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G drive pro thunderbolt professional#

These high-resolution video formats, along with the rising popularity of higher megapixel DSLR cameras that shoot professional 2K video, has created a need for a new high-performance storage solution designed to meet the needs of today's digital content creators. For example, an uncompressed 2K digital video format consumes more than one terabyte (1TB) per hour and requires approximately 305 megabytes per second (MB/s) sustained throughput for smooth editing with no dropped frames. However, if ruggedness and the ability to survive a fall is your top priority, then the Envoy Pro EX has a fatal AchillesвЂ™ heel, in the form of a cable thatвЂ™s permanently connected to it and canвЂ™t be replaced if damaged.New high-resolution media formats and related files sizes require massive storage and faster data transfer rates to efficiently edit and distribute content throughout the workflow. Its 1TB model is also far cheaper than the G-Drive equivalent, while being as fast.

G drive pro thunderbolt portable#

The OWC Envoy Pro EX Thunderbolt 3 portable SSD comes with MIL-STD810G drop test certification and a three-year warranty. It is slower than the Samsung X5 or the G-Drive, has a two-year warranty, and while it does look sturdy, Patriot hasnвЂ™t made a big fuss of this aspect. If price is paramount, ahead of warranty, ruggedness and speed, then the Patriot Evlvr is worth a look at $190 for the 512GB model. It is also more expensive than the G-Drive mobile Pro, although not by a significant amount. The X5 from Samsung is the fastest external drive (non-RAID) on the market and while it might not be the most rugged looking out there, it can still withstand drops of up to two meters вЂ“ and thereвЂ™s a 2TB model available. There are no other Thunderbolt 3 storage devices that come with such a long warranty and have been tested to a three meter drop if you find any, do let us know. ItвЂ™s aimed at the videographer on the move who has to face Mother Nature and adverse terrains, its small capacity meaning that it can only be a temporary abode for digital video footage before itвЂ™s transferred elsewhere. The mobile Pro targets a niche within a niche.

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Bear in mind that you will need to reformat the drive in order to use it on Windows 10, and that lower capacity SSDs tend to perform worse than bigger models. The device was warm to the touch when in use, but not to the level of anything unpleasant. A single 100GB file took 137 seconds to be shuttled from the host PCвЂ™s drive to the mobile Pro, which is faster than the Patriot Evlvr or the OWC Envoy Pro EX, but slower than the Samsung X5. AS SSD and Atto benchmarks reported slower read speeds (between 2.1 and 2.4Gbps) with write speeds hovering between 1.8 and 2.1Gbps. Write speeds were understandably slower at 2.3Gbps with our test machine, a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga. As to G-TechвЂ™s claim that this drive can hit 2.8Gbps, we found it to be true, as CrystalDiskMark recorded a staggering 2,830Mbps during our tests. Not surprisingly, it is available in 512GB and 1TB versions вЂ“ again with no 2TB offering.

G drive pro thunderbolt Pc#

It is likely that the storage components used in the G-Drive mobile Pro are the same as the Western Digital PC SN720, an NVMe drive that has a five-year warranty and read speeds of up to 3.4Gbps.

HereвЂ™s how the G-Drive mobile Pro SSD performed in our benchmark tests:Д¬rystalDiskMark: 2,830MBps (read) 2,295MBps (write)ДЄtto: 2,380MBps (read, 256mb) 2,110MBps (write, 256mb)ДЄS SSD: 2,300MBps (seq read) 1,778MBps (seq write) PerformanceД¬uriously, the drive is identified as the SanDisk Extreme Pro by CrystalDiskInfo, although that shouldnвЂ™t really matter given that they are both part of the same holding company: Western Digital Corporation.