects, as a workstation, project and files on there and that works flux and fast. The SSD gets warm to the touch. To use as storage it is too expensive, but as a work disk as an extension of the internal SSD it is great. It's faster than many built-in SSDs.
The workmanship is very good as usual from Samsung, A very nice part.
However, at room temperature above 26 degrees Celcius (thats 78,8 F for Muricans) the SSD gets too warm during intensive use (zb video editing) and turns off without warning. Since I had to let de first again cool down some time before I can work again.
Some folk have been having problems with Samsung T7 / T5 not showing up as an external drive with Big Sur. Samsung have released a fix but many still complaining that the drive is not being recognized. There are workarounds that require a deep understanding of mac OS & command line exp.
Oh wow. Mine has always worked. I’ll definitely keep an eye out.
This is really helpful in making my purchases ! Thanks
Clear concise and on point. Thanks for sharing your experiences with others
Hi! Thanks for this video. I have one practical question though: how does it refer to viewing photos/movies stored on the external drive? Are there any lags there? And btw do you recommend any specific photo viewer for Mac? Thanks :)
I wonder how the $79 OWC Envoy Express enclosure with an NVMe SSD would perform. OWC says the Envoy Express supports 1553MB/s throughput. You can put any size SSD you want in it. I bought this and a 2TB SSD for a little over $300.
Shooting 4K, editing in proxy mode, currently using the 2T Sandisk T5, I am running out of space inspite of deleting rendered files. Any suggestions? Thank you for your clear and concise content, beautifully presented.
Great comparison and demystification of the subject l'd go with the SanDisk. Mucho gracias 🙏
Great selection of drives for the comparison and really glad you made this video because it’s exactly what I was looking for.
I picked up the 1TB SanDisk Extreme Pro v2 from Costco for $99. Great durable and fast SSD.
Nice get!!! CONGRATS.
At Aug21, double those prices for Australia.
Thank you for putting in the work. Real shit
This was extremely helpful, thank you
I like how you presented the data in the figure. What application did you use to produce such excellent bar graph?
Very useful one this 👍🏻 Was thinking of a drive for backups. That Sandisk Extreme Pro seems the best for price to performance and the OWC is just insane 😮 UK prices are higher too. The Sandisk is.
So glad to hear it. Yeah, the OWC is bonkers 🤯
Very nice comparison video, I am using the OWC Envoy Pro EX with my iMac Pro, feel like using the internal drive speed, I also got the Samsung and SanDisk, and they seems pretty much identical in performance wise, but the SanDisk are the best bang for the buck :)
Very interesting. I was actually looking at getting an external drive for my iPad Pro
When you mentioned the transfer speed of the 1TB SanDisk Extreme PRO, I thought you quoted it incorrectly but it turns out that you were right because you tested the first generation drive. However, the 2TB SanDisk Extreme PRO I bought a few weeks ago to use with my M1 MacBook Pro is a V2 version that claims transfer rates of "Up to 2000MB/s". I can only guess that it would compete well with the performance of the OWC Envoy Pro EX's 2800MB/s transfer rate claims and probably outpace all the other drives in this review. So far this drive has performed well for me and it's my primary drive for video production, as opposed to using the internal drive. I also like the smaller physical size as compared to the OWC offering.
Thanks for this interesting review and comparison.
Hi, what transfer speed do you have with your V2 version?
@@lucass1701 My SanDisk Extreme PRO 2TB V2 SSD only delivered slightly better than the 1TB V1 version in the video. It was 805.0MB/s Write and 850.2MB/s Read when plugged in directly. I don’t yet own a powered Thunderbolt 4 dock but I understand that a powered Thunderbolt 4 dock will remove some of the limitations. When OWC ships their $250 Thunderbolt 4 dock in May, I’ll be running these tests again and I expect better performance.
Interestingly there was no mention in this review video about whether the drives were plugged in directly or through a powered dock and I would think this would make a difference.
@@LarryBecker Thats probably because you have it attached to a 10GB port. The pro version is 20GB/s and as such requires the appropriate USB port.
Thanks a lot for replaying to all comment , ur the best man, cuz some of youtuber the just showing off a lot they don't even answer their followers , any way thanks ✌
I do what I can.
Or the ultimate solution is that you can buy OWC Envoy Express along with a good PCIe 3.0x4 NVMe SSD like that OEM version of Crucial P5 I bought. Way cheaper but still have the cutting edge performance.
I think you can see more significant savings by getting something larger than a 1TB. If you already buying a 1TB sandisk, you might as well pay another 120 for the 2TB. I dont know what a 1TB external makes that much sense, to me. Internal storage seems like it would be convenient enough for me to just upgrade to 1TB, if that's all I would ever need. I think you can save even more by buying an internal SSD and a thunderbolt/usb-c case for it.