4 or 8 TB High Capacity SSD! SanDisk Desk Drive Review
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
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VIDEO INDEX:
00:00 - Intro
00:48 - Price
01:12 - Silent Running
01:33 - Format
01:52 - Ports
02:24 - Build Quality
02:46 - Blackmagic Speed Test
03:38 - Crystal Diskmark Test
04:17 - Backups / Acronis True Image Software
05:49 - Conclusion
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Expensive….. and Sandisk questionable SSD qualty issues
A very intriguing device. I don't see why they used a proprietary barrel connection for power. It really should have been a usb-c so that you could use your own power brink or device if your computer couldn't provide enough power. In lamens terms it should be 2 usb-c and one labeled to computer the other labeled for the required usb-c power adapter.
They probably specifically barred USB-C for power because they foresaw the laymen connecting a bog standard Apple USB brick with a USB A to C cable and wondering why the drive is acting funny or not working at all.
maybe, but at this price point you won't see someone old like Martha Stewart buying it. It will someone more techie @@antikommunistischaktion
I went with a Crucial X8 after reading about ScanDisk quality issues, and the X8 is amazing. It's both backup and I can install and play games from it, and it's really fast, and does not require external power.
Very high priced, competition will eat them alive. Thanks for posting this video
Lol what? Right now I want you to show me an 8TB SSD that even comes close to $700. The only drive that beats that price is the Kingston DC600M but once you buy an enclosure it evens out. Everywhere else you're looking at north of $1000 for an 8TB SSD.
@@antikommunistischaktion Ok
SAMSUNG 870 QVO SATA III SSD 8TB 2.5" $ 547
VectoTech 8TB External SSD USB-C Portable Solid State Drive $ 599
@@antikommunistischaktion Samsung - T5 EVO Portable SSD 8TB, $620@Best Buy. But it may be half the speed of this one.
@@antikommunistischaktion VectoTech's 8TB SSD is portable, but not as fast.
I believe this uses dual NVMe drives inside hence the need for an additional power supply. There are a few dual m.2 DIY enclosures on the market and they all require external power. I think a dual 2.5 sata enclosure is about the limit that a 10gbps USB port can handle when it comes to bus powered storage.
I have an app for the Mac called Disksomnia which will keep your spinny drives spinning. Letting them spin down and up all the time will just wear them out a bit faster.
Hi Lon! Been a long time, hope you're doing well.
Nice but pricey. Great show.
What drive is inside? would have been nice to see.
8TB?? Sheesh! This looks like a monster!!
I currently have x2 SanDisk 4TB Extreme Portable SSD drives connected to my Mac and I would much rather stick with those over this new Desk Drive because they don't require external AC power and they were much cheaper.
please do fall test
Cool❤
Silent running, faster transfers & access, low power consumption sound good until you lose all your data to one of these POS SSDs. What is the cell type of the SSD inside?
I have…questions. I have gotten spoiled by tiny high capacity USB-C external SSDs that are fully bus powered; you can plug ’em in wherever you are, even if there is no wall power within 100 miles. The fact that the Sandisk needs a wall wart greatly reduces its appeal for true mobile work.
And that outdated power connector…I agree with everyone that said if it needs external power in this day and age, it should be USB-C. At least that would allow getting more power from another USB port on the computer, or from a power bank. Requiring wall power is a deal killer here. Again…seriously compromising mobility.
The power requirement and price make me suspicious. The power clue is that when a small SSD needs wall power, it’s usually because it’s a multiple-SSD enclosure. The price clue is that single 8TB SSDs tend to cost much more than this drive. I wonder if the Sandisk 8TB is really two 4TB SSDs set up as something like RAID JBOD. If that is the case, you really need to trust whatever RAID controller Sandisk put inside (internal RAID controller failures have doomed some two-disk high capacity hard drives in the past), although of course you should be backing up the whole thing anyway.
There was a time when the 8TB Samsung 870 QVO was priced well below this drive, so I put one in an enclosure making it an 8TB bus-powered external SSD solution at a lower price than this. However, the 870 is SATA so only half as fast as the Sandisk Desk Drive. That is one nice thing about this Sandisk, it does USB 3 Gen 2 10Gb/sec speeds as you tested. But I don’t think it’s worth it because of the ways that true portability is not really possible with it.
"greatly reduces its appeal for true mobile work" - its literally called the DESK drive....
@@MichaelGGarry Point well taken. Yes, Sandisk did name the product properly to lower our expectations, I should have taken that more into account.
If this was USB powered I can see it’s worth but requiring the included power supply makes it a poor choice for many people imo.
I'm really surprised it needs a barrel. I could see it being optional
I did try it without on my MacBook and it didn’t power up.
@@LonSeidman oh I believe it! I’m just surprised!
It is going to end up trash like the previous Sandisk 4TB I bought on sale? That was $200. Now they want me to pay double for the same size?
Do you understand what a sale is? Also, same speeds?
@MichaelGGarry is faster. 1050 read/ write. I understand now for sure- Sales gets rid of defective products!!
it's Expensive !! with this money i can buy a NAS or build a much cheap one .
7.998 tb
LonBall it says on the label it’s not for Mets fans. I sold it on EBay.
Learn to write pal.
After they destroyed their reputation - you go first. With your own money.
Nice for those times you’re out and about and can’t take the NAS with you
And too expensive here in the uk
Lot of idiots in comments that have never used a desk drive and only used portables
Wow, it’s slow, not priced well, and backed by their poor reliability track record. The 3 year warranty doesn’t include data recovery, so it’s of little value. This is an easy pass since you can get far faster and better reliability for the same price. For 1/3 less I’d get these for my kids to use, but this isn’t a good choice for anyone looking to store files they care about.
Never rely on data recovery. 1 version of your data is just irresponsible
wayyyyyy too expensive for my blood or my devices.
Powersupply? Old design….
Forget about SanDisk. Too many bad experiences around the internet.
First
Far too expensive. Best of both worlds? Capacity, well 8 is good, not great, but better than nearly all Nvme drives. Speed, 800-900, is horrible by today's standards. Yes, it is faster than a spinning disk, but even a Gen 3 Nvme drive is faster, say nothing about gen 4 or 5. Now, this is a joke review, right? You are not being compensated? I'd say getting a $700 item for free is compensation.
As for me, I quit using SATA drives, say nothing about spinning platter drives, years ago.
Samsung T5 8TB is $650 so this has no place in the market.