Final Words & Conclusion
The Lexar SL600 represents an advancement in Lexar's high-speed portable SSDs. While the SL600 is designed for photographers, creators and sure gamers this is for power users who want a storage device with a fast interface to save more of their favorite stuff and move data fast and furious. So could you use an USB device for gaming?
For us gamers however you are running into the latency that USB creates, the Lexar SL600 still is a handy choice for an external secondary drive to supplement the capacity of your gaming rig or console as you are still faster than your average SATA3 2.5" SSD. The product retains shock resistance but is a little big and a bit heavy perhaps. This makes it less portable in certain ways, but the metal body and general style make it more appealing. Furthermore, it is still fairly convenient.
Concluding
The Lexar SL600 boasts a USB 3.2 Gen2x2 interface, 256-bit AES encryption software, and a 5-year limited warranty. Marketed as a gaming drive, its angular design and RGB lighting cater to aesthetic preferences. It is appealing to gamers, particularly when used with consoles. Despite minor drawbacks, the SL600 performs admirably as a portable drive. Notably, it may falter under sustained sequential write tasks due to potential post-cache performance limitations but we had a hard time detecting it. Acknowledging the saturated gaming SSD market, where aesthetics often overshadow functionality, the SL600 stands out for its genuine speed, leveraging USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 throughput, offering commendable speed for most tasks. However, its Gen 3.2 2x2 interface may also pose compatibility challenges with standard PCs or Macs. Nonetheless, it delivers decent speeds through regular USB-C 3.2 connections, surpassing older HDD performance and even SATA3 SSD performance greatly.
Recommended Downloads
- Sign up to receive a notification when we publish a new article
- Or go back to Guru3D's front page
