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

It was least expensive SSD for 1GB capacity. Other stores were around $100 or more. Very compact and almost no weight comparing to external HDD. I was very satisfied.

Works easily and performs well. Small and light power usage for mounted data drive for my home Raspberry Pi server.

perfect size for carry, but not good for those computer only has USB-C port.

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.

It was able to transfer 128 gb of video, in a single batch, to my Macbook pro in 20 minutes. For its first single batch of data transfer, not too shabby! I havent had a lot of playtime on this yet but will update my review when Ive got some more experience with it. Please let me know if you found my review helpful in the box down below.

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

Got this to use with my early 2015 Macbook Pro Retina after I realized that 120gb of storage is way too little. When I first plugged in, I got some wierd (chinese?) letters as the name, but it wasnt too big of an issue once I renamed it. So I was in between this and the Samsung T3, but ultimately chose this drive because it was a daily deal and the 480gb was only 110. At the time of this review, Amazon also has the Samsung t3 240gb for 100. I ultimately decided that since I wasnt doing any video editing, I chose to sacrifice write speed in favor of more space. However, I ran some speed test through Black Magic, and got some incredible speeds. If Im not mistaken, these are similar to the Samsung T3! Im glad I chose this drive, and Im planning to use to daily as a drive that is attached to my macbook cover via velcro.

Backing up my folders on my PC

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

I expected this low cost ssd external drive will run very warm or even hot, it surprised me it never has such issue, it is barely over room temperature.