I just "built" 4tb tb4 drive with Zike enclosure and Samsung 990 pro ssd. Price is way way cheaper than any of those ready built options out there. Speed is very good around 2800/3100. But man does it get warm. And by warm I mean burning hot after some time in Final Cut Pro. I bet the ssd is just loving being inside that aluminum oven... Maybe the most furious ssd wasn't the best option. That is why you spend money for ready built stuff.
Would appreciate your feedback ... I bought the Sandisk G40 for my new Mac Studio M2 Max 2TB SSD 98 GB RAM ... and it would not mount consistently ... no matter how many times I tried ... when connected it was great and fast ... but it would not mount often ... even after a restart ... correctly ejecting ... or from clear start up where the unit was connect ... and I did use multiple Thunderbolt 4 cables which do work, because I use them on other externals ... loved the build and speed, just could not get it to work regularly ... thank you for the video!!
That’s weird. I’ve used it with the stock cable and some others from sonnet with no issues. I’ll do some tests today while editing and use the sonnet longer cable I’d say return and get a different one maybe you’ve got a faulty unit.
@@adamtalkstech why doesn’t Crucial offer a thunderbolt option on its newest SSD for us Mac users ? Also I might buy the 7 or 9 and I noticed u said same speeds for the 9 due to the lack thunderbolt and will run same speeds on my new 2023 Mac Air . I noticed the 7 has an optional Mac ready version is that a better option since it’s already done vs the regular 7 with a fat32 file system ? Don’t u have to reformat the 7 to the iOS running system ?
@@albymetevier Mac version is still slower just comes preformatted in apfs I don’t know why crucial doesn’t have a thunderbolt drive. They should. I bet they will release a usb 4 one within 1 year
@@adamtalkstech ok thanks , one other question if I get the non Mac one which will come with fat file system will it be able to work on the new Mac air 2023 with m2 chip as well as my iPad Pro’s and iPhones 14 pro max ? Or would I have to self format it to apfs system?
Nice summary Adam. What drive do you suggest for Time Machine backup in an audio studio? I avoid HDD due to noise and am seeking coolest / most reliable SSD over speed. USB 3.2 Gen 2 performance @ 900MB/s is fine. I will not edit on this SSD but may routinely copy larger amounts of data. Thanks for any insights you can offer.
i have been watching reviews on youtube for the last 3 hours without definitive conclusion, until i ran into your video. wish i found it earlier. thank you. for the next video, i wish you make on "fastest dual thumb drives in the market". by dual i am referring to have regular USB on one side (for backward compatibility) and USB-C (thunderbolt 3/4 if there is such drive) on the other end. i am not sure i explained myself very good but i think you will manage to get the idea.
Are there any other titles for this you would recommend? I wasn't sure if I titled it correctly. I know exactly what you mean, but still haven't found the one I want to recommend.
the title sounds good enough, maybe adding 2024 would help bring it up better in YT algorithms. waiting for your video when you find good thumb drive to recommend, i am subscribing to get alerts from your channel. thanks again@@adamtalkstech
I find yours are the best SSD reviews in all of YouTUbe, COncise, to the point and informative without showing off. You should make more reviews of other Items
Great video Adam. I have a 2017 iMac with 2TB fusion drive. It is starting to run slow and first aid is showing many bad sectors, so I am considering cloning my fusion drive using the Pro G40 and permanently booting to the Pro G40 as my solution. Q1. What software would you recommend to clone my iMac to the Pro G40 ? Q2. I also run Parallels software on my iMac and was wondering if that would still work after cloning ?
Thankyou... The first youtube video that talks about the heat and file size issues with the USB 3.2 SSD and also the second video that talks about USB 3.2 2x2 compatibility issues with MAC..... Unfortunately I think i think its going to cost me more money for thunderbolt drive.
Thank You! You cut the crap and got right to the point! I've been all over the place looking at different videos! Getting the Lacie Pro for day to day. Any suggestions for dumping from my old IMAC 2013 to a storage drive that I can pick and choose what I want to bring on board to my new 2024 IMAC? And any thoughts on "CLEANMYMAC X"? THANK YOU!
I’ve heard good things about that Lacie one. They’re pricey and out of stock a lot. I’ve heard nothing but good things about clean my Mac x but never used it. I typically just clone my whole computer using a thunderbolt cable and the apple migration assistant when I get a new machine
so the only sandisk SSDs that had some issues are the "regular" ones- the extreme etc and not this professional? Pricey but fast. I have a M1pro from 2021, and I have been using Samsung T7 drives.
I had a desktop PC about 12 years ago. Currently I just use my second Gen IPad Pro, for everything. It’s not cutting it anymore. I want to get a little Mac Mini set up in the office for day to day tasks and home photo/video management. I have 3 external HD’s from my old PC with all my old photos and videos. I’d like to be able to access that data on the Mac Mini I plan to buy. Also, transfer all that data over to a new external SSD. How do I go about accessing the old HD’s on the Mac Mini? Or would I be better off taking them to a place that specializes in that? I’m not sure what’s compatible with what. Thanks.
Hey how are you? Between the lacie pro and the g40 sandisk, which one would you buy for a MacBook Pro m2 max for video editing? I read sandisk users report many problems on the sandisk portable ssd. Thank you.
Lacie pro is a little more expensive and typically out of stock. Those people are having issues with the Extreme Portable SSDs, not the Pro G40. completely different models and drives inside them.
Is the SanDisk Professional 4TB PRO-G40 SSD good also for storing games and playing off of it? Say, a game like World of Warcraft which is a very heavy game.
Thank you. This really helps me. I am working with very large historical video collections both in terms of archiving and editing. Have to learn more about physical storage and cloud storage.
what's the difference between crucial x9 pro vs x9 pro for mac ? The only thing I've noticed on crucial's website is that the x9 pro for mac "Works with Apple FileVault volume encryption". But not sure how important that is.
@@Capture262 the main difference is that the "for mac" one comes pre-formated to work best with mac. You can do this yourself via disk utilities, "erasing' the empty ssd, and then re-formating to APFS.
Couldn’t you make use of the usb c 3.2 2x2 speed on a Mac by connecting the Samsung t9 it to a thunderbolt hub - which has a connection for usb c 3.2. 2x2 - and connect the hub via thunderbolt to the Mac ? A hub seems useful anyway, given the connectivity limitations of most Macbooks/Labptops. Oh, and the hi speed Sandisk G40 you could still directly connect to the Mac - or to the thunderbolt connection on the hub.
very helpful video thank you sir. I have just started this TH-cam channel where I will be recording hour long DJ mixes at beautiful locations. I'm just getting started with the editing and stuff. Im using an M1 MacBook Air with insufficient storage to store my Final Cut Pro libraries. Im shooting in 4k 60fps so as you can imagine my libraries can rack up in size quite rapidly. the sandisk pro g-40 is a bit out of my budget, do you think the crucial x9 pro would be sufficient for what I plan to be using it for? ill only be recording and editing videos every couple weeks so its not like I am editing daily for my job or whatever. what are your thoughts?
@@adamtalkstech thanks for your response. I think I'll go for the x9 pro for now... but ive just seen they sell a more expensive 'for Mac' version. is that just a gimmick? would I just have to set the original one to AFPS?
Hey is there any thunderbolt 40gbps hub or dock that offers more than 4 (four) "Thunderbolt 4" downstream ports along with others i.e. USB-A, USB-C, USB4, etc? Sorry if I sound like a newbie here. :)
It would have been preferable to have had a review that didn't concentrate solely on speed tests. There's more to choosing an SSD than picking the fastest! I find the Samsung T7 Shield to be very good for storing large RAW files from a DSLR and editing them in Lightroom Classic (with the catalogue on the internal Apple SSD). It doesn't get too hot even when importing files from the camera's SD card to the SSD.
@@adamtalkstech Reliability, life expectancy, durability, ease of use, drop resistance, water & dust proofing …. As I said using a high mega-pixel full-frame DSLR using LrC, with a large catalogue, I don’t find it “bogs down” even when importing large numbers of images to it or when performing complex edits. I don’t know about your video-editing use case; however, as a photographer the T7 serves my use-case well. If the SSD were significantly faster (and more expensive as a result) I don’t see I’d get any tangible benefit. Just saying X is faster than Y is no help whatsoever when in reality Y is fast enough. The decision which to buy needs more information than raw speed.
Thanks for the input. This was more of a general guide with a couple examples of some SSDS that I have used extensively and speed + the professional design of the G40 is ultimately why I continue to choose it as the daily driver and would buy it again and again over the cheaper ones. Photography speed needs are a lot lower than the others, but pretty much all of the modern SSDS have about the same drop resistance/water proofing and typically you just have to check each device's IP rating to determine that.
Crucial X10 Pro has USB 3.2x2, and only ports on computers that support this standard, that work at 2100 MB/S. Mac doesn't support USB 3.2x2, so it has speed as Crucial x9pro
I understand. It seems like a coin flip for some people. Check out my updated video with the Oyen u34 bolt. That one has been rock solid for me as well.
Regardless if you are a "consumer" or "professional" you don't need Thunderbolt 4 drives for video editing. Any SSD delivering ~850mbps will be more than fast enough. RAM does the heaving lifting and your edit platform is not reading or writing data faster than what a USB-C 3.2 drive can deliver. Your editing chain is only as fast as the slowest link and for most editors that's dumping footage from an SD card (which is WAY slower than even a spinning HDD). Unless you plan to copy everything to another TB4 drive for long term archiving, you will never enjoy any benefit from an SSD that can read or write at ultra high speeds.
Sorry but I completely disagree with you. 850 will bog down on exporting and at times when running effects. I’ve done direct comparisons to the slower drives and then the faster ones and always notice better editing performance as well as faster exports. The computer is still referencing the original media off whatever drive it’s on, not the ram. And when generating thumbnails you need it to be able to reference that file as fast as possible.
@@adamtalkstech no exporting does not "bog down" because your computer is never exporting faster than a USB 3.2 SSD can handle. I edit 4K video using a USB-C 3.2 external SSD drive that gets R//W ~850mbps and everything is a smooth as butter. ArtIsRight is one of the few tech guys on TH-cam who actually shows data on how fast the CPU/GPU is operating and what effect drive speed has on editing (spoiler alert, virtually none). th-cam.com/video/-8UfQ-Tw9aw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Uj6IWNzc6pN782UL
Looks like an informative video but I’m not going to argue with you any more here. I have the various speeds and types of drives and have done timed exports on both as well as just comparing different projects and testing the differences in how they are stored and perform. I just did a test recently comparing editing using one of the crucial and the pro g40 and the export time was cut in half on the pro g40.
I picked up the G40 Pro and hitting 2800 r/w on my M2 Mini and M3 MBP... fantastic speeds for an external drive!
I just "built" 4tb tb4 drive with Zike enclosure and Samsung 990 pro ssd. Price is way way cheaper than any of those ready built options out there. Speed is very good around 2800/3100. But man does it get warm. And by warm I mean burning hot after some time in Final Cut Pro. I bet the ssd is just loving being inside that aluminum oven... Maybe the most furious ssd wasn't the best option. That is why you spend money for ready built stuff.
Yeah the Pro G40 doesn't get burn your hand hot. They definitely did a great job with thermal management. What did that setup run you?
Would appreciate your feedback ... I bought the Sandisk G40 for my new Mac Studio M2 Max 2TB SSD 98 GB RAM ... and it would not mount consistently ... no matter how many times I tried ... when connected it was great and fast ... but it would not mount often ... even after a restart ... correctly ejecting ... or from clear start up where the unit was connect ... and I did use multiple Thunderbolt 4 cables which do work, because I use them on other externals ... loved the build and speed, just could not get it to work regularly ... thank you for the video!!
That’s weird. I’ve used it with the stock cable and some others from sonnet with no issues. I’ll do some tests today while editing and use the sonnet longer cable
I’d say return and get a different one maybe you’ve got a faulty unit.
Reviews on Amazon say this is frequently returned, citing the same issues!
thank you bro, I'm a music studio professional, did a deep dive into researching this topic and your video explains it best! thank you!!
Glad it was helpful! Music is life!
Extremly helpful video thank you very much, you broke it down very and made it very clear!!!!
Glad to help!!! Did you pick a new SSD up?
That was much more understandable than all of the other presenters put together, thanks 🙏
Glad it was helpful! What other questions should I answer in the next one?
@@adamtalkstech why doesn’t Crucial offer a thunderbolt option on its newest SSD for us Mac users ? Also I might buy the 7 or 9 and I noticed u said same speeds for the 9 due to the lack thunderbolt and will run same speeds on my new 2023 Mac Air . I noticed the 7 has an optional Mac ready version is that a better option since it’s already done vs the regular 7 with a fat32 file system ? Don’t u have to reformat the 7 to the iOS running system ?
@@albymetevier Mac version is still slower just comes preformatted in apfs
I don’t know why crucial doesn’t have a thunderbolt drive. They should. I bet they will release a usb 4 one within 1 year
@@adamtalkstech ok thanks , one other question if I get the non Mac one which will come with fat file system will it be able to work on the new Mac air 2023 with m2 chip as well as my iPad Pro’s and iPhones 14 pro max ? Or would I have to self format it to apfs system?
My niedługo też. Bo wstaliśmy o 7.
Nice summary Adam. What drive do you suggest for Time Machine backup in an audio studio? I avoid HDD due to noise and am seeking coolest / most reliable SSD over speed. USB 3.2 Gen 2 performance @ 900MB/s is fine. I will not edit on this SSD but may routinely copy larger amounts of data. Thanks for any insights you can offer.
WD My Passport 4TB $129.00 much better for Time Machine.. The drives you mention are fast... but pricey... $400.00 is out of most peoples budget...
WD My Passport 4TB uses shingled hdd. They are the worst in terms of performance and data integrity.
@@grantshields5712facts they crash a lot
@@grantshields5712way slower the ssd u can edit directly from with the hdd no bueno usually has been my experience.
nice vid and explanation. I got x9 pro 2tb. can you confirm that 2tb should be enough for easy editing ? up to 10min. ?
It all depends on how many source files you are going to be wanting to use
i have been watching reviews on youtube for the last 3 hours without definitive conclusion, until i ran into your video. wish i found it earlier. thank you. for the next video, i wish you make on "fastest dual thumb drives in the market". by dual i am referring to have regular USB on one side (for backward compatibility) and USB-C (thunderbolt 3/4 if there is such drive) on the other end. i am not sure i explained myself very good but i think you will manage to get the idea.
Are there any other titles for this you would recommend? I wasn't sure if I titled it correctly.
I know exactly what you mean, but still haven't found the one I want to recommend.
the title sounds good enough, maybe adding 2024 would help bring it up better in YT algorithms. waiting for your video when you find good thumb drive to recommend, i am subscribing to get alerts from your channel. thanks again@@adamtalkstech
I find yours are the best SSD reviews in all of YouTUbe, COncise, to the point and informative without showing off. You should make more reviews of other Items
Thanks! What other tech should I look at?
Great video! I need to get for music production Logic Pro etc! You explained very well!
Great video Adam. I have a 2017 iMac with 2TB fusion drive. It is starting to run slow and first aid is showing many bad sectors, so I am considering cloning my fusion drive using the Pro G40 and permanently booting to the Pro G40 as my solution. Q1. What software would you recommend to clone my iMac to the Pro G40 ? Q2. I also run Parallels software on my iMac and was wondering if that would still work after cloning ?
What’s the difference between crucial x9pro and x9 pro for mac? I need primarily to store Logic Pro sound libraries
Thankyou... The first youtube video that talks about the heat and file size issues with the USB 3.2 SSD and also the second video that talks about USB 3.2 2x2 compatibility issues with MAC..... Unfortunately I think i think its going to cost me more money for thunderbolt drive.
You deserve more subs dude...
I bought sandisk with amazon prime discount , i am happy with it
Thank You! You cut the crap and got right to the point! I've been all over the place looking at different videos! Getting the Lacie Pro for day to day. Any suggestions for dumping from my old IMAC 2013 to a storage drive that I can pick and choose what I want to bring on board to my new 2024 IMAC? And any thoughts on "CLEANMYMAC X"? THANK YOU!
I’ve heard good things about that Lacie one. They’re pricey and out of stock a lot.
I’ve heard nothing but good things about clean my Mac x but never used it. I typically just clone my whole computer using a thunderbolt cable and the apple migration assistant when I get a new machine
the no testing and compatibility is good point.
Comparing to nvme , which one you think is more reliable?
how much faster or what types of performance will i get switching to a thunderbolt 3 ssd vs usb 3? will I even notice a difference?
so the only sandisk SSDs that had some issues are the "regular" ones- the extreme etc and not this professional? Pricey but fast. I have a M1pro from 2021, and I have been using Samsung T7 drives.
I have a intel 2015 iMac. What would you use in my case.
Agreed. Fantom Drive Thunderbolt is my choice. Almost as fast as my internal SSD on Thunderbolt 3.
I really want to try that one out.
Can you tellme please is samsung t7 last long? Because i worried the manufacture not giving tbw information. And from when you use that samsung t7..
Thank you for making this soo clear!
Is it a MacOS problem or just the chipset? Could there be a USB/Thunderbolt Hub that would work for the 3 2x2?
Im with you on the enclosures. Not worth the risk
I have an R5 MKII so What dio you recommend for 8K-4K Video editing?
What about battery drain when using an external ssd?
Whatever you buy just beware that all ssds are getting more expensive
True. I don’t like putting prices on these videos because they change so regularly in this space.
Really really useful video man
I had a desktop PC about 12 years ago. Currently I just use my second Gen IPad Pro, for everything. It’s not cutting it anymore. I want to get a little Mac Mini set up in the office for day to day tasks and home photo/video management. I have 3 external HD’s from my old PC with all my old photos and videos. I’d like to be able to access that data on the Mac Mini I plan to buy. Also, transfer all that data over to a new external SSD. How do I go about accessing the old HD’s on the Mac Mini? Or would I be better off taking them to a place that specializes in that? I’m not sure what’s compatible with what. Thanks.
What kind of HDDs do you have? You will just need the correct adapter to go in through USB C to the Mac mini.
What about the crucial x10 pro?
Will get the same speeds as x9 pro on Mac because Macs don’t support dual lane speeds
Hey how are you? Between the lacie pro and the g40 sandisk, which one would you buy for a MacBook Pro m2 max for video editing?
I read sandisk users report many problems on the sandisk portable ssd.
Thank you.
Lacie pro is a little more expensive and typically out of stock. Those people are having issues with the Extreme Portable SSDs, not the Pro G40. completely different models and drives inside them.
Is the SanDisk Professional 4TB PRO-G40 SSD good also for storing games and playing off of it? Say, a game like World of Warcraft which is a very heavy game.
I have a mid 2012 Macbook pro. Which port should I use for the fastest data transfer?
I think those have thunderbolt 2? You could get an adapter for that.
Which drive would you recommend to mount on camera and record external B-raw from the Blackmagic Video Assist?
Which external ssd is best for installing Os nd run on mac
Pro g40
Thank you. This really helps me. I am working with very large historical video collections both in terms of archiving and editing. Have to learn more about physical storage and cloud storage.
Wow! In that case I would potentially use a combo of hdds, ssd, and cloud storage.
Adam: Nice job. How do I know if my 4 year old iMac is capable of using the USB-4 type of SSD?
It can if you adapt the thunderbolt port to it.
Isn't Sandisk having all sort of issues with their SSD hard drives?
With the extreme pro. Not the pro g40. Completely different drive.
@@adamtalkstech Thanks for the info
Thank you for this informative video!!!
Glad you found it helpful!
great video to the point and helped me make a decision fast.
I’ve read online that the sandisk had some issues. Thoughts?
That's the extreme portable and extreme pro that had the recalls, not the pro g40. completely different drive on the inside.
Thanks for saving me the frustration of buying the Samsung T9 4tb just to discover no speed improvements!!
Yeah it’s a little disappointing!
macs are going to improve and will acept the 2x2 tecnology?
Doubtful
what's the difference between crucial x9 pro vs x9 pro for mac ? The only thing I've noticed on crucial's website is that the x9 pro for mac "Works with Apple FileVault volume encryption". But not sure how important that is.
Did you ever find out ?
@@Capture262 the main difference is that the "for mac" one comes pre-formated to work best with mac. You can do this yourself via disk utilities, "erasing' the empty ssd, and then re-formating to APFS.
Thanks for your reply, I thought that was the case, I have just ordered the x9pro 👍
Couldn’t you make use of the usb c 3.2 2x2 speed on a Mac by connecting the Samsung t9 it to a thunderbolt hub - which has a connection for usb c 3.2. 2x2 - and connect the hub via thunderbolt to the Mac ? A hub seems useful anyway, given the connectivity limitations of most Macbooks/Labptops. Oh, and the hi speed Sandisk G40 you could still directly connect to the Mac - or to the thunderbolt connection on the hub.
No it’s a controller limitation on the Mac, even with a hub it won’t work. I’ve tried a few
@@adamtalkstechoh, that is a bummer. But thanks for checking.
Can you do a tutorial on Mac using T9
So the new MacBook Pro M3Max with thunderbolt 4 work at usb 3.2 2x2 Speed with the right cable?
No. Only get top speeds with thunderbolt drives.
Can you stack more than one external drive?
You can but you need a port for each of them or a hub for all of them.
very helpful video thank you sir. I have just started this TH-cam channel where I will be recording hour long DJ mixes at beautiful locations. I'm just getting started with the editing and stuff. Im using an M1 MacBook Air with insufficient storage to store my Final Cut Pro libraries. Im shooting in 4k 60fps so as you can imagine my libraries can rack up in size quite rapidly. the sandisk pro g-40 is a bit out of my budget, do you think the crucial x9 pro would be sufficient for what I plan to be using it for? ill only be recording and editing videos every couple weeks so its not like I am editing daily for my job or whatever. what are your thoughts?
I'd save up for a pro g40 if you can... the faster speed is really nice. but the x9 pro would be a good start
@@adamtalkstech thanks for your response. I think I'll go for the x9 pro for now... but ive just seen they sell a more expensive 'for Mac' version. is that just a gimmick? would I just have to set the original one to AFPS?
Yeah it’s the same drive just formatted differently
Hey is there any thunderbolt 40gbps hub or dock that offers more than 4 (four) "Thunderbolt 4" downstream ports along with others i.e. USB-A, USB-C, USB4, etc? Sorry if I sound like a newbie here. :)
thank you very concise and to the point!
It would have been preferable to have had a review that didn't concentrate solely on speed tests. There's more to choosing an SSD than picking the fastest! I find the Samsung T7 Shield to be very good for storing large RAW files from a DSLR and editing them in Lightroom Classic (with the catalogue on the internal Apple SSD). It doesn't get too hot even when importing files from the camera's SD card to the SSD.
What would you have liked me to discuss? T7 shield can definitely bog down under heavy load
@@adamtalkstech Reliability, life expectancy, durability, ease of use, drop resistance, water & dust proofing …. As I said using a high mega-pixel full-frame DSLR using LrC, with a large catalogue, I don’t find it “bogs down” even when importing large numbers of images to it or when performing complex edits. I don’t know about your video-editing use case; however, as a photographer the T7 serves my use-case well. If the SSD were significantly faster (and more expensive as a result) I don’t see I’d get any tangible benefit. Just saying X is faster than Y is no help whatsoever when in reality Y is fast enough. The decision which to buy needs more information than raw speed.
Thanks for the input. This was more of a general guide with a couple examples of some SSDS that I have used extensively and speed + the professional design of the G40 is ultimately why I continue to choose it as the daily driver and would buy it again and again over the cheaper ones. Photography speed needs are a lot lower than the others, but pretty much all of the modern SSDS have about the same drop resistance/water proofing and typically you just have to check each device's IP rating to determine that.
Can you also check Crucial X10 Pro as well please? It claims 2100 MB/S compared to Crucial X9 Pro that you mentioned?
Crucial X10 Pro has USB 3.2x2, and only ports on computers that support this standard, that work at 2100 MB/S. Mac doesn't support USB 3.2x2, so it has speed as Crucial x9pro
@krzpob much appreciated! I need to REALLY learn those new technologies and which product use them to clear my confusion!
bro gave more knowledge then the wikipedia thanks brother 😃
Thank you good sir 🙌🏼
You are so welcome!!
absolutely to the point >> Cheers
BRO THANK YOU SO MUCH
Glad
To help.
Good points!!
I love my Samsung t7 touch 2tb with fingerprint and fast
How long do they hold the data stored on them?
Great question that could be a lot more in depth than my knowledge.
thanks very helpful.
Glad it was helpful!
Very helpful information. Thank you!
Or make your own
Always an option
Yeah, the G40 has been legit for me
It's a beast!!!
5:23 sounds like you discovered some ideas for content…
I've got my first USB4 Enclosure right now and am waiting on a few NVMEs to come in...
ACE
New 1TB Mac Mini Pro, with 14 core CPU, 20core GPU, 10 GbE Ethernet, and now coming, a 4 TB OWC 5 TB SSD. QNap NAS with 10 GbE Ethernet
End of story.
Good picks. I want to try the OWC out.
Waiting on more thunderbolt 3 &4 choices to arrive. SanDisk horror stories permeate the comment section of YT
I understand. It seems like a coin flip for some people. Check out my updated video with the Oyen u34 bolt. That one has been rock solid for me as well.
@ ok I will watch that one today. Thank you 👍
Regardless if you are a "consumer" or "professional" you don't need Thunderbolt 4 drives for video editing. Any SSD delivering ~850mbps will be more than fast enough. RAM does the heaving lifting and your edit platform is not reading or writing data faster than what a USB-C 3.2 drive can deliver. Your editing chain is only as fast as the slowest link and for most editors that's dumping footage from an SD card (which is WAY slower than even a spinning HDD). Unless you plan to copy everything to another TB4 drive for long term archiving, you will never enjoy any benefit from an SSD that can read or write at ultra high speeds.
Sorry but I completely disagree with you. 850 will bog down on exporting and at times when running effects. I’ve done direct comparisons to the slower drives and then the faster ones and always notice better editing performance as well as faster exports. The computer is still referencing the original media off whatever drive it’s on, not the ram. And when generating thumbnails you need it to be able to reference that file as fast as possible.
@@adamtalkstech no exporting does not "bog down" because your computer is never exporting faster than a USB 3.2 SSD can handle. I edit 4K video using a USB-C 3.2 external SSD drive that gets R//W ~850mbps and everything is a smooth as butter.
ArtIsRight is one of the few tech guys on TH-cam who actually shows data on how fast the CPU/GPU is operating and what effect drive speed has on editing (spoiler alert, virtually none).
th-cam.com/video/-8UfQ-Tw9aw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Uj6IWNzc6pN782UL
Looks like an informative video but I’m not going to argue with you any more here. I have the various speeds and types of drives and have done timed exports on both as well as just comparing different projects and testing the differences in how they are stored and perform. I just did a test recently comparing editing using one of the crucial and the pro g40 and the export time was cut in half on the pro g40.
SanDisk® PROFESSIONAL PRO-G40. sounds good better than samsung x5