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SanDisk Extreme PRO Portable SSD Offers Blazing-Fast Speeds

January 10, 2019 By Eric Reagan

At CES 2019, SanDisk introduced a new Extreme PRO Portable SSD with a significant kick to its transfer speeds. The prior Extreme (no “pro” attached) models have been popular external drives among the photography crowd thanks to the relative affordability (particularly when on sale) and the speeds we get out of the SSD drive.

While the prior Extreme models yielded up to 550MB/s transfer speeds, the new generation of Extreme PRO drives pushes the data transfer rates up to 1GB/s and take full advantage of the USB 3.1 Gen 2 interface speed. SanDisk achieves these speeds thanks to the use of NVMe drives instead of an M.2 SATA SSD in the existing Extreme.

The new Extreme PRO Portable SSD drives come in the same 500GB, 1TB and 2TB capacity and will retails for $199, $349 and $599, respectively. The new drives will ship in Q2 this year. You can find out more about the new models on SanDisk’s website.

Filed Under: sandisk Tagged With: NVME, sandisk, SSD

 

Deal: Samsung 500GB T5 Portable SSD Drive for $99

September 16, 2018 By Eric Reagan

B&H has the Samsung 500GB T5 portable SSD drive for $99.99 (reg. $154.99). This is the lowest I’ve seen this drive so far. It is native USB-C but comes with a standard USB-A cable as well. Check it out here at B&H Photo.

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Filed Under: Deals Tagged With: deal, hard drive, sale, Samsung, SSD

Deal: Lexar 512GB SL100 USB 3.1 Portable SSD for $109

July 4, 2018 By Eric Reagan

B&H has the Lexar 512GB SL100 USB 3.1 portable SSD drive for $109.99 (reg. $169.99). It offers write speeds up to 400MB/s and is compatible with PC and Mac. The is good through July 7, 2018. Check it out while it lasts here at B&H Photo.

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Filed Under: Deals Tagged With: deal, lexar, sale, SSD

G-Technology G-DRIVE mobile SSD R-Series with USB-C Port

September 14, 2017 By Eric Reagan

G-Technology just introduced its new G-DRIVE mobile SSD R-Series of external hard drives. It features a USB-C port with USB 3.1 Gen 2 interface. As such, it makes a perfect pairing with the latest MacBook Pro models that sport nothing but USB-C ports. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: G-Drive, G-Technology, hard drive, SSD

SanDisk Memory Cards, SSDs and Flash Drives Goldbox Deals Today

March 14, 2016 By Eric Reagan

SanDisk 32GB UHS-I U3 Speed Class 3 SDHC Memory Card

Amazon has SanDisk memory cards, flash drives and SSD drives as one of its Goldbox Deals of the Day for today only. Notable deals include a 32GB MicroSDHC card for $9.99 and a 960GB SSD drive for $199.99, among other solid deals. Check them all out here on Amazon.com.

Filed Under: Deals Tagged With: deal, memory card, sale, sandisk, SSD

Atomos Ninja Assassin is a Smaller, Lighter, Cheaper 4K HDMI Recorder

September 3, 2015 By Eric Reagan

Atomos Ninja Assassin

Atomos has announced the Ninja Assassin SSD recorder, which is designed specifically for DSLRs and mirrorless cameras to capture 4K video from the HDMI output. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Video Production Tagged With: Atomos, Ninja Assassin, recorder, SSD

OWC Envoy Pro Mini is a Desktop Class SSD in a Thumb Drive

April 13, 2015 By Eric Reagan

OWC Envoy Pro Mini-2

OWC announced the Envoy Pro Mini SSD drive back at CES 2015 but is getting closer to shipping the drives. The Envoy Pro Mini will be available in 120GB, 240GB and 480GB. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gear Tagged With: NAB 2015, OWC, SSD

LaCie Launches Rugged Thunderbolt 1TB SSD Drive

April 8, 2015 By Eric Reagan

LaCie Rugged SSD Drive

LaCie has announced a new Rugged Thunderbolt external drive with a 1TB SSD inside, which doubles the capacity to the existing Rugged SSD drive. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Storage Tagged With: hard drive, lacie, rugged, SSD, storage

Transcend StoreJet 500 External SSD Drive Review

February 18, 2015 By Eric Reagan

Transcend StoreJet 500 External SSD Drive-5

The Transcend StoreJet 500 is a portable and fast external drive with a single 2.5″ SSD inside. It is available in 256GB, 512GB and 1TB capacity options and ranges in price from $229 to $699. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: SSD, StoreJet 500, Thunderbolt, transcend, usb 3.0

Crucial SSD Upgrade Made My Old MacBook Pro Better than New

October 13, 2014 By Eric Reagan

Crucial SSD MacBook Pro Swap

I had an aging MacBook Pro. It’s a 2011 model, which I believe is the first model with Thunderbolt. And while the Thunderbolt connectivity has been great, the internal 5400RPM hard drive has gotten slower and slower over the years.

After hearing plenty of reports on the benefits of upgrading to an internal SSD drive in these MacBook models, I finally bit the (surprising affordable) bullet and picked up a Crucial 512GB SSD for a little over $200. [Read more…]

Filed Under: apple Tagged With: apple, hard drive, mac, macbook, macbook pro, solid state drive, SSD, upgrade

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