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

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.

Right out of the box, this drive actually appears to exceed the manufacturer’s quoted performance metrics for sequential read and writes speeds. Was a pleasant surprise! It is literally a solid chunk of black metal. Very high quality physical fit and finish with very high quality performance. It’s about the size of a deck of cards but feels heavy and solid in the hand. Mine stays put, tucked away just out of sight on top of my iMac Pro’s base. Using this drive as primary cache/scratch media storage for an iMac Pro assistant station in a post-production facility. It runs at 90%+ capacity, 24/7 and the performance and reliability have been absolutely top notch. Makes 4K DPX and EXR image sequences feel like ProRes on an edit timeline.

I needed an external drive for my mac mini (which only came with 256 gig, it was an emergency buy). This one feels as if it is an internal drive. I had trouble with stability with other external SSD drives. This one works great, also when doing heavier stuff with final cut where even for very small projects hundreds of gig are required. I only use it for a day now (including video editing for a night) but it is a relief to be on a stable harddrive.

These are good drives when someone doesn’t swap out the SSD from inside. Received the drive. No issues same speed but found out weeks after receiving that the SSD was swapped out inside for another manufacturers drive. Guess that’s what you get when the drive goes unexpectedly on sale.

I liked the size and storage. It must have a power supply.

Small and of good quality and super solid. I would recommend to anyone looking for a fast SSD drive.

Im no tech smart like i would like to be; only because i stop learning or advancing the knowledge after i graduate at high school. Im 30 btw so im not old lol I live in small village with hardly technology on hand, so thatll give the picture ideal of knowledge i have. The steps and information how to set it up and add onto is somewhat confusing. took a little time of thinking and understanding how to do it (like using command prompt), but actually is simple setup and works perfect. Love this device and well invest to have

I use this drive as primary storage for RAW photo files to improve the access and speed when working with photo editing software like Luminar or Aurora HDR. Before getting this Fantom FD Extreme drive, I used a Seagate USB 3 external drive, so opening images and switching from one saved template to another in order to compare photo looks would take 25-30 seconds. The lag time was so limiting that I had gotten into the habit of just moving the one file I was working on to my internal Mac SSD drive to make the comparison/toggling faster. Compared to the internal SSD speed, this drive is nearly as fast in accessing/editing files using a Thunderbolt connection [using unscientific counting, I would get to roughly one thousand one (~1 sec) on internal, and one thousand one, one thousand... (~1.5 sec) on the Fantom (versus the 30 seconds on a USB). Great purchase!

Set the FD drive up for my new Time Machine to my mid 2020 iMac Thunderbolt 3. Just plug and go. Fast! Had to use it to restore my iMac after a memory failure required a complete wipe disc, and reinstall Big Sur. Getting my apps and data that use 400gb was quick! Less than 20 minutes. Getting another one for expansion. My iMac only has a 500gb SSD.

So far it lives up to what the specs are saying! Only time will tail is far is it’s reliability. As of this moment, I really do like this product.