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April 28th, 2018, 10:49 AM | #1 |
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Hellow USB-C
Sooo, the stork delivered our new iMac Pro and low and behold, the thing has all USB-C ports, not Thunderbolt 2. And all my G-Tech drives have Thunderbolt 2. I got one adapter from Apple for 50.00 to run my G-Tech drives as needed and any other Thunderbolt 2 drives I have.
Moving forward, I noticed G-Tech has a USB-C SSD in the works but didn't know if anyone has seen other SSD options for USB-C. I see some on Amazon and Newegg but I'm leery of ssd drives that are under 200.00. I'm not going to buy any more adapters, I'm just going to go USB-C from here on out.
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April 28th, 2018, 02:51 PM | #2 |
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Re: Hellow USB-C
I’ve been using this Samsung T5 SSD USB-C drive for a few months now. 500GB for about $150 is a bit of a premium, of course.
Though I’m on USB3/TB2, I bought it as an external editing drive for a particular project, and have used it with the included cable on USB3. It’s great so far, though I’m probably not stressing bandwidth with MP4/FHD. Did some transfers to a TB3 Mac earlier this week, that was fine too. I saw that Blackmagic’s demo of the new 4k Pocket Cinema Camera at NAB included direct hookup to that same T5 drive. Using it, powered through USB-C, as external storage. Looked great, if a little unsure in the ergonomics. I really do like this drive so far!
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April 28th, 2018, 10:02 PM | #3 |
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Hey Seth,
I saw that little Samsung on Amazon and almost bought it. I'm sure if you're like me, you've ended up with an army of drives over the years, so I didn't want to prematurely buy it and then have to spend 8 times that for the g-tech drive. I'm glad you like the drive. That's a good recommendation for me.
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