@@AlexGTech From Really, Really deep curiosity, do you think the Crucial x10 can maintain sustained write speeds when combined with the Blackmagic Design Video Assist for doing 4k 60fps without dropping frames ? The people on the BM design page haven't updated their recommended ssd chart for ages sadly .
It's been a long time coming, but here is an update to the most popular video on the channel! I hope you found this useful 🙏🏼 Please leave a like if you did and don't forget to subscribe for the next one 👊🏼 Here are the links to each of the SSDs: 💨 Crucial X8 👉🏼 geni.us/4BsYy 💨 Crucial X9 Pro 👉🏼 geni.us/CrucialX9Pro 💨 Crucial X10 Pro 👉🏼 geni.us/CrucialX10P ⚡ Acasis hub 👉🏼 geni.us/AcasisHub ⚡ Acasis enclosure with cooling: geni.us/AcasisTB4Cooling ⚡Samsung T5 👉🏼 geni.us/wPac8 ⚡Samsung T7 👉🏼 geni.us/QK0WvIx ⚡Crucial T705 Internal PCIe Gen 5 M.2 NVMe 👉🏼 geni.us/CrucialT705Alex ⚡WD BLACK P40 Gaming SSD 👉🏼 geni.us/WDBlackP40 ⚠ BE CAREFUL ⚠ Sandisk Extreme 👉🏼 geni.us/ZuIuK ⚠ iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max users ⚠ I'd be careful with using the T7 shield for ProRes. Yes it will work but if you try 4K60 in LOG and it will drop frames, the footage is unusable. 🧐TEST DATA: geni.us/SSDTestingData
Hey Alex i have a question please. I like the older white Acasis enclosure that has some inputs built in. I was wondering which MVME SSD drive would you recommend to put in it if i would want to use it for my iphone 16 pro max and at the same time for my Mac desk top? I am looking to choose between 2TB and 4TB V3 only because V4 uses over 4.5W not good for iphones. But if you give me some ideas of of solid reliable quality of NVME SSD drives maybe i can choose from that will work on bo of my devices i would greatly appreciate it. I can only afford this once so it has to be good set up
im currently in the market for SSD, and i remembered plenty of people complaining about Sandisk a while back. and here i am, cant thank enough that you made this kind of comparison. youre awesome buddy!
I am currently having problems with my crucial x9 pro it keeps disconnecting midway of data transfers I even reformatted device and still the problem persist
This video appeared as a suggestion, after watching it, it deserves that. I liked your attention to detail, and I learned new things despite my interest and experience with SSDs. Thank you
people have been complaining about issues they had with the x9 pro and it failing on them, thats why I decided to go for the T7 Shield, hope I won't regret it
@@simonx3.For many it's the opposite. I am confused. Which one should I get now. I don't want to lose any data at all. Especially storing media and important files.
@@nazmulhuda3262. I own a few normal T7's and I've had one or two of them for over a year now, but I'm beginning to worry more as the time passes bc I've not experienced any issues for so long till this day, so maybe it's really just luck and it doesn't really matter which one you get idk. I'm thinking about purchasing a larger internal ssd as a backup but soo expensive :/
Wow this very in depth and I like how you also have other platforms in the mix especially windows and not solely just a Mac test. Definitely subscribing to this Channel and hopefully you get to 100k subs! Thanks for the information on all the SSDs and Cheers!
I have Sandisk extreme (1tb) for more than 4 years and it still works fantastic. Just ordered another one, 2tb, hope it will also work for years. I use it for photo/video store and edit.
1:39 I was almost decided to get the T7. Why did this just happen? Which one should I get? If these things doesn't run for more than a year than what's their purpose? It's useless to buy them for such less time and if fails means data loss is a complete loss!
@@AlexGTech btw I bought crucial x10 pro 1 tb ssd and loved it, helped a lot on the Europe trip but now it's full 😅 so am back here to buy anotherone but ill probably opt for the same one again but 2 tb this time:D
unfortunately 2 of my 3 x10 pros got corrupted and i never got them to work again, so i would not recommend those drives, even though i love the form factor
Thank Alex for this EXCELLENT video regarding external SSDs, and NVMEs with enclosures. As of today, Oct. 10, 2024, out of more than 10 videos I've watched, yours is the BEST that I've ever watched because it covers all the top notch brands such as Crucial, Samsung, Sandisk, WD. It also contains multiple tables cover all the detailed results of multiple kinds of tests done on these products including heating issues.
This video gave me everything I needed to make a decision. In addition your video was so well put together I felt like at about5 minutes in I could be comfortable going with whatever you suggest in the futer.
Thank you so much for your help I cancelled my San disk order and going to order the x10 pro. Had thought about the Samsung as had seen other RUclipsrs getting that instead of San, so I’m so grateful for your knowledge I would have had no idea the Samsung would not have worked for what I wanted. Subscribed for the informative content 🙏🏽✨
Great Review. . . USB-C_SanDisk Extreme 4tb vs 4tb Samsung T7_FULL NTFS FORMAT completed. Used Crystal DiskMark same test settings for each. Performed test several times. The SanDisk was much faster, haven't had a failure on any of the 4 we own in 2tb or 4tb. They are used for Davinci Resolve editing from SSD. I think the FULL FORMAT is important. We returned (1) that wouldn't complete the full format. Windows 10 and 11 is funny about blocking USB drives. Thank you
Great channel. Can I ask you a question… i want to buy SSD that I can load just movies on and then connect it my Samsung smart television. What SSD would recommend for this only purpose? Thanks 🙏🏻
I also tester different brands before settling with the SanDisk actually… I had issues with the Crucial X8 especially, getting super hot and not sustaining speed… The SanDisk 2To on the other hand, I never got any issues. I also read a lot about the data loss issue, the problem became public right after I got them, so I was super afraid… But I since used them heavily for over a year and never had a single problem. I also read that the data loss issue concern exclusively the 4To so I’m not worry anymore ;)
4:13 I'm not sure about the wd black one but I know a lot of people buy the samsung t9 and get confused regarding the speed being not as advertised. The issue is the t9 uses a rare usb spec (3.2 gen 2x2. It is 20gbps and despite thunderbolt being 40, it is not backwards compatible with the 20gbps spec so when plugged into thunderbolt it goes back to 10gbps) to achieve this 2GB/s speed which is the same one the wd black one advertises so I assume it also uses that. All apple devices and almost all windows devices do not support this usb spec and so it defaults back to 10gbps instead of the advertised 20gbps. The x10 pro you're fond of also uses this spec so I'm not sure it's worth paying almost twice the money over the x9 pro for you or anyone when you aren't accessing the only performance difference. Given how much work you put into this video (liked and subscribed!) I'm surprised you didn't know this already. I was also shocked when I found out.
Those 2000 MBPS speeds use a special version of USB3 , I was researching these drives already. I forgot the wording exactly USB 3.2 x 2 , it's two lanes on the 10gbps link. Most laptops don't have it, even the Apple Silicon. I read that the Thunderbolt 5 might finally support this oddball USB3.2.
Thank you for the great comparison! I think it's a bit unfair to T7 though as the other devices were not tested for such longevity criteria. Considering all those compaints from people, it's an obvious issue for T7, yes, but there are many others also complaining about Crucial's X series as well. It's really hard to rely on one of these devices...
Hi! I want to buy an external SSD for gaming since my current gaming laptop has a 512gb M.2 which is already full. I just really don't know because i've read so many different stories. Do you have any idea what my best option is at the moment because I can't figure it out myself anymore.
What about the WD Black X850 - will it have the same heat and speed issues as the WD BLACK P40? Have any WD drives had major issues or just sandisk (even though it's the same company?) I'm looking for an 8TB drive but there really are hardly any options apart from the x850 and Sandisk 8TB
I bought a WD Elements 10TB from an Office supply store to back up sentimental data. The second time I used the WD Elements drive it stopped working. It was just out of the 30 days - neither WD nor the Office supply store would help me. Lesson learned the hard, expensive way. Will never be going near WD again.
From what I have gathered on the Internet is that most of the portable SSDs that claim speeds of over 1000mb/s, can do so if your pc/laptop supports usb 3.2 (2x2) dual link. If this is true could you make a video that showcases portable SSDs that support thunderbolt 3/4 for Apple devices. This will be most helpful. Thanks
You’re literally the only person that’s truthful, I’m looking into ssd to run all my cc and mods on my windows 11 and I really wanna make a good choice. I wanna play the sims in peace ✌️
I thought I was slick going for a cheap NVMe enclosure, and it works great... when the drive is empty. Once it gets half full the speed comes way down, and when hot it randomly disconnects. Haven't lost anything, fortunately, but I've been searching for a solution. The Acasis cases are great, but they're too big for a portable solution for me, and for the same price as the case I can get drives. Oh, decisions, decisions... 😅
Great video! Very complete and with a lot of interesting info. I would like to ask if you considered or tested the Kingston XS2000. I would like to see a comparison with the crucial. Right now I'm working with big datasets and I would like to have an external SSD for storage these datasets and results, which may be lots of "little" files and some big files (maybe just some GB for file). I think the crucial X10 would work for me, but happy to hear if someone had faced this issue and how you solved it, if you found a good ssd external drive for this.
Could you test another t7 with the iphone for prores? There has to be something wrong with your unit. Prores does not really require much bandwidth. It could in theory be recorded onto an sd card. 4k 60 prores HQ is only 800Mb/s so around 100 megabytes per second write. There is not a single SSD on the market that cannot do 100MB/s write.
Hey Alex i have a question please. I like the older white Acasis enclosure that has some inputs built in. I was wondering which MVME SSD drive would you recommend to put in it if i would want to use it for my iphone 16 pro max and at the same time for my Mac desk top? I am looking to choose between 2TB and 4TB V3 only because V4 uses over 4.5W not good for iphones. But if you give me some ideas of of solid reliable quality of NVME SSD drives maybe i can choose from that will work on bo of my devices i would greatly appreciate it. I can only afford this once so it has to be good set up
I swear to god, my crucial x6 1TB is always as cold as ice. To touch its actually cold. not even room temperature , and never has gotten hot. My worst experience and nightmare is western digital and sandisk, my usbs keeps getting corrupted and get blazing hot to touch, many times i use something to hold it and pull the usb out
this my first time looking for ssd external drive and while i was lost .. bought the sandisk normal 1tb...i hope mine don't have issue...and also i subbed also great video 😊
Great video. Be great to see an update video on SSD’s for the iPhone 16 Pro and filming in pro res raw at 4K 120 💪🏼seems to be loads of issues trying to film this format to an external ssd
Recently bought the Crucial X10 Pro and returned it Amazon because - despite being sold as having onboard 256-bit AES - in fact as of today (12th Oct. 24) there is NO encryption available at all (until a new Firmware is released). WTF. Suggest your review should include 'Security' for removable SSD's as well as all the usual factors?
I've had a 4 TB Samsung T7 Shield for several years and it's great. But I bought a 2 TB T7 non-Shield type last month and it lasted less than a day before it overheated and died. It's a shame the 2 TB T7 Shield now costs more than I paid for the 4 TB version a couple of years ago.
thank you for the review..it is really helpful...i was confuses between Samsung's t7 and sandisk although i have crucial x6 already..now im gonna look for crucial x8
Hi, I just lost all my photos from my iPhone relying on ICloud.They were my travel photos. What are the Main things that I need to purchase to Always have my photos. I am Not a tech person. I travel a lot and take a lot photos. Now I want to keep my photos and videos at least in 3places. So could you please tell me what to buy? 🙏🏻 thank you! Much appreciated
Thank you! Extremely helpful. I have been using the Orico nvme enclosures. And although they do have models now with a fan, I might switch over to Acasis enclosures. Although it seems like the Acasis have a manual switch for the fan whilst the Orico fan is automatic. Thoughts about that?
My pleasure! Orico stuff does look good! Acasis offer different versions, some with the switch for the fan and others with a fan that is always on. I prefer the switch as I am not editing from the SSD all the time and the fan noise can get a little annoying if you are just chilling in a quiet space
Some good stuff here. really appreciate you sharing the SSD wisdom for us creators! I’m shopping for an SSD for my new iPhone 16 Pro to film in prolog. Definitely including your data and my decision. Thank you.
My pleasure, glad you found it useful! I’m actually just testing a new one right now with the iPhone 16 Pro - the Lexar SL500 and the Professional GO. Spoiler alert: Amazing option 👀 video soon!
Super video… thank you!…. Spot on about SanDisk… have an Extreme and Pro and are a nightmare to mount / unmount and when me and a colleague share the drive it takes forever to mount on my MacBook…. The fear thinking a project / footage is gone 😢… Crucial it is so 😊… Thanks
Great video man! Thank you so much. Great production quality as well! You got yourself a new subscriber :) After watching your first video from about a year ago I decided to go for the Samsung T7.. But now after seeing this one I'm in a battle between the Crucial X9 Pro an the Samsung T7.. I wanna use it to have a backup copy of all the data on my laptop as well as on my phone (pictures, videos, documents and some other "normal" stuff). No video editing oder gaming needs. Just simple "normal" use. Which one of the two do you recommend more? :)
Welcome aboard! Thank you so much for the kind words 🥰 Personally I’d say the X9 Pro ticks most boxes for me, but if it’s just a backup, then you probably won’t need the extra speed and smaller size.
@@AlexGTech Thanks a lot for the reply. All good bro, you're a human being after all and have a life to take care of too ;) For me longevity, reliability and portability are more important than transfer speeds. So the X9 Pro it is?
@@HunterTeRexWhich one did you go for? I am also wanting to have one for same purpose as yours. Just backing up my photos,video and other files. Just for normal use. For sure these things should never be corrupted. I don't want to lose my files after a while.
ive got the SanDisk 1TB Extreme PRO Portable; i did loose a project which is messed up BUT the update they release fixed the problem and ive used it for editing ever sinse, i will buy the CrucialX10 pro 2TB as i need an extra one and it looks descent
10:42 appreciate any video you make!Thank you! So in terms of longevity, and storage of important wedding and travel photos, would you recommend to use Crucial x8?
Thanks, did you get the x9pro or the x9pro Mac? I’m looking online and there’s two different versions, for me it will be for Mac laptop but would be handy to be able to flip files on windows to so suspect the x9pro will be the one for me
Just an FYI: Regarding the Crucial X10 Pro.. I am not tech savvy at all, but I heard that the X10 is a Gen 2.2, and evidently Macs are not compatible with dual lane speeds. The X9's on the other hand, are. So, for me, it keeps coming up all over the place that the Crucial X9 Pro is the (best affordable) one to get for my iMac. This video finally sealed it for me.
Hi mr Alex....it was a great video with detailed explaination but im still confused as which one to buy......im a medical student and want to buy external ssd for extra storage for my mac.....i dont use any pro res log or video editing but just to copy my data and make sure that it will remain safe and 1TB would be enough for me so can i get any recomendations......THANK YOU SO MUCH
Sorry just a question from a total newbie. If the Acasis is just an enclosure for any internal NVMe drive can’t I just buy any enclosure and put in a NVMe and get amazing speeds of an NVMe? What makes Acasis unique in that respect?
Love these types of tests, thanks m8 for putting the time into doing it properly 🤙🤙 For anyone looking for turnkey drive with max speed, is the SanDisk G40 pretty much the only option to get 2500-3000mb r/w straight out of the box? Doesn’t seem to be many prominent options out there for true TB3/4 speeds. I don’t mind setups like Acaseus, but have just found long-term DIY externals come with a certain amount of drama sometimes. Thanks!
Here's the thing, benchmarks tests are only one important factor. The real important factor is will the drive die in a day, a month, three months? If you can't answer this, speed tests don't mean anything to me. Sandisk didn't get back to you because legal told them not to. They don't care about some youtuber even if you had 10 million subs. Crucial has tons of failure reviews as well as Samsung. So what do we do? Are internal SSD's in cases the answer for portability? After watching this I'd say go for the nuclear option Sabrent stick in a case. If you're getting 2 years out of them that's a good start. Having a backup Samsung for another Samsung is the same price as getting a pricey stick to begin with.
Hey Alex - I’m “building” (specing to buy) my Mac Mini M4Pro . I want to take advantage of the Thunderbolt connections for a 4tb external SSD,, so I was looking for at least a Thunderbolt3 capable SSD. I will be using the external disk as an active read/write as I work realtime in Blender, Photoshop(scratch disk), and other 2D graphic apps. I found the SanDisk “Professional” 4tb that uses a Thunderbolt 3 throughput. But now you’ve got me nervous about SanDisk and as I investigated the X10 I see that it uses only the USC-C throughput. Hmmm.. Do you (or your followers) have any advice for me? I really *should* be looking at Thunderbolt 3 and up drives, yes?
I hear you on that Sandisk concern… the way they approached this whole thing makes me nervous too. They never even responded to me after I reached out (before making this video). Anyway, I’d say for the Mac mini there are two best options. The first one and probably the best for longevity is to get a TB5 hub. Acasis has one now and same with OWC. I’m testing the Acasis one soon: www.acasis.com/?rfsn=6638179.02e541c&.02e541c For SSD itself I’d say the Sabrent ones I shared here or my current favourites the Lexar 790: amzn.to/3D10fqW
The second option is a TB4 hub, like the ones I shared here from Acasis. The recent ones with a built in fan are great, but I’d say choose the one where you can switch it off. I’ve got the other one that’s always on and the fan noise can be distracting
@@AlexGTech Thank you very much for answering. I'm weighing the cost/performance benefit to adding a hub to my set-up and if I'm comfortable with the whole NVME set-up (I'm over 60 and getting skittish about new tech.. - should I be?). I have an email in to Acasis to ask exactly which model has the interruptible fan. Wasn't clear on the website. I any case, I am now a devoted follower of your channel - and your webcam info has helped me decide on the Insta360 2C. Thanks again, Mate!
I own a macbook m1 at home. I will need a drive to copy large files (around 1tb-10tb each file) from my pc/ mac at work. After some research I find that For SSD: - crucial X9 is sh*t. - seagate id sh*t too. Better go with crucial X9 pro/ T7 shield. However, price of X9 pro has beed doubled up from the time you made the video. How about a reliable HDD?
Just the video I was looking for. Sadly I think the FTC needs to apply pressure on Sandisk to either fix this or pull them off the shelves. A law firm should look into a class action lawsuit. Btw thank you so much. Just placed an order for the Crucial
thank you for this video so much. From a couples of days i search information which ext. ssd to buy. I changed my mind several times which one to be based on different information and finally your video help me a lot. I have one question. I want the ssd for keeping photos and I'm considering to start my art journey respectively to start filming videos for RUclips and Instagram. I will take 2TB crucial but my question is X6 or X8? Is X6 too old model and is gonna do the job? or to take X8? The price difference 153$ (X6) and 176$ (X8). (for some people it's not that much but in the country that I live in our currency if $ is 1:1 it's like 50$) I wish I could take the X9 and x10 pro but they're pretty expensive. Maybe in the future :) Thank you so much in advance. Greetings from Bulgaria
hi alex! quick q- would the samsung t7 be OK to edit from if I'm only editing 1 video at a time? my vlogs usually run between 10-20 minutes.. not doing crazy editing for work, just personal vlogs. i'm trying to learn how to edit off of a drive.
Very nice video, thank you for the explenation. Can you give opinions (or who ever had experience) even in the comment here, about the Kingston XS2000?
I lost all of my photos on a Sandisk. The follow up support from their customer service has been horrible. Back up your external drives!! I learned the hard way. I’ll never buy a sandisk product again.
Hi Alex, I have a question. I am currently using the same 14" M1 MacBook Pro that does not support dual lane speeds. I currently have access to buying the X9 Pro in 1TB for US$94.00 and the X10 Pro in 2TB for US$163. I understand you said there's not much difference in speed unless the device can support dual lane speed. However, with the price I've mentioned, which would you recommend for future-proofing and value for money? Thank you
Excellent video Alex. 👍🏻
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@@AlexGTech Come on viewers, with a combined effort we can all *MAKE IT SO!* 💪🏻
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@@AlexGTech From Really, Really deep curiosity, do you think the Crucial x10 can maintain sustained write speeds when combined with the Blackmagic Design Video Assist for doing 4k 60fps without dropping frames ?
The people on the BM design page haven't updated their recommended ssd chart for ages sadly .
It's been a long time coming, but here is an update to the most popular video on the channel! I hope you found this useful 🙏🏼 Please leave a like if you did and don't forget to subscribe for the next one 👊🏼 Here are the links to each of the SSDs:
💨 Crucial X8 👉🏼 geni.us/4BsYy
💨 Crucial X9 Pro 👉🏼 geni.us/CrucialX9Pro
💨 Crucial X10 Pro 👉🏼 geni.us/CrucialX10P
⚡ Acasis hub 👉🏼 geni.us/AcasisHub
⚡ Acasis enclosure with cooling: geni.us/AcasisTB4Cooling
⚡Samsung T5 👉🏼 geni.us/wPac8
⚡Samsung T7 👉🏼 geni.us/QK0WvIx
⚡Crucial T705 Internal PCIe Gen 5 M.2 NVMe 👉🏼 geni.us/CrucialT705Alex
⚡WD BLACK P40 Gaming SSD 👉🏼 geni.us/WDBlackP40
⚠ BE CAREFUL ⚠ Sandisk Extreme 👉🏼 geni.us/ZuIuK
⚠ iPhone 15 Pro/Pro Max users ⚠
I'd be careful with using the T7 shield for ProRes. Yes it will work but if you try 4K60 in LOG and it will drop frames, the footage is unusable.
🧐TEST DATA: geni.us/SSDTestingData
Kingston please
Hey Alex i have a question please. I like the older white Acasis enclosure that has some inputs built in. I was wondering which MVME SSD drive would you recommend to put in it if i would want to use it for my iphone 16 pro max and at the same time for my Mac desk top? I am looking to choose between 2TB and 4TB V3 only because V4 uses over 4.5W not good for iphones. But if you give me some ideas of of solid reliable quality of NVME SSD drives maybe i can choose from that will work on bo of my devices i would greatly appreciate it. I can only afford this once so it has to be good set up
im currently in the market for SSD, and i remembered plenty of people complaining about Sandisk a while back. and here i am, cant thank enough that you made this kind of comparison. youre awesome buddy!
Yes! Great video once again Alex. Very, very helpfull. Countdown to the 100k subscribers has begun. Well deserved 😊
Thanks so much! We're so close 👊🏼
Thank you for the research. Will be buying the X9 pro. Thanks
Good choice! 👊🏼
Muchas gracias alex por ayudarnos a aclarar dudas y saber que escojer.
My damn Sandisk SSD died last month, I lost all my data, my kids' photos! Terrible! I will go buy a Crucial X9 Pro SSD to replace.
So sorry to hear that, that's awful 😖
I am currently having problems with my crucial x9 pro it keeps disconnecting midway of data transfers I even reformatted device and still the problem persist
How did it die ..if u can explain further what happened @TuanSiro
What type of sandisk ssd did you use? Sandisk extreme, extreme pro, or portable?
I guess extreme pro has a lot of issues(the 4tb)
Extreme 1tb is fine.
This video appeared as a suggestion, after watching it, it deserves that. I liked your attention to detail, and I learned new things despite my interest and experience with SSDs. Thank you
My Samsung T7 started to fail also after a few months of usage. Good to know i'm not the only work. I'm leaning toward the Crucial x10 pro.
The X9 and X10 Pro have been brilliant for me!
people have been complaining about issues they had with the x9 pro and it failing on them, thats why I decided to go for the T7 Shield, hope I won't regret it
Yeah my samsung 1TB SSD died within 2 months
@@simonx3.For many it's the opposite. I am confused. Which one should I get now. I don't want to lose any data at all. Especially storing media and important files.
@@nazmulhuda3262. I own a few normal T7's and I've had one or two of them for over a year now, but I'm beginning to worry more as the time passes bc I've not experienced any issues for so long till this day, so maybe it's really just luck and it doesn't really matter which one you get idk. I'm thinking about purchasing a larger internal ssd as a backup but soo expensive :/
Wow this very in depth and I like how you also have other platforms in the mix especially windows and not solely just a Mac test. Definitely subscribing to this Channel and hopefully you get to 100k subs! Thanks for the information on all the SSDs and Cheers!
Glad it was helpful! Yes, I learned the lesson from the original video where I didn't try Windows. So I am glad you found that useful!
I have Sandisk extreme (1tb) for more than 4 years and it still works fantastic. Just ordered another one, 2tb, hope it will also work for years. I use it for photo/video store and edit.
just received one sandisk 2tb today bloody marvelous. whats he on about ?!
Thanks for making this video. I was just about to buy the Sandisk Extreme 2TB, You saved me some headaches.
My pleasure!
Same bro
This video was incredibly helpful. Thanks for all the work that went into this!
1:39 I was almost decided to get the T7. Why did this just happen? Which one should I get? If these things doesn't run for more than a year than what's their purpose? It's useless to buy them for such less time and if fails means data loss is a complete loss!
You’re the only reviewer to find a difference between x9 pro and x10 pro on Mac. Thanks for the detailed testing!
So cool to hear this! Thanks so much 🙏🏼
Now THAT is how you do proper comparison. Great work Alex!
Yes please to a dedicated video reviewing the Crucial T705 NVMe. 🚀
Thank you.
that thing is a beast! Will definitely make a video about it!
@@AlexGTech 🙏🏻
I love how you edit your videos. I don’t know what it is, but it’s so lively and satisfying to my eyes (if that makes sense).
That's so cool to hear, thanks Joe! 😊
the production quality is insane my guy !!! time well spent ;D in the market for an ssd and you came in clutch 0-0 thnx
Much appreciated! It was overdue but glad I got it out there, and really cool to hear that this is helping 🙌🏼
@@AlexGTech btw I bought crucial x10 pro 1 tb ssd and loved it, helped a lot on the Europe trip but now it's full 😅 so am back here to buy anotherone but ill probably opt for the same one again but 2 tb this time:D
Was waiting for this video! A masterpiece ✨️
Thank you!! This was hard work but glad you found it useful 🙌🏼
unfortunately 2 of my 3 x10 pros got corrupted and i never got them to work again, so i would not recommend those drives, even though i love the form factor
Thank Alex for this EXCELLENT video regarding external SSDs, and NVMEs with enclosures. As of today, Oct. 10, 2024, out of more than 10 videos I've watched, yours is the BEST that I've ever watched because it covers all the top notch brands such as Crucial, Samsung, Sandisk, WD. It also contains multiple tables cover all the detailed results of multiple kinds of tests done on these products including heating issues.
This video gave me everything I needed to make a decision. In addition your video was so well put together I felt like at about5 minutes in I could be comfortable going with whatever you suggest in the futer.
Cable falls out of the T7 way too easy. Overheats also. Skip that one for sure.
Thank you so much for your help I cancelled my San disk order and going to order the x10 pro. Had thought about the Samsung as had seen other RUclipsrs getting that instead of San, so I’m so grateful for your knowledge I would have had no idea the Samsung would not have worked for what I wanted. Subscribed for the informative content 🙏🏽✨
On the Mac there is no difference in speed from the X10 compared to the X9 since Mac’s can not use the 2x2 lanes of the x10.
Which ssd will you recommend for long term file storage, like you mentioned photos etc?
Great Review. . . USB-C_SanDisk Extreme 4tb vs 4tb Samsung T7_FULL NTFS FORMAT completed. Used Crystal DiskMark same test settings for each. Performed test several times. The SanDisk was much faster, haven't had a failure on any of the 4 we own in 2tb or 4tb. They are used for Davinci Resolve editing from SSD. I think the FULL FORMAT is important. We returned (1) that wouldn't complete the full format. Windows 10 and 11 is funny about blocking USB drives. Thank you
Great channel.
Can I ask you a question… i want to buy SSD that I can load just movies on and then connect it my Samsung smart television.
What SSD would recommend for this only purpose?
Thanks 🙏🏻
I also tester different brands before settling with the SanDisk actually…
I had issues with the Crucial X8 especially, getting super hot and not sustaining speed…
The SanDisk 2To on the other hand, I never got any issues.
I also read a lot about the data loss issue, the problem became public right after I got them, so I was super afraid…
But I since used them heavily for over a year and never had a single problem. I also read that the data loss issue concern exclusively the 4To so I’m not worry anymore ;)
4:13 I'm not sure about the wd black one but I know a lot of people buy the samsung t9 and get confused regarding the speed being not as advertised.
The issue is the t9 uses a rare usb spec (3.2 gen 2x2. It is 20gbps and despite thunderbolt being 40, it is not backwards compatible with the 20gbps spec so when plugged into thunderbolt it goes back to 10gbps) to achieve this 2GB/s speed which is the same one the wd black one advertises so I assume it also uses that.
All apple devices and almost all windows devices do not support this usb spec and so it defaults back to 10gbps instead of the advertised 20gbps.
The x10 pro you're fond of also uses this spec so I'm not sure it's worth paying almost twice the money over the x9 pro for you or anyone when you aren't accessing the only performance difference.
Given how much work you put into this video (liked and subscribed!) I'm surprised you didn't know this already. I was also shocked when I found out.
Those 2000 MBPS speeds use a special version of USB3 , I was researching these drives already. I forgot the wording exactly USB 3.2 x 2 , it's two lanes on the 10gbps link. Most laptops don't have it, even the Apple Silicon. I read that the Thunderbolt 5 might finally support this oddball USB3.2.
You gained a new subscriber! This is the best video I've watched for a detailed comparison.
I like your detailed review, especially regarding the heat issue. Most reviews are just testing synthetic benchmarks.
Thank you for the great comparison! I think it's a bit unfair to T7 though as the other devices were not tested for such longevity criteria. Considering all those compaints from people, it's an obvious issue for T7, yes, but there are many others also complaining about Crucial's X series as well. It's really hard to rely on one of these devices...
Hi! I want to buy an external SSD for gaming since my current gaming laptop has a 512gb M.2 which is already full. I just really don't know because i've read so many different stories. Do you have any idea what my best option is at the moment because I can't figure it out myself anymore.
What about the WD Black X850 - will it have the same heat and speed issues as the WD BLACK P40? Have any WD drives had major issues or just sandisk (even though it's the same company?) I'm looking for an 8TB drive but there really are hardly any options apart from the x850 and Sandisk 8TB
I bought a WD Elements 10TB from an Office supply store to back up sentimental data. The second time I used the WD Elements drive it stopped working. It was just out of the 30 days - neither WD nor the Office supply store would help me. Lesson learned the hard, expensive way. Will never be going near WD again.
Awesome, you saved me however I'm seeing this 6 months later :)
Awesome video!! Saved me time from researching all this myself!! Subscribed, keep up the great work!
From what I have gathered on the Internet is that most of the portable SSDs that claim speeds of over 1000mb/s, can do so if your pc/laptop supports usb 3.2 (2x2) dual link.
If this is true could you make a video that showcases portable SSDs that support thunderbolt 3/4 for Apple devices.
This will be most helpful.
Thanks
You’re literally the only person that’s truthful, I’m looking into ssd to run all my cc and mods on my windows 11 and I really wanna make a good choice. I wanna play the sims in peace ✌️
That's cool to hear, I'm glad my videos are helping 👊🏼
I thought I was slick going for a cheap NVMe enclosure, and it works great... when the drive is empty. Once it gets half full the speed comes way down, and when hot it randomly disconnects. Haven't lost anything, fortunately, but I've been searching for a solution. The Acasis cases are great, but they're too big for a portable solution for me, and for the same price as the case I can get drives. Oh, decisions, decisions... 😅
Great video! Very complete and with a lot of interesting info.
I would like to ask if you considered or tested the Kingston XS2000. I would like to see a comparison with the crucial.
Right now I'm working with big datasets and I would like to have an external SSD for storage these datasets and results, which may be lots of "little" files and some big files (maybe just some GB for file).
I think the crucial X10 would work for me, but happy to hear if someone had faced this issue and how you solved it, if you found a good ssd external drive for this.
Thanks a lot for the video. I finally chose the Crucial X9 Pro - good value for money!
Could you test another t7 with the iphone for prores? There has to be something wrong with your unit. Prores does not really require much bandwidth. It could in theory be recorded onto an sd card. 4k 60 prores HQ is only 800Mb/s so around 100 megabytes per second write.
There is not a single SSD on the market that cannot do 100MB/s write.
Hey Alex i have a question please. I like the older white Acasis enclosure that has some inputs built in. I was wondering which MVME SSD drive would you recommend to put in it if i would want to use it for my iphone 16 pro max and at the same time for my Mac desk top? I am looking to choose between 2TB and 4TB V3 only because V4 uses over 4.5W not good for iphones. But if you give me some ideas of of solid reliable quality of NVME SSD drives maybe i can choose from that will work on bo of my devices i would greatly appreciate it. I can only afford this once so it has to be good set up
I swear to god, my crucial x6 1TB is always as cold as ice. To touch its actually cold. not even room temperature , and never has gotten hot.
My worst experience and nightmare is western digital and sandisk, my usbs keeps getting corrupted and get blazing hot to touch, many times i use something to hold it and pull the usb out
Great detailed review!!! I will for sure scoop up a C X10 Pro, and the enclosure with nvme
this my first time looking for ssd external drive and while i was lost .. bought the sandisk normal 1tb...i hope mine don't have issue...and also i subbed also great video 😊
Glad I could help and hope the Sandisk stays strong!
and welcome aboard 🥰
Great video. Be great to see an update video on SSD’s for the iPhone 16 Pro and filming in pro res raw at 4K 120 💪🏼seems to be loads of issues trying to film this format to an external ssd
Recently bought the Crucial X10 Pro and returned it Amazon because - despite being sold as having onboard 256-bit AES - in fact as of today (12th Oct. 24) there is NO encryption available at all (until a new Firmware is released). WTF. Suggest your review should include 'Security' for removable SSD's as well as all the usual factors?
I've had a 4 TB Samsung T7 Shield for several years and it's great. But I bought a 2 TB T7 non-Shield type last month and it lasted less than a day before it overheated and died. It's a shame the 2 TB T7 Shield now costs more than I paid for the 4 TB version a couple of years ago.
Thanks for the great video and congratulations on 123k subscribers. May I ask what is the computer configuration you use for video editing?
thank you for the review..it is really helpful...i was confuses between Samsung's t7 and sandisk although i have crucial x6 already..now im gonna look for crucial x8
Glad I could help!
Best SSD video I've found. Very nuanced and detailed testing where it matters not just benchmarks. Real life performance matters
Glad you liked it! Will keep these coming!
Hi, I just lost all my photos from my iPhone relying on ICloud.They were my travel photos. What are the Main things that I need to purchase to Always have my photos. I am Not a tech person. I travel a lot and take a lot photos. Now I want to keep my photos and videos at least in 3places. So could you please tell me what to buy? 🙏🏻 thank you! Much appreciated
Subscribed. Just the data i needed and I like your testing and production quality.
Thanks for the sub! Much more to come 👊🏼
Thank you! Extremely helpful. I have been using the Orico nvme enclosures. And although they do have models now with a fan, I might switch over to Acasis enclosures. Although it seems like the Acasis have a manual switch for the fan whilst the Orico fan is automatic. Thoughts about that?
My pleasure! Orico stuff does look good! Acasis offer different versions, some with the switch for the fan and others with a fan that is always on. I prefer the switch as I am not editing from the SSD all the time and the fan noise can get a little annoying if you are just chilling in a quiet space
I lost a few videos to an Extreme a couple of years ago. It got WAY too hot and I suspect that’s the reason for failure.
Can you test best HUB for macbook for now?
Some good stuff here. really appreciate you sharing the SSD wisdom for us creators!
I’m shopping for an SSD for my new iPhone 16 Pro to film in prolog. Definitely including your data and my decision. Thank you.
My pleasure, glad you found it useful! I’m actually just testing a new one right now with the iPhone 16 Pro - the Lexar SL500 and the Professional GO. Spoiler alert: Amazing option 👀 video soon!
Ok you got me! I bought the Crucial X10 Pro with your link.
@@contidozack you’re gonna love it! My favourite still!
Super video… thank you!…. Spot on about SanDisk… have an Extreme and Pro and are a nightmare to mount / unmount and when me and a colleague share the drive it takes forever to mount on my MacBook…. The fear thinking a project / footage is gone 😢… Crucial it is so 😊… Thanks
Love the video. Thanks for your research effort and being forward on how you picked. Hope to see more similar videos.
More to come for sure, thank you!
Great video man! Thank you so much. Great production quality as well! You got yourself a new subscriber :)
After watching your first video from about a year ago I decided to go for the Samsung T7.. But now after seeing this one I'm in a battle between the Crucial X9 Pro an the Samsung T7.. I wanna use it to have a backup copy of all the data on my laptop as well as on my phone (pictures, videos, documents and some other "normal" stuff). No video editing oder gaming needs. Just simple "normal" use.
Which one of the two do you recommend more? :)
Welcome aboard! Thank you so much for the kind words 🥰 Personally I’d say the X9 Pro ticks most boxes for me, but if it’s just a backup, then you probably won’t need the extra speed and smaller size.
(And sorry it took me ages to respond!)
@@AlexGTech Thanks a lot for the reply. All good bro, you're a human being after all and have a life to take care of too ;)
For me longevity, reliability and portability are more important than transfer speeds. So the X9 Pro it is?
@@HunterTeRexWhich one did you go for? I am also wanting to have one for same purpose as yours. Just backing up my photos,video and other files. Just for normal use. For sure these things should never be corrupted. I don't want to lose my files after a while.
ive got the SanDisk 1TB Extreme PRO Portable; i did loose a project which is messed up BUT the update they release fixed the problem and ive used it for editing ever sinse, i will buy the CrucialX10 pro 2TB as i need an extra one and it looks descent
10:42 appreciate any video you make!Thank you!
So in terms of longevity, and storage of important wedding and travel photos, would you recommend to use Crucial x8?
I’ve had a Samsung T5 since 2020 and never had issues with it. Only used for gaming though
Thankyou for your description
what is that small red cable? Haven't been able to find a good small cable
Can anyone recommend a good 1 TB SSD disc that has USB 3.1 port? (My pc doesn't have type c port) 😪
So which one should be for iPad Pro m1? I generally just use for video transfers THX
Thanks - thanks to you I went away from the Samsung and just picked up an x9 4tb for my 512gb mbp 2018❤
How are you finding the x9?
@@Capture262 it is good
Thanks, did you get the x9pro or the x9pro Mac? I’m looking online and there’s two different versions, for me it will be for Mac laptop but would be handy to be able to flip files on windows to so suspect the x9pro will be the one for me
Just an FYI: Regarding the Crucial X10 Pro.. I am not tech savvy at all, but I heard that the X10 is a Gen 2.2, and evidently Macs are not compatible with dual lane speeds. The X9's on the other hand, are. So, for me, it keeps coming up all over the place that the Crucial X9 Pro is the (best affordable) one to get for my iMac. This video finally sealed it for me.
You literally just saved me from buying the T7. Now I’m all in buying the Crucial X10 Pro 😉👍🏻
Great video I never knew about the Acasis enclosures.
Awesome devices, can’t live without them now!
im amazed with the quality content bro, i wish you all the best !!
Hi mr Alex....it was a great video with detailed explaination but im still confused as which one to buy......im a medical student and want to buy external ssd for extra storage for my mac.....i dont use any pro res log or video editing but just to copy my data and make sure that it will remain safe and 1TB would be enough for me so can i get any recomendations......THANK YOU SO MUCH
Sorry just a question from a total newbie. If the Acasis is just an enclosure for any internal NVMe drive can’t I just buy any enclosure and put in a NVMe and get amazing speeds of an NVMe? What makes Acasis unique in that respect?
thank you so much for your video finally decided what to buy. Super love your videos.
Thank you so much! Glad this helped!
Love these types of tests, thanks m8 for putting the time into doing it properly 🤙🤙
For anyone looking for turnkey drive with max speed, is the SanDisk G40 pretty much the only option to get 2500-3000mb r/w straight out of the box? Doesn’t seem to be many prominent options out there for true TB3/4 speeds. I don’t mind setups like Acaseus, but have just found long-term DIY externals come with a certain amount of drama sometimes. Thanks!
Here's the thing, benchmarks tests are only one important factor. The real important factor is will the drive die in a day, a month, three months? If you can't answer this, speed tests don't mean anything to me. Sandisk didn't get back to you because legal told them not to. They don't care about some youtuber even if you had 10 million subs. Crucial has tons of failure reviews as well as Samsung. So what do we do? Are internal SSD's in cases the answer for portability? After watching this I'd say go for the nuclear option Sabrent stick in a case. If you're getting 2 years out of them that's a good start. Having a backup Samsung for another Samsung is the same price as getting a pricey stick to begin with.
Looks like you skipped through the video as I mentioned at least two major issues about longevity 🤦🏻♂️
Great video and information, thank you!
Glad it was helpful! 🙌🏼
Hey Alex - I’m “building” (specing to buy) my Mac Mini M4Pro . I want to take advantage of the Thunderbolt connections for a 4tb external SSD,, so I was looking for at least a Thunderbolt3 capable SSD. I will be using the external disk as an active read/write as I work realtime in Blender, Photoshop(scratch disk), and other 2D graphic apps. I found the SanDisk “Professional” 4tb that uses a Thunderbolt 3 throughput.
But now you’ve got me nervous about SanDisk and as I investigated the X10 I see that it uses only the USC-C throughput. Hmmm..
Do you (or your followers) have any advice for me? I really *should* be looking at Thunderbolt 3 and up drives, yes?
I hear you on that Sandisk concern… the way they approached this whole thing makes me nervous too. They never even responded to me after I reached out (before making this video). Anyway, I’d say for the Mac mini there are two best options. The first one and probably the best for longevity is to get a TB5 hub. Acasis has one now and same with OWC.
I’m testing the Acasis one soon:
www.acasis.com/?rfsn=6638179.02e541c&.02e541c
For SSD itself I’d say the Sabrent ones I shared here or my current favourites the Lexar 790: amzn.to/3D10fqW
The second option is a TB4 hub, like the ones I shared here from Acasis. The recent ones with a built in fan are great, but I’d say choose the one where you can switch it off. I’ve got the other one that’s always on and the fan noise can be distracting
@@AlexGTech Thank you very much for answering. I'm weighing the cost/performance benefit to adding a hub to my set-up and if I'm comfortable with the whole NVME set-up (I'm over 60 and getting skittish about new tech.. - should I be?). I have an email in to Acasis to ask exactly which model has the interruptible fan. Wasn't clear on the website.
I any case, I am now a devoted follower of your channel - and your webcam info has helped me decide on the Insta360 2C. Thanks again, Mate!
The X9 Pro has a “for Mac” option, is there a lot of difference? Im not sure its going to be for exclusive Mac use. Should i just get the normal one?
I own a macbook m1 at home. I will need a drive to copy large files (around 1tb-10tb each file) from my pc/ mac at work.
After some research I find that
For SSD:
- crucial X9 is sh*t.
- seagate id sh*t too. Better go with crucial X9 pro/ T7 shield. However, price of X9 pro has beed doubled up from the time you made the video.
How about a reliable HDD?
Have a Crucial X6 2TB, X9 Pro 4TB, X10 Pro 4TB for ProRes video from iPhone 15 Pro Max. Crucial believer and never turning back!
Just the video I was looking for. Sadly I think the FTC needs to apply pressure on Sandisk to either fix this or pull them off the shelves. A law firm should look into a class action lawsuit. Btw thank you so much. Just placed an order for the Crucial
thank you for this video so much. From a couples of days i search information which ext. ssd to buy. I changed my mind several times which one to be based on different information and finally your video help me a lot. I have one question. I want the ssd for keeping photos and I'm considering to start my art journey respectively to start filming videos for RUclips and Instagram. I will take 2TB crucial but my question is X6 or X8? Is X6 too old model and is gonna do the job? or to take X8? The price difference 153$ (X6) and 176$ (X8). (for some people it's not that much but in the country that I live in our currency if $ is 1:1 it's like 50$) I wish I could take the X9 and x10 pro but they're pretty expensive. Maybe in the future :) Thank you so much in advance. Greetings from Bulgaria
hi alex! quick q- would the samsung t7 be OK to edit from if I'm only editing 1 video at a time? my vlogs usually run between 10-20 minutes.. not doing crazy editing for work, just personal vlogs. i'm trying to learn how to edit off of a drive.
Very nice video, thank you for the explenation. Can you give opinions (or who ever had experience) even in the comment here, about the Kingston XS2000?
subscribed! love all your videos. keep up the great job bud!!!
Excellent video! Sold me on the Crucial drives.
Thanks! Yeah they’re still my favourite in that form factor! Great speeds and super reliable
subscribed ✔︎
thanks for the amazing content 🥰
Thanks for subbing! Welcome aboard ☺️
Can I ask why you use the Sabrent Rocket for Acasis? As I saw that Acasis recommends the WD Black SN850 2TB
I lost all of my photos on a Sandisk. The follow up support from their customer service has been horrible. Back up your external drives!! I learned the hard way. I’ll never buy a sandisk product again.
How about microSD card?
And pen drive
Did you try a file recovery program? That will usually work. Get them back and stay away from sandisk
One question...Does the Crucial X 10 Pro work with Mac pro chip m3 pro? Thank you so much!!!
Whats the difference between enclosure and crucial x10 pro which one is more durable. Any pros and cons
Hi Alex, I have a question.
I am currently using the same 14" M1 MacBook Pro that does not support dual lane speeds.
I currently have access to buying the X9 Pro in 1TB for US$94.00 and the X10 Pro in 2TB for US$163. I understand you said there's not much difference in speed unless the device can support dual lane speed. However, with the price I've mentioned, which would you recommend for future-proofing and value for money? Thank you