USB C SSD recommendation

[jinkster]

Hello, Can anyone recommend a USB C SSD drive for storage without paying a fortune. 500gb should be ok at minimum.

Thanks all.

[Derek Smith]

I have a Seagate external SSD. I have no criticisms. The 1TB is £50.

[colin79666]

Netac. £35. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Netac-ZSLIM500G/dp/B088BT...

Faster drives are available but this is fine for general use.

Or for slightly more (£39) you can basically have a thumb drive. I’ve got two of these, absolutely brilliant. Slow down a little when they get hot but so much faster than a regular usb drive but with the same portability.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C1SCJC9F

Edited by colin79666 on Sunday 16th February 10:18

[davek_964]

I bought a crucial X9 2TB one about 6 months ago. Brilliant thing - very small and portable, very quick to write to (read is slower) and plenty of storage. Currently about £100

[danb79]

jinkster said:

Hello, Can anyone recommend a USB C SSD drive for storage without paying a fortune. 500gb should be ok at minimum.

Thanks all.

I use this Cricial 500GB SSD for my M3 MBA TimeMachine:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT500P5SSD8-Inter...

In this UGreen enclosure:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/UGREEN-Enclosure-External...

Works faultlessly

[OutInTheShed]

I bought a couple of the six quid SSD USB-c caddies from ebay

They seem to work fine with any of the drives I had lying around, including a 1 TB spinning job.

[sgrimshaw]

Got a couple of the SanDisk 1TB Extreme Portable SSDs and a couple of the SanDisk 1TB Extreme PRO Portable SSDs.

Non Extreme/Pro versions are cheaper, if you don't want or need the speed.

All been faultless, personally I wouldn't trust my data to a no-name SSD.

[blackscooby]

danb79 said:

jinkster said:

Hello, Can anyone recommend a USB C SSD drive for storage without paying a fortune. 500gb should be ok at minimum.

Thanks all.

I use this Cricial 500GB SSD for my M3 MBA TimeMachine:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT500P5SSD8-Inter...

In this UGreen enclosure:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/UGREEN-Enclosure-External...

Works faultlessly

I have 2 of these with 1Tb 2280 M.2 SSD. Just works brilliantly.

Edited by blackscooby on Monday 17th February 10:55

[steveatesh]

sgrimshaw said:

Got a couple of the SanDisk 1TB Extreme Portable SSDs and a couple of the SanDisk 1TB Extreme PRO Portable SSDs.

Non Extreme/Pro versions are cheaper, if you don't want or need the speed.

All been faultless, personally I wouldn't trust my data to a no-name SSD.

I use the Pro version too primarily for photos, I can edit straight off the drive with no delay or lag, it’s excellent.

[danb79]

blackscooby said:

danb79 said:

jinkster said:

Hello, Can anyone recommend a USB C SSD drive for storage without paying a fortune. 500gb should be ok at minimum.

Thanks all.

I use this Cricial 500GB SSD for my M3 MBA TimeMachine:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT500P5SSD8-Inter...

In this UGreen enclosure:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/UGREEN-Enclosure-External...

Works faultlessly

I have 2 of these with 1Tb 2280 M.2 SSD. Just works brilliantly.

Edited by blackscooby on Monday 17th February 10:55

Yup; I've the same but 4TB for my iTunes connected to my M4 iMac as well; the 500GB one is for my MBAs TimeMachine and I've a 1TB one for my iMac's TM too

They're faultless

[Motorman74]

danb79 said:

blackscooby said:

danb79 said:

jinkster said:

Hello, Can anyone recommend a USB C SSD drive for storage without paying a fortune. 500gb should be ok at minimum.

Thanks all.

I use this Cricial 500GB SSD for my M3 MBA TimeMachine:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT500P5SSD8-Inter...

In this UGreen enclosure:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/UGREEN-Enclosure-External...

Works faultlessly

I have 2 of these with 1Tb 2280 M.2 SSD. Just works brilliantly.

Edited by blackscooby on Monday 17th February 10:55

Yup; I've the same but 4TB for my iTunes connected to my M4 iMac as well; the 500GB one is for my MBAs TimeMachine and I've a 1TB one for my iMac's TM too

They're faultless

Another vote for the UGreen - very impressed with mine.

[jinkster]

Hello all,

I bought the Crucial X9 Pro 1TB from Amazon which arrived this afternoon. So far so good. Didn't want to do the caddy and drive in the end as wanted something a little more robust for my bag.

Thanks for the recommendations all.