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

Appears to work fine

Some reviews speak of high heat...not an issue with mine. Works as expected. Great price as well!

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

Performs as described. Mine does not get hot.

I hooked this up to my 4k tvs usb input to play movies and videos. Tv had no problem recognizing it and it works like a charm. Most TVs must have it formatted in fat 32, so you must do that first if you are using on a TV. Also might have to be reformatted for a mac too, but thats a simple task. Gets a little warm, but never really hot. So small and compact, too. Very pleased with purchase.

Small, portable and extremely fast even when plugged into my imac that doesnt have usb 3.0 speed. surprised.

As others have stated, the drive arrived DOA. Just shows up as Not Initialised on 3 separate computers. Tried multiple USB cables, nothing works. UPDATE: Received a replacement which seems to be working well so far. I love the product and its form factor but I do still have doubts about how long it will last.

Slightly slower than Samsung SSD, maybe 20%, but a lot smaller physically and a lot less expensive. Happy for the deal. Have not used it extensively, just put some photos I need to edit and a lightroom catalog. Have not used it extensively yet. If it had USB-C port like the newer Samsung SSD drives I would give 5 stars, but otherwise no complaints

Good cost effective drive with no virus issues

240Gb wallet sized solid state hard drive! I also purchased the 480Gb version too. Sturdy construction, fast, drag and drop. I keep one in my jacket pocket and one in my backpack. You should see my friendss/colleagues faces when I pull out this hard drive. RECOMMEND: Buy a few(I did).