I'm after 250GB external storage for my iMac - the 500GB internal SSD is getting fuller. I'd rather not hack about opening up the glued down iMac to replace the SSD.
The iMac has a spare USB-A port (3.1 I think) and a Thunderbolt 3 port. The drive would host photos, which on my Mac would need fairly frequent access. For example, whenever I take a photo on my phone, it zooms up to the cloud, then down to the Mac.
I could spend £50 on:
https://www.ebuyer.com/862753-sandisk-256gb-ultra-fit-usb-3-1-flash-drive-sdcz430-256g-g46
Or £28 0n:
https://www.ebuyer.com/1134099-kingston-256gb-usb3-2-datatraveler-exodia-pen-drive-dtx-256gb
I'd like to keep it cableless and solid state - any advice or experiences?
On 13 Jan 2022 at 11:07:29 GMT, "RJH" <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:
I'm after 250GB external storage for my iMac - the 500GB internal SSD is
getting fuller. I'd rather not hack about opening up the glued down iMac to >> replace the SSD.
The iMac has a spare USB-A port (3.1 I think) and a Thunderbolt 3 port. The >> drive would host photos, which on my Mac would need fairly frequent access. >> For example, whenever I take a photo on my phone, it zooms up to the cloud, >> then down to the Mac.
I could spend £50 on:
https://www.ebuyer.com/862753-sandisk-256gb-ultra-fit-usb-3-1-flash-drive-sdcz430-256g-g46
Or £28 0n:
https://www.ebuyer.com/1134099-kingston-256gb-usb3-2-datatraveler-exodia-pen-drive-dtx-256gb
I'd like to keep it cableless and solid state - any advice or experiences?
Yes - get an SSD instead. Flash drives are dumb devices that die at a moment's notice. SSDs have intelligent controllers that shuffle data
around to make sure wear across the storage is even, prepare empty space
for writing when there's nothing more important going on, and keep an
eye on themselves for issues.
Cheers - Jaimie
On 13/01/2022 12:44, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
On 13 Jan 2022 at 11:07:29 GMT, "RJH" <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:
I'm after 250GB external storage for my iMac - the 500GB internal
SSD is
getting fuller. I'd rather not hack about opening up the glued down
iMac to
replace the SSD.
The iMac has a spare USB-A port (3.1 I think) and a Thunderbolt 3
port. The
drive would host photos, which on my Mac would need fairly frequent
access.
For example, whenever I take a photo on my phone, it zooms up to the
cloud,
then down to the Mac.
I could spend £50 on:
https://www.ebuyer.com/862753-sandisk-256gb-ultra-fit-usb-3-1-flash-drive-sdcz430-256g-g46
Or £28 0n:
https://www.ebuyer.com/1134099-kingston-256gb-usb3-2-datatraveler-exodia-pen-drive-dtx-256gb
I'd like to keep it cableless and solid state - any advice or
experiences?
Yes - get an SSD instead. Flash drives are dumb devices that die at a
moment's notice. SSDs have intelligent controllers that shuffle data
around to make sure wear across the storage is even, prepare empty space
for writing when there's nothing more important going on, and keep an
eye on themselves for issues.
Cheers - Jaimie
plus a USB 3.1 Gen 1 "hard disc caddy" to put said SSD into....
On 13/01/2022 13:08, SH wrote:
On 13/01/2022 12:44, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
On 13 Jan 2022 at 11:07:29 GMT, "RJH" <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:
I'm after 250GB external storage for my iMac - the 500GB internal
SSD is
getting fuller. I'd rather not hack about opening up the glued down
iMac to
replace the SSD.
The iMac has a spare USB-A port (3.1 I think) and a Thunderbolt 3
port. The
drive would host photos, which on my Mac would need fairly frequent
access.
For example, whenever I take a photo on my phone, it zooms up to the
cloud,
then down to the Mac.
I could spend £50 on:
https://www.ebuyer.com/862753-sandisk-256gb-ultra-fit-usb-3-1-flash-drive-sdcz430-256g-g46
Or £28 0n:
https://www.ebuyer.com/1134099-kingston-256gb-usb3-2-datatraveler-exodia-pen-drive-dtx-256gb
I'd like to keep it cableless and solid state - any advice or
experiences?
Yes - get an SSD instead. Flash drives are dumb devices that die at a
moment's notice. SSDs have intelligent controllers that shuffle data
around to make sure wear across the storage is even, prepare empty space >>> for writing when there's nothing more important going on, and keep an
eye on themselves for issues.
Cheers - Jaimie
plus a USB 3.1 Gen 1 "hard disc caddy" to put said SSD into....
USB M2 external caddy.
Install M2 SSD in it.
On 13 Jan 2022 at 18:30:37 GMT, "SH" <i.love.spam@spam.com> wrote:
On 13/01/2022 16:43, Raj Kundra wrote:
On 13/01/2022 13:08, SH wrote:
On 13/01/2022 12:44, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
On 13 Jan 2022 at 11:07:29 GMT, "RJH" <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:
I'm after 250GB external storage for my iMac - the 500GB internal
SSD is
getting fuller. I'd rather not hack about opening up the glued down >>>>>> iMac to
replace the SSD.
The iMac has a spare USB-A port (3.1 I think) and a Thunderbolt 3
port. The
drive would host photos, which on my Mac would need fairly frequent >>>>>> access.
For example, whenever I take a photo on my phone, it zooms up to the >>>>>> cloud,
then down to the Mac.
I could spend £50 on:
https://www.ebuyer.com/862753-sandisk-256gb-ultra-fit-usb-3-1-flash-drive-sdcz430-256g-g46
Or £28 0n:
https://www.ebuyer.com/1134099-kingston-256gb-usb3-2-datatraveler-exodia-pen-drive-dtx-256gb
I'd like to keep it cableless and solid state - any advice or
experiences?
Yes - get an SSD instead. Flash drives are dumb devices that die at a >>>>> moment's notice. SSDs have intelligent controllers that shuffle data >>>>> around to make sure wear across the storage is even, prepare empty space >>>>> for writing when there's nothing more important going on, and keep an >>>>> eye on themselves for issues.
Cheers - Jaimie
plus a USB 3.1 Gen 1 "hard disc caddy" to put said SSD into....
USB M2 external caddy.
Install M2 SSD in it.
Gotcha, thanks all, and while that route will involve trailing wires, it wouldn't be that much more expensive than a decent thumb drive.
I happen to have some spare SATA SSDs floating about so was minded to
repurpose these rather than go to a brand new M2 NVME SSD.....
Actually, that's an option for me too.
On 13/01/2022 16:43, Raj Kundra wrote:
On 13/01/2022 13:08, SH wrote:
On 13/01/2022 12:44, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
On 13 Jan 2022 at 11:07:29 GMT, "RJH" <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:
I'm after 250GB external storage for my iMac - the 500GB internal
SSD is
getting fuller. I'd rather not hack about opening up the glued down
iMac to
replace the SSD.
The iMac has a spare USB-A port (3.1 I think) and a Thunderbolt 3
port. The
drive would host photos, which on my Mac would need fairly frequent
access.
For example, whenever I take a photo on my phone, it zooms up to the >>>>> cloud,
then down to the Mac.
I could spend £50 on:
https://www.ebuyer.com/862753-sandisk-256gb-ultra-fit-usb-3-1-flash-drive-sdcz430-256g-g46
Or £28 0n:
https://www.ebuyer.com/1134099-kingston-256gb-usb3-2-datatraveler-exodia-pen-drive-dtx-256gb
I'd like to keep it cableless and solid state - any advice or
experiences?
Yes - get an SSD instead. Flash drives are dumb devices that die at a
moment's notice. SSDs have intelligent controllers that shuffle data
around to make sure wear across the storage is even, prepare empty space >>>> for writing when there's nothing more important going on, and keep an
eye on themselves for issues.
Cheers - Jaimie
plus a USB 3.1 Gen 1 "hard disc caddy" to put said SSD into....
USB M2 external caddy.
Install M2 SSD in it.
I happen to have some spare SATA SSDs floating about so was minded to repurpose these rather than go to a brand new M2 NVME SSD.....
On 13/01/2022 23:12, SH wrote:
On 13/01/2022 22:39, RJH wrote:
On 13 Jan 2022 at 18:30:37 GMT, "SH" <i.love.spam@spam.com> wrote:
On 13/01/2022 16:43, Raj Kundra wrote:
On 13/01/2022 13:08, SH wrote:
On 13/01/2022 12:44, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
On 13 Jan 2022 at 11:07:29 GMT, "RJH" <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote: >>>>>>>
I'm after 250GB external storage for my iMac - the 500GB internal >>>>>>>> SSD is
getting fuller. I'd rather not hack about opening up the glued down >>>>>>>> iMac to
replace the SSD.
The iMac has a spare USB-A port (3.1 I think) and a Thunderbolt 3 >>>>>>>> port. The
drive would host photos, which on my Mac would need fairly frequent >>>>>>>> access.
For example, whenever I take a photo on my phone, it zooms up to >>>>>>>> the
cloud,
then down to the Mac.
I could spend £50 on:
https://www.ebuyer.com/862753-sandisk-256gb-ultra-fit-usb-3-1-flash-drive-sdcz430-256g-g46
Or £28 0n:
https://www.ebuyer.com/1134099-kingston-256gb-usb3-2-datatraveler-exodia-pen-drive-dtx-256gb
I'd like to keep it cableless and solid state - any advice or
experiences?
Yes - get an SSD instead. Flash drives are dumb devices that die >>>>>>> at a
moment's notice. SSDs have intelligent controllers that shuffle data >>>>>>> around to make sure wear across the storage is even, prepare
empty space
for writing when there's nothing more important going on, and
keep an
eye on themselves for issues.
Cheers - Jaimie
plus a USB 3.1 Gen 1 "hard disc caddy" to put said SSD into....
USB M2 external caddy.
Install M2 SSD in it.
Gotcha, thanks all, and while that route will involve trailing wires, it >>> wouldn't be that much more expensive than a decent thumb drive.
I happen to have some spare SATA SSDs floating about so was minded to
repurpose these rather than go to a brand new M2 NVME SSD.....
Actually, that's an option for me too.
Indeed...... be mindful that the write speed is often not as high as
the read speed.....
I use Atto for benchmarking my SSDs.
I bought a pair of Corsair 60GB SATA3 drives quite a while ago, and
these had write speed and write speeds that more or less saturated the
speed of the SATA3 bus at 600 MB/s.
The M2 NVMW I now use is a Samsung 970 EVO + and this attains speeds
of 3.5 GB/s read and 2.5 GB/s write.
S.
The OP mentioned a Thunderbird 3 port. Is that preferable in some way to
USB 3.1?
On 13/01/2022 22:39, RJH wrote:
On 13 Jan 2022 at 18:30:37 GMT, "SH" <i.love.spam@spam.com> wrote:
On 13/01/2022 16:43, Raj Kundra wrote:
On 13/01/2022 13:08, SH wrote:
On 13/01/2022 12:44, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
On 13 Jan 2022 at 11:07:29 GMT, "RJH" <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:
I'm after 250GB external storage for my iMac - the 500GB internal >>>>>>> SSD is
getting fuller. I'd rather not hack about opening up the glued down >>>>>>> iMac to
replace the SSD.
The iMac has a spare USB-A port (3.1 I think) and a Thunderbolt 3 >>>>>>> port. The
drive would host photos, which on my Mac would need fairly frequent >>>>>>> access.
For example, whenever I take a photo on my phone, it zooms up to the >>>>>>> cloud,
then down to the Mac.
I could spend £50 on:
https://www.ebuyer.com/862753-sandisk-256gb-ultra-fit-usb-3-1-flash-drive-sdcz430-256g-g46
Or £28 0n:
https://www.ebuyer.com/1134099-kingston-256gb-usb3-2-datatraveler-exodia-pen-drive-dtx-256gb
I'd like to keep it cableless and solid state - any advice or
experiences?
Yes - get an SSD instead. Flash drives are dumb devices that die at a >>>>>> moment's notice. SSDs have intelligent controllers that shuffle data >>>>>> around to make sure wear across the storage is even, prepare empty >>>>>> space
for writing when there's nothing more important going on, and keep an >>>>>> eye on themselves for issues.
Cheers - Jaimie
plus a USB 3.1 Gen 1 "hard disc caddy" to put said SSD into....
USB M2 external caddy.
Install M2 SSD in it.
Gotcha, thanks all, and while that route will involve trailing wires, it
wouldn't be that much more expensive than a decent thumb drive.
I happen to have some spare SATA SSDs floating about so was minded to
repurpose these rather than go to a brand new M2 NVME SSD.....
Actually, that's an option for me too.
Indeed...... be mindful that the write speed is often not as high as the
read speed.....
I use Atto for benchmarking my SSDs.
I bought a pair of Corsair 60GB SATA3 drives quite a while ago, and
these had write speed and write speeds that more or less saturated the
speed of the SATA3 bus at 600 MB/s.
The M2 NVMW I now use is a Samsung 970 EVO + and this attains speeds of
3.5 GB/s read and 2.5 GB/s write.
S.
On 13 Jan 2022 at 18:30:37 GMT, "SH" <i.love.spam@spam.com> wrote:
On 13/01/2022 16:43, Raj Kundra wrote:Gotcha, thanks all, and while that route will involve trailing wires, it wouldn't be that much more expensive than a decent thumb drive.
On 13/01/2022 13:08, SH wrote:
On 13/01/2022 12:44, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:USB M2 external caddy.
On 13 Jan 2022 at 11:07:29 GMT, "RJH" <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:
I'm after 250GB external storage for my iMac - the 500GB internalYes - get an SSD instead. Flash drives are dumb devices that die at a >>>>> moment's notice. SSDs have intelligent controllers that shuffle data >>>>> around to make sure wear across the storage is even, prepare empty space >>>>> for writing when there's nothing more important going on, and keep an >>>>> eye on themselves for issues.
SSD is
getting fuller. I'd rather not hack about opening up the glued down >>>>>> iMac to
replace the SSD.
The iMac has a spare USB-A port (3.1 I think) and a Thunderbolt 3
port. The
drive would host photos, which on my Mac would need fairly frequent >>>>>> access.
For example, whenever I take a photo on my phone, it zooms up to the >>>>>> cloud,
then down to the Mac.
I could spend £50 on:
https://www.ebuyer.com/862753-sandisk-256gb-ultra-fit-usb-3-1-flash-drive-sdcz430-256g-g46
Or £28 0n:
https://www.ebuyer.com/1134099-kingston-256gb-usb3-2-datatraveler-exodia-pen-drive-dtx-256gb
I'd like to keep it cableless and solid state - any advice or
experiences?
Cheers - Jaimie
plus a USB 3.1 Gen 1 "hard disc caddy" to put said SSD into....
Install M2 SSD in it.
I happen to have some spare SATA SSDs floating about so was minded toActually, that's an option for me too.
repurpose these rather than go to a brand new M2 NVME SSD.....
On 13/01/2022 22:39, RJH wrote:
On 13 Jan 2022 at 18:30:37 GMT, "SH" <i.love.spam@spam.com> wrote:
On 13/01/2022 16:43, Raj Kundra wrote:Gotcha, thanks all, and while that route will involve trailing wires, it
On 13/01/2022 13:08, SH wrote:
On 13/01/2022 12:44, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:USB M2 external caddy.
On 13 Jan 2022 at 11:07:29 GMT, "RJH" <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:
I'm after 250GB external storage for my iMac - the 500GB internal >>>>>>> SSD isYes - get an SSD instead. Flash drives are dumb devices that die at a >>>>>> moment's notice. SSDs have intelligent controllers that shuffle data >>>>>> around to make sure wear across the storage is even, prepare empty >>>>>> space
getting fuller. I'd rather not hack about opening up the glued down >>>>>>> iMac to
replace the SSD.
The iMac has a spare USB-A port (3.1 I think) and a Thunderbolt 3 >>>>>>> port. The
drive would host photos, which on my Mac would need fairly frequent >>>>>>> access.
For example, whenever I take a photo on my phone, it zooms up to the >>>>>>> cloud,
then down to the Mac.
I could spend £50 on:
https://www.ebuyer.com/862753-sandisk-256gb-ultra-fit-usb-3-1-flash-drive-sdcz430-256g-g46
Or £28 0n:
https://www.ebuyer.com/1134099-kingston-256gb-usb3-2-datatraveler-exodia-pen-drive-dtx-256gb
I'd like to keep it cableless and solid state - any advice or
experiences?
for writing when there's nothing more important going on, and keep an >>>>>> eye on themselves for issues.
Cheers - Jaimie
plus a USB 3.1 Gen 1 "hard disc caddy" to put said SSD into....
Install M2 SSD in it.
wouldn't be that much more expensive than a decent thumb drive.
I happen to have some spare SATA SSDs floating about so was minded toActually, that's an option for me too.
repurpose these rather than go to a brand new M2 NVME SSD.....
On 15/01/2022 07:23, Raj Kundra wrote:
On 13/01/2022 22:39, RJH wrote:
On 13 Jan 2022 at 18:30:37 GMT, "SH" <i.love.spam@spam.com> wrote:
On 13/01/2022 16:43, Raj Kundra wrote:Gotcha, thanks all, and while that route will involve trailing
On 13/01/2022 13:08, SH wrote:
On 13/01/2022 12:44, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:USB M2 external caddy.
On 13 Jan 2022 at 11:07:29 GMT, "RJH" <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote: >>>>>>>
I'm after 250GB external storage for my iMac - the 500GB internal >>>>>>>> SSD isYes - get an SSD instead. Flash drives are dumb devices that die >>>>>>> at a
getting fuller. I'd rather not hack about opening up the glued >>>>>>>> down
iMac to
replace the SSD.
The iMac has a spare USB-A port (3.1 I think) and a Thunderbolt 3 >>>>>>>> port. The
drive would host photos, which on my Mac would need fairly
frequent
access.
For example, whenever I take a photo on my phone, it zooms up
to the
cloud,
then down to the Mac.
I could spend £50 on:
https://www.ebuyer.com/862753-sandisk-256gb-ultra-fit-usb-3-1-flash-drive-sdcz430-256g-g46
Or £28 0n:
https://www.ebuyer.com/1134099-kingston-256gb-usb3-2-datatraveler-exodia-pen-drive-dtx-256gb
I'd like to keep it cableless and solid state - any advice or
experiences?
moment's notice. SSDs have intelligent controllers that shuffle
data
around to make sure wear across the storage is even, prepare
empty space
for writing when there's nothing more important going on, and
keep an
eye on themselves for issues.
Cheers - Jaimie
plus a USB 3.1 Gen 1 "hard disc caddy" to put said SSD into....
Install M2 SSD in it.
wires, it
wouldn't be that much more expensive than a decent thumb drive.
I happen to have some spare SATA SSDs floating about so was minded toActually, that's an option for me too.
repurpose these rather than go to a brand new M2 NVME SSD.....
I have actually ordered this:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00XLAZODE/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1
this is suitable for 2.5 inch laptop drices and SSDs.
However, if you have a 3.5 inch spinning rust drive, you need a
slightly different one with an external power unti due to USB not
being able to supply enough power:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01EK9LRLM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1
Both ate USB 3.1 and there are USB-c versions avaiable.
On 13 Jan 2022 at 18:30:37 GMT, "SH" <i.love.spam@spam.com> wrote:
On 13/01/2022 16:43, Raj Kundra wrote:
On 13/01/2022 13:08, SH wrote:
On 13/01/2022 12:44, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
On 13 Jan 2022 at 11:07:29 GMT, "RJH" <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:
I'm after 250GB external storage for my iMac - the 500GB internal
SSD is
getting fuller. I'd rather not hack about opening up the glued down >>>>>> iMac to
replace the SSD.
The iMac has a spare USB-A port (3.1 I think) and a Thunderbolt 3
port. The
drive would host photos, which on my Mac would need fairly frequent >>>>>> access.
For example, whenever I take a photo on my phone, it zooms up to the >>>>>> cloud,
then down to the Mac.
I could spend £50 on:
https://www.ebuyer.com/862753-sandisk-256gb-ultra-fit-usb-3-1-flash-drive-sdcz430-256g-g46
Or £28 0n:
https://www.ebuyer.com/1134099-kingston-256gb-usb3-2-datatraveler-exodia-pen-drive-dtx-256gb
I'd like to keep it cableless and solid state - any advice or
experiences?
Yes - get an SSD instead. Flash drives are dumb devices that die at a >>>>> moment's notice. SSDs have intelligent controllers that shuffle data >>>>> around to make sure wear across the storage is even, prepare empty space >>>>> for writing when there's nothing more important going on, and keep an >>>>> eye on themselves for issues.
Cheers - Jaimie
plus a USB 3.1 Gen 1 "hard disc caddy" to put said SSD into....
USB M2 external caddy.
Install M2 SSD in it.
Gotcha, thanks all, and while that route will involve trailing wires, it wouldn't be that much more expensive than a decent thumb drive.
I happen to have some spare SATA SSDs floating about so was minded to
repurpose these rather than go to a brand new M2 NVME SSD.....
Actually, that's an option for me too.
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