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USB 3.0/Type C External Hard drive

I haven't seen any, but let me know if you find! Currently have my PNY Elite SSD hooked up to a USB-A to Type-C Apple adapter, and it's quite long.
 
puckhead193 said:
what made you get the Atmos over the T3 can't decide which to get.

Thanks!
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The T3 is the only and fastest Thunderbolt 3 external SSD I have been able to find.
LaCie as a company is often criticized. One of their external HDD failed on me personally a couple of years back.

So the alternative is the Glyph Atom Raid 0 even if it doesn't support Thunderbolt 3 (just USB 3.1) in its current iteration.


Edit: meant Bolt3, not T3. (thank you LS417)
 
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RichardF said:
The T3 is the only and fastest Thunderbolt 3 external SSD I have been able to find.
LaCie as a company is often criticized. One of their external HDD failed on me personally a couple of years back.

So the alternative is the Glyph Atom Raid 0 even if it doesn't support Thunderbolt 3 (just USB 3.1) in its current iteration.
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T3 is about half the speed of atom RAID, I know cause I have both. T3 read / write is 400ish, and atom raid is 850ish. To my knowledge the t3 is USB 3.1, gen 1 and the atom raid USB 3.1 gen 2.

Both work with USB A/C ports and both support thunderbolt 3. Although only glyph includes the cable for tb3, with Samsung you need to buy a c-c cable.
 
LS417 said:
T3 is about half the speed of atom RAID, I know cause I have both. T3 read / write is 400ish, and atom raid is 850ish. To my knowledge the t3 is USB 3.1, gen 1 and the atom raid USB 3.1 gen 2.

Both work with USB A/C ports and both support thunderbolt 3. Although only glyph includes the cable for tb3, with Samsung you need to buy a c-c cable.
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I apologize for the confusion: I remembered the names wrong but I meant to write about the LaCie Bolt3 which boasts a 2,800 MB/s and two port to daisy chain USB-C devices.
http://www.lacie.com/personal/limited-edition/bolt3/

T3 is the name for the External Samsung SSD as you pointed out.

And thank you for clarifying the Gylph Atom Raid 0 being USB 3.1 Gen 2 (800 MB/s) but that is not the same as being Thunderbolt 3 (40Gb/s), is it?
https://www.glyphtech.com/product/atom-raid-ssd

I am surprised by the amount of time it's taking manufacturers to jump on the USB-C conversion and would like to see more drives.
 
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RichardF said:
I apologize for the confusion: I remembered the names wrong but I meant to write about the LaCie Bolt3 which boasts a 2,800 MB/s and two port to daisy chain USB-C devices.
http://www.lacie.com/personal/limited-edition/bolt3/

T3 is the name for the External Samsung SSD as you pointed out.

And thank you for clarifying the Gylph Atom Raid 0 being USB 3.1 Gen 2 (800 MB/s) but that is not the same as being Thunderbolt 3 (40Gb/s), is it?
https://www.glyphtech.com/product/atom-raid-ssd

I am surprised by the amount of time it's taking manufacturers to jump on the USB-C conversion and would like to see more drives.
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Yea the LaCie bolt is crazy fast thanks to pci-e ssd's that really let it take advantage of TB3's throughput. Being full TB 3 it allows for daisy chaining also but the downside is it will only work in full TB 3 ports. Price per gig is a little crazy though.

You're good to go if you have new MacBook Pro but any other apple machine will require adapter and nowhere near the speed the unit is capable of.
 
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