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Post by Mister Chase on Nov 29, 2021 17:43:45 GMT -6
We were talking about these in another thread. They are discounted everywhere it seems. I just got a 2TB for 200 on Amazon.
Going to put all my verb impulses and sample banks on it to save my M1 mini drive space.
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Post by kcatthedog on Nov 29, 2021 17:49:35 GMT -6
it’s USB-c not Thunderbolt, speeds will be fast enough ?
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Post by kcatthedog on Nov 29, 2021 17:50:29 GMT -6
M1 mini is USB-a so will you need a converter ?
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Post by Mister Chase on Nov 29, 2021 18:08:57 GMT -6
it’s USB-c not Thunderbolt, speeds will be fast enough ? 10gb/s bus speed for USB-c which still exceeds the M1 SSD read/write max of around 4gb/s total.
OWC had a drive that touted 2000 mb/s but it was much more expensive. This drive is over 1000 mb/s R/W. Which is approx the same as my Samsung internal SSD's that I ran VI's off for some years.
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Post by Mister Chase on Nov 29, 2021 18:10:47 GMT -6
M1 mini is USB-a so will you need a converter ? M1 mini is, in addition to the USB-A ports, USB-C(USB4)/TB 3 which are both 40gb/s. They are dual purpose ports. I have a usb C drive connected to one for my backup of the OS and my TB interface on the other. |
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Post by aremos on Nov 29, 2021 18:23:04 GMT -6
We were talking about these in another thread. They are discounted everywhere it seems. I just got a 2TB for 200 on Amazon.
Going to put all my verb impulses and sample banks on it to save my M1 mini drive space.
Guess that won't work with USB-2? |
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Post by Mister Chase on Nov 29, 2021 18:35:17 GMT -6
We were talking about these in another thread. They are discounted everywhere it seems. I just got a 2TB for 200 on Amazon.
Going to put all my verb impulses and sample banks on it to save my M1 mini drive space.
Guess that won't work with USB-2? USB is generally very good about being backward compatible. 2.0 speed maxes at 480 mb/s which is slower than the drives throughput i/e a bottleneck. If it's only reading from the drive, you'll only lose 70 ish mb/s read speed, on paper. But it should be compatible with a simple usb C to A connector. Some drives come with both cables, I don't know about this one...
EDIT: this drive comes with a USB-C cable with an A type adapter. So it can run USB 3.2 or C. If it connects to a 2.0 port, it should work, just slower.
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Post by kcatthedog on Nov 29, 2021 18:40:09 GMT -6
Great info: thx!
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Post by mike on Nov 29, 2021 19:14:53 GMT -6
These look good I thought too, after John mentioned it earlier and I researched my choices a little to fit the M1 Pro I plan to buy after January 1.
I was tempted to try the Assemble the super fast SSD ones yourself in a enclosure but decided to let more time pass and options evolve for one of those between warranty length and potential heat concerns......and I chose instead the 2TB Pro version of this that is supposed to be up to 2000MB/s for $299 5 yr warranty
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Post by kcatthedog on Nov 29, 2021 19:23:00 GMT -6
Nice, prices up here are 1/3 more, am thinking about the 1tb as its only around $150 and I don’t have large libraries.
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Post by Mister Chase on Nov 29, 2021 19:28:24 GMT -6
These look good I thought too, after John mentioned it earlier and I researched my choices a little to fit the M1 Pro I plan to buy after January 1.
I was tempted to try the Assemble the super fast SSD ones yourself in a enclosure but decided to let more time pass and options evolve for one of those between warranty length and potential heat concerns......and I chose instead the 2TB Pro version of this that is supposed to be up to 2000MB/s for $299 5 yr warranty
You know, in the spirit of the heavy discount, I just canx the extreme and went with the pro as well. 2TB at 2gb/s will last me for VI's and impulses for a long, long time.
Thanks.
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Post by Mister Chase on Nov 29, 2021 19:31:59 GMT -6
Nice, prices up here are 1/3 more, am thinking about the 1tb as its only around $150 and I don’t have large libraries. I was *this* close to getting 1TB. I have shy of 200gb in libraries now, but that will grow with time.
EDIT, just changed my order to 1TB. I'm not THAT much of a VI user...
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Post by prene1 on Nov 30, 2021 19:42:05 GMT -6
I have like 10 of those extreme portables. Great drives.
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Post by Johnkenn on Nov 30, 2021 21:47:08 GMT -6
Damnit. Must have just missed it
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