PNY Elite 480GB USB 3.1 Gen 1 Portable Solid State Drive (SSD) - (PSD1CS1050-480-FFS)

The title says it all

Fantastic little device. Just the right size so it doesnt get lost or misplaced. Though others have noted it gets a bit warm upon use, that doesnt seem to be much of a concern. Once the data is encrypted, this is a good little device to take when traveling. It loads onto the desktop right away and quickly ejects as well. Similarly password box loads quickly.

use it for backup working as expected. good transfer speed the cable was defective so had to buy a new one

This will be a very short, to the point review for now. The drive originally came named something not english. My initial speed tests were getting over 400MB/s for read and write. I wanted to name it what I wanted. As soon as I reformatted to OS X, my speeds were closer to 320. I had a theory that it was the reformatting that slowed it down. Back to the original EXFAT and now its better but still only 380MB/s. Basically, if you want the advertised speeds, you CANNOT reformat this drive.

Fast for pics. Wow Fast for videos. Storage 224 out of 240 that it says. But for as fast. And works on galaxy phones.

Pros: 1. Fast enough to edit photos from 2. Very small and light 3. Included cord has held up well Cons: 1. Read/Write speed not quite as fast as advertised A little background about me: Im a college student working as a photographer about 35 hours per week, and I shoot 3000-4000 images in a normal month. If I travel somewhere cool, the monthly shutter count can be closer to 6000. Needless to say, Im in constant need of storage space, especially since MacBook disk space is so precious (mine has the 250GB drive). I have a WD MyBook 4TB drive that sits on my desk at school, and its pretty fast and very reliable. However, I have two problems with it: 1. It sits on my desk (external power adapter) 2. Its fast, but not fast enough to edit from (easily) This PNY Elite SSD solves both of those problems! I use Lightroom to import photos from my SD card to the SSD, and it really is as fast as advertised! Several GBs of photos in a matter of seconds. The write speed is plenty fast enough so that Lightroom/Photoshop editing is not laggy, which was my main concern with any external drive. Like I mentioned, the WD MyBook HDD just wasnt fast enough, so that in order to maintain my sanity, I had to import photos to my internal drive, edit, export, and then transfer the files to the external hard drive. Then, I couldnt keep the photos with me. Now, I import directly to this SSD, edit and export, and put the drive in my backpack! Its small and light enough to actually let dangle by the cord without any worry of damaging the USB port of the laptop or the drive. Also, its built super-solidly, and Id have no reservations about carrying it in my pocket at all. Ive had this thing for a few months now, and the port on the device has not loosened significantly, which is a problem Ive experienced with other drives. All in all, Im happy to recommend the PNY Elite SSD to anyone needing a small, lightweight, blazingly fast storage solution!

This little thing works great. Super fast. Better than the larger thumb drives I was using. Worth the change and extra size.

Its quite small and works well. Great to have 480GB in such a small package. Speed seems limited by my system, I get 60-80 MB/sec on transfers, access is fast. I am very happy with mine and may purchase another.

It was able to transfer 128 gb of video, in a single batch, to my Macbook pro in 20 minutes. For its first single batch of data transfer, not too shabby! I havent had a lot of playtime on this yet but will update my review when Ive got some more experience with it. Please let me know if you found my review helpful in the box down below.

Pny is a good brand