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  • HStewart - Friday, April 19, 2019 - link

    I am curious if any of these test are true Thunderbolt 3 connections, it would be interesting to compare those result in conjunction with USB 3.1 C
  • austinsguitar - Friday, April 19, 2019 - link

    the wd dominates this. write speed is most important for removable drives and the LaCie just does not have what it takes. a shame.
  • mrbofus - Sunday, April 21, 2019 - link

    "Thunderbolt 3 SSDs that are surprisingly affordable despite their performance profile."

    Any examples?
  • ganeshts - Sunday, April 21, 2019 - link

    Patriot Evlvr 1TB @ $0.26/GB: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GP9M316?tag=hawk-futu...

    and you can make DIY TB3 SSDs with full PCIe 3.0 x4 performance for around $0.45/GB: https://www.anandtech.com/show/13878/quick-look-wd...
  • Evil Underlord - Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - link

    " SATA drive behind a USB bridge
    NVMe drive behind a USB 3.1 Gen 2 bridge
    NVMe drive behind a Thunderbolt controller

    Today's review takes a look at ... the second category in the above list, placing a SATA drive behind a USB 3.1 Gen 2 bridge."

    Categories don't seem to line up, though perhaps it's just sloppy editing, and the second category should just be "... USB bridge"

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