Thanks, Jessica!

I bought mine through Amazon actually!

What bad reviews did you see? Did you end up buying?

@@walkieer hey walkier can’t remember exactly where I seen them as it was nearly a year ago. Ended up buying directly from crucial with absolutely no problems.

@@KyleErickson me to. 1TB id be using it for gaming

I probably wouldn't attempt to disassemble one of these - if that's something you'd like to be able to do, you're better off buying an enclosure for an SSD, and adding in the SSD yourself.

Same mine is just going upto 600W & 700R

Mine always reads and writes much higher than that, sorry you're having some issues - I would double check both the cable and the connection on the other end are USB 3.2 Gen 2 compatible. Thanks for watching!

Here is a very useful review C&P'd from its amazon page. "Style Name: X8 Portable SSD (Up to 1050 MB/s)Capacity: 2 TBVerified Purchase This is my review of the 2TB model. I'd like to start by explaining some details of how SSDs work, the best ones (Most expensive ones!) have SLC (Single level Cells) then the next best have DLC (Dual Level Cells), then TLC (Three Level cells) and then there's QLC (Quad level Cells). SLC drives tend to have a very limited capacity (in the Gigabytes not Terrabytes). SLC are fastest and most stable. But as you can store less data on them, they cost significantly more. QLC are not very fast at all. Top level SLC based SSDs will have some normal RAM to act as a cache for the data before it gets written to the SLC. The X8 is QLC based, and has no RAM to act as a cache. It therefore does a little trick where the controller software, will designate some of the QLC storage area as Pseudo SLC, (Caching data in the same was a RAM would) this will give greater speeds until this Cache gets filled up with data waiting for it to be written to the slow QLC. This is why some reviewers mention the drive slowing down so much when copying large amounts of data. (So go for the 2TB drive if you can as it has more cells to use as cache and is less likely to fill up with data, (if it gets full, then it cant do its trick with pseudo cache!). As for many reports of heat, All flash memory get hot, its a consequence of the memory cells being "Flipped" from off to on or vice versa. Obviously the X8 doesn't have a fan, instead it uses the case as a heat sink. To aid with this, make sure the X8 is well ventilated if you plan on using it heavily. So with all that explained, lets move on to my review. I bought this to use with my M1 Mac mini, now if you have an M1 and aren't getting the quoted transfer speeds, try connecting the X8 to a Hub or Dock (Thunderbolt 3 or USB 4 would be best) and you should see an increase in speeds. I'm not sure why this happens, but it does. I use the X8 to store my photo library on and it does a good job, its not as fast as the internal SSD, (But compare the price of a 2TB X8 with a 2TB SSD on a Mac). It is able to use the pseudo cache and gives good speeds. Basically its a lot of bang for the buck. Its not the fastest drive if you are planning on copying a lot of data. but it works well within the limitations above. Its been totally reliable and its a very portable, very handsome little device. I recommend it."

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