Fantom Drives Extreme 2TB External SSD - 2800MB/s, Thunderbolt 3 and 4, USB Type-C, Aluminum, 3D NAND TLC, TB3X-2300N2TB

The case itself is the issue, at first I though the whole thing was messed up because every time I put my ps5 in sleep mode and turn it back on I would have to repair the drive like I unplugged it every time, so I returned it in exchange for another, and this second one did the same thing. Just so you know, none of my other external drives have this problem, so instead of sending it back, I opened it up and took the inner Nvme out and put it into a spare Nvme enclosure I had and it worked, haven’t had a problem since, the inner workings of the enclosure are faulty, I couldn’t say what it is I just know the enclosure is the issue, would not recommend for gaming on consoles, I would just recommend buying an Nvme and an enclosure yourself and put them together, there’s tool less ones out there. As for me, I’ll keep this one in the new case and cut my losses, very disappointing to say the least

Wasnt initially impressed with the benchmarks, then I read the owners manual (make sure you do) and there were a few things that needed to be done in windows 10 to unlock the full speed. After that I ran benchmarks and got soeeds better than advertised. I also did some windows tweeks to improve performance for audio latency and that seemed to imorovr speeds even more. By the time I was done optimizing Windows 10 I was able to transfer a 90GB sample library from my Sabrent Rocket 4.0 NVME internal drive to the Fantom Drives Thunderbolt 3 external in under a minute, and that contained thousands of small files whicj are usually the slowest to copy. Fast and a very solid vuild quality.

used for 5 months, was fast enough, but got really hot, finally failed a few weeks ago.

Tested on an M1 Mac Mini. Couldnt be happier. Bought the 256 GB storage mini and this is my 1 TB external drive for everything else.

I have set up my 2019 iMac (w Fusion Drive) to boot from the Thunderbolt 3 Fantom Drive externally. This was easy and does everything I hoped for. BlackMagic Disk Speed test reports 2350 MB/sec write (faster than competitors advertise for their up to speeds) and 2570 MB/sec read. Not running hot. I was reticent to buy from a non-major brand but so far couldnt be happier.

My 2017 iMac slowed easily due to slower main hard drive. Added this SSD as the main boot disk and the computer is so very much faster. Never slows down no matter how much I have running.

Love editing in FCPX with this little guy attached to my M1 MBP. super fast and works well! I then back this up to my home server and also backblaze.

Its pricey but works well for my needs.

I never do reviews, but I will for the FD Extreme. This thing is as well-built and almost feels like solid metal (a little heavier than average, and a little thicker). Cool to the touch...overall best of dozens of external SSDs in speed and quality.

I have struggled for years to find a reliable and fast back-up system that would play nice with my Time Machine. Other drives were large (not really portable), and my operating system consistently had trouble finding them. Well, no more. Kudos to Fantom Drives Extreme 2TB External SSD - you are reliable, fast, extremely portable, and a breeze to use.