PNY Elite 480GB USB 3.1 Gen 1 Portable Solid State Drive (SSD) - (PSD1CS1050-480-FFS)

Memory stick broke down.

I am really satisfied. Small, light, and fast.

Works well. Comparatively small.

So I know I should have looked at the picture and realized just how small this thing is, but its seriously tiny! It also connects immediately when I plug it into my Mac. I did reformat it right away into exFAT so that it works with Macs and PCs, and because the original drive name was not in English. I plan on using this drive to replace an old 500GB HDD that I have, so Ill be migrating a bunch of files over soon. Ill update this review if I run into any issues with this drive, so far this seems solid. The only concern I have is losing it!

I bought this external SSD for my Wii U actually as a quick way to install games on, and this is a very nice alternative to internal storage especially if its slow. So far I havent had any issues after having this for quite a while.

It was on sale for $110, Amazon deal of the day, and what i like so far about the product is the size and quality. Super compact SSD and feels solid. Pros Compact size, probably one of the most compact SSD in portable SSD class Look, feel and quality of material is good Good average speeds, not as goods as the company claims Work on MAC and Windows out of box, just plug and play (Read and Write) Considerations This SSD does heat up/feels warm to touch if you continuously use it to read or copy data. Not something that i expected, but i guess it wont hurt Paging was nothat great, came in a large envelope that was torn off on the edge, although the manufacturers plastic package was intact The plastic like packaging is really hard to cut through, i wish this came in frustration free packaging Cons Read and Write speed is not as consistent as compared to Samsung or Sandisk. I tried spurred test on Mac and Windows pretty much the same. Not even close to what is claimed Once you plug in the hard drive it take super long for computer to detect it, i tried this on 3 different computers and its same. Takes like 30 sec The drive was named in Chinese or Korean - You have to rename it The package said It includes data protection software, but it did not **Update** I do not want to be a critic here, but just trying to figure out if the item that was delivered to me has some problem After some more tests on a Mac and Pc (not the one i used earlier) the results are if not exactly but almost the same. Also ran tests on my Samsung SSD and they are consistent too 1. 339.6 write and 298.0 read on a Mac book pro retina i7 16gb 2. 331.2 write and 265.6 read on a Lenovo i5 8gb 3. 336.0 write and 290.4 read on HP i7 16gb If you look at the pattern based the numbers, they are very similar and no where close to what manufacturer 430/400 claims and some of the other users. Also the SSD does get warm even if you are browsing pictures - not that it bothers me but just trying to figure out if my SSD has some defect

I passed this by at its regular selling price, but when I saw it on sale, I didn’t hesitate. Now I’m sorry that I didn’t check to see if I could get two at the sale price. I simply plugged this into a USB 3.0 port an ultralight laptop with an Intel Core i7 running under Windows 10. Using Crystal DiskMark 5, this wonderful little drive clocked better than 400 Mb/S on Read and Write! I got this primarily for use with my laptop when I travel and do photo and video editing. It weighs practically nothing, is very small and fast. Everything I could want. I’m going to keep my eyes open for the next time it is offered at a sale price on Amazon and get a second. Jerry

Its about twice as fast as my Lexar Pro 633x XC card in the same USB slot, impressive.

Backing up my folders on my PC

does the work, worth the money.