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Plextor EX1 Portable USB 3.1 Gen 2 SSD Review
Posted by: on: 01/26/2017 10:10 AM [
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We review the lightweight yet stupendously fast Plextor EX1 Portable USB SSD. It a very fast portable storage unit based on a USB 3.1 Gen 2 connection offering it a full 10 Gbps connection. Basically this product has the DNA of an SSD and can reach over 500 MB/sec on both reads and writes - making this an seriously fast storage unit that is easy to carry around.
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Arbie
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Posted on: 01/27/2017 12:17 AM
Will a slow SSD decrease the start time? This is all so confusing...
with a fast SSD you can really increase the overall start time of your games.
Will a slow SSD decrease the start time? This is all so confusing...
Agent-A01
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Posted on: 01/27/2017 07:14 AM
Will a slow SSD decrease the start time? This is all so confusing...
Lol
Will a slow SSD decrease the start time? This is all so confusing...
Lol
Hilbert Hagedoorn
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Don Vito Corleone
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Posted on: 01/27/2017 07:46 AM
Will a slow SSD decrease the start time? This is all so confusing...
Compared to a HDD yes for acces time alone. But I see what you are getting at Remember, this unit still does amazing read performance. Even on USB.
Will a slow SSD decrease the start time? This is all so confusing...
Compared to a HDD yes for acces time alone. But I see what you are getting at
Remember, this unit still does amazing read performance. Even on USB.
Hilbert Hagedoorn
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Don Vito Corleone
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Posted on: 01/27/2017 07:46 AM
I know right, it'l like a Chinese finger-trap, I could not get it open.
But... you didn't open it up!
I know right, it'l like a Chinese finger-trap, I could not get it open.
PhantomGamers
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Posted on: 01/29/2017 09:56 AM
I think he was getting out how you said a faster SSD INCREASES start times, so he was asking if a slower one would have the opposite effect of reducing them, since you don't actually want higher start times.
Basically he did a bad job of trying to say you made a mistake lol
Compared to a HDD yes for acces time alone. But I see what you are getting at Remember, this unit still does amazing read performance. Even on USB.
Remember, this unit still does amazing read performance. Even on USB.I think he was getting out how you said a faster SSD INCREASES start times, so he was asking if a slower one would have the opposite effect of reducing them, since you don't actually want higher start times.
Basically he did a bad job of trying to say you made a mistake lol
Hilbert Hagedoorn
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Posted on: 01/29/2017 10:22 AM
Ah, touche .... weeeelll I mean increase in the sense of it being relative to performance, as in an increase in performance. But yes, let me change that writing a bit.
Ah, touche .... weeeelll I mean increase in the sense of it being relative to performance, as in an increase in performance. But yes, let me change that writing a bit.
gx-x
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Posted on: 01/29/2017 10:55 AM
you can buy pcie or sata to USB 3 adapter case from any China online shop and make your own damn fast usb 3.0+ USB SSD for under 20$...And yes, it will be as fast as your max USB speed is.
you can buy pcie or sata to USB 3 adapter case from any China online shop and make your own damn fast usb 3.0+ USB SSD for under 20$...And yes, it will be as fast as your max USB speed is.
Killer344
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Posted on: 01/29/2017 10:39 PM
what... there is nothing an angle grinder with the right attachment can't open....
I know right, it'l like a Chinese finger-trap, I could not get it open.
what... there is nothing an angle grinder with the right attachment can't open....
JonasBeckman
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Posted on: 01/29/2017 11:05 PM
Probably going to look a lot like those M.2 kits I'd guess, then again that's pretty much all SSD's really, circuitry with memory modules on them and then some stuff for other bits and pieces. (I'm no expert on how they're built but I guess it's fairly similar other than how they're plugged in, something for the cache, something for the firmware and then something for whatever interface it's using.)
EDIT: Sounds far simpler than HDD's really although manufacturing is probably still a bit complicated and well everything seems to want those memory modules driving prices up while devising techniques for lowering costs and increasing storage. (SLC, MLC, TLC and now QLC or how it was called, drawback being overall "life" of the SSD unit though it's probably still fairly good even if the numbers are drastically lowered on paper.)
Probably going to look a lot like those M.2 kits I'd guess, then again that's pretty much all SSD's really, circuitry with memory modules on them and then some stuff for other bits and pieces. (I'm no expert on how they're built but I guess it's fairly similar other than how they're plugged in, something for the cache, something for the firmware and then something for whatever interface it's using.)
EDIT: Sounds far simpler than HDD's really although manufacturing is probably still a bit complicated and well everything seems to want those memory modules driving prices up while devising techniques for lowering costs and increasing storage. (SLC, MLC, TLC and now QLC or how it was called, drawback being overall "life" of the SSD unit though it's probably still fairly good even if the numbers are drastically lowered on paper.)
HeavyHemi
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Posted on: 01/30/2017 03:20 AM
You might have more luck getting recognizable pieces using a Dremel.
what... there is nothing an angle grinder with the right attachment can't open....
You might have more luck getting recognizable pieces using a Dremel.
SV1GAP
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Posted on: 02/12/2018 08:13 PM
Can I use the Plextor EX1 256 GB http://www.goplextor.com/Product/Detail/EX1#/Features with a USB 2.0 port (specifically with the laptop Lenovo G560)?
I worry about current consumption (500 mA, 900 mA). Is the USB 2.0 port of the laptop Lenovo G560 capable to feed the Plextor EX1 256 GB?
Page 3, http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/plextor-ex1-portable-usb-3-1-gen-2-ssd-review,3.html "It's average power usage is roughly 1 to 2 Watt that we could measure hence it will not need an external power source.". What about maximum power usage?
Sometimes manufacturers claim compatibility with USB 2.0 but they don't refer to electrical consumption. Read the comment: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3485523/usb-port-power-usb-external-hdd.html#r20055530
What about the same question concerning Samsung T5, Adata SE730H?
PS: I want to have my personal files in an external storage device so as I can easily use them with 2 or 3 different computers.
Can I use the Plextor EX1 256 GB http://www.goplextor.com/Product/Detail/EX1#/Features with a USB 2.0 port (specifically with the laptop Lenovo G560)?
I worry about current consumption (500 mA, 900 mA). Is the USB 2.0 port of the laptop Lenovo G560 capable to feed the Plextor EX1 256 GB?
Page 3, http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/plextor-ex1-portable-usb-3-1-gen-2-ssd-review,3.html "It's average power usage is roughly 1 to 2 Watt that we could measure hence it will not need an external power source.". What about maximum power usage?
Sometimes manufacturers claim compatibility with USB 2.0 but they don't refer to electrical consumption. Read the comment: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3485523/usb-port-power-usb-external-hdd.html#r20055530
What about the same question concerning Samsung T5, Adata SE730H?
PS: I want to have my personal files in an external storage device so as I can easily use them with 2 or 3 different computers.
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Don Booze
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But... you didn't open it up!