While everyone is familiar and/or own the Samsung T-line of portable SSDs, they wanted to provide another option for those who need even faster speeds. Introducing the X5 portable SSD which many times faster than their own T-series or anything else out on the market.
The new X5 is housed within a metal shock-resistant frame + non-slip bottom mat that could a fall up to 2 meters. Armed w/ a 40Gbps bandwidth, this hit read speeds up to 2,800 MB/s. This means you would be able to transfer a 20GB file in 12 seconds. So w/ those speeds, his can handle video editing of 4K , real-time 3D, & high-res RAW files.
The key thing here is that it is a Thunderbolt 3 drive. So if you computer or laptop doesn't support Thunderbolt 3 specifically, it won't work on it. The X5 SSD starts shipping on September 3rd and will cost you. The 500GB model is priced at $400, the 1TB model is $700, and the 2TB is $1,400.
So who's gonna pick this powerful & speedy SSD?
