Review on 💨 Crucial X8 1TB Portable SSD – 1050MB/s Speed – USB 3.2 – External Solid State Drive with USB-C and USB-A Compatibility by Marco Mooney

Preface: USB is such a standard of confusion, I categorize it as follows (2020): USB 4 (draft) = Thunderbolt 3 = 40Gbps USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 = USB 3.2 = SuperSpeed USB 20Gbps = 20GbpsUSB 3.2 Gen 2 = USB 3.1 Gen 2 = USB 3.1 = SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps = 10GbpsUSB 3.2 Gen 1 = USB 3.1 Gen 1 = USB 3.0 = SuperSpeed USB = 5 Gbps. USB 3.2 Gen 2 (old name USB 3.1) or just name 10 Gb/s as the transfer rate. Overview: The SSD consists of aluminum as a body and rubber on the sides, on the device there is a decorative plastic strip with this SSD designation and specification in the thread. There is only one USB-C 2 USB-C cable with USB-C 2 USB-A adapter. I tried shaking it, there are no moving parts inside and it's a bit heavy compared to an external SSD. This is a world where technology is constantly changing and changing, one thing is constantly evolving and that is the pursuit of speed, or more specifically speed of transmission. Since the days of NVME SSDs, we've had a wide range of internal SSD speeds from 10 Gbps to 32 Gbps (3500 MBps in the real world). But external storage is never enough. Crucial is one of the first products to release 10Gb/s, while other brands like Samsung and Sandisk are still selling 5Gb/s products at the same price. Through a USB 3.0 hub, it displays perfectly on the system management page, and the test results are fully within specification. I even tried using the included USB-C to USB-A adapter and USB-A to USB-C adapter to connect and got a 10Gbps Sam result achieve. So USB 3.1 is definitely an acceleration over USB 3.0. I tried to backup a 100G system using Time Machine, the total time is 2 hours. the surface of the solid state drive practically does not heat up. But to my surprise, this SSD has no LED indicator, so you don't know if it's working or not. Consider that it occupies such a large area on the case that it is almost unacceptable that there is no working LED status. small big big compared to Samsung, only one USB-C cable with USB-A adapter, no protective case.