Fastest USB 3 Portable Drive?

[alexk403]

I have been reading many usb 3 reviews and such but am looking for the fastest usb 3 drive that is compatible with my retina mbp, 1tb in capacity. I saw the buffalo ministation thunderbolt which is pretty good at about 108mb/s read/write, but it is $230 so I was looking into anything cheaper. I am fine with just usb 3 if it will give me faster speeds that this. Thanks.

 

[alphaod]

Can't have it both ways. ~100MB/s is about as good as it get with regular hard drives. To get anything faster, you'll need to be looking at solid state disks; and at 1TB capacity it'll be anything but cheap.

If you're open to smaller capacities, right now I have a SATA 6G SSD in a USB 3.0 enclosure. I get about 300MB/s for sequential speeds, though my drive capacity is limited to 240GB.

 

[eron]

Don't think it's possible atm. You want 1TB that is faster than the Buffalo TB ministation. Wait till SSD becomes dirt cheap, then you might see what you want.

This is probably the closest.

http://tech2.in.com/reviews/external-drives/iomega-prestige-superspeed-usb-30-1tb-review/288022

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/758931-REG/Iomega_35194_1TB_Prestige_SuperSpeed_USB.html

 

[Orlandoech]

If you're open to smaller capacities, right now I have a SATA 6G SSD in a USB 3.0 enclosure. I get about 300MB/s for sequential speeds, though my drive capacity is limited to 240GB.

I have the same thing and love it.

See https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1424093/

 

[alphaod]

I have the same thing and love it.

See https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1424093/

Yeah I think it works great as a scratch disk for Photoshop and the like.

 

[alexk403]

OK Thanks everyone then I guess the buffalo ministation thunderbolt it is. I am okay with paying $230 if I know it cant get much better with a HDD