Silicon Power 2TB Rugged Portable External SSD USB 3.2 Gen 2 (USB3.2) with USB-C to USB-C/USB-A Cables, Ideal for PC, Mac, Xbox and PS4, PS5 Bolt B75 Pro

Using Silicon Powers rugged 1Tb external hard drive on Windows 11, USB 3.2 Gen1, with type A included cable. Accessing a Word, PDF, JPEG, any folder etc. is as fast as accessing it on your C drive. No exaggeration with that statement. Im totally impressed. The description says it comes formatted FAT32. Mine came formatted NTSF which is what I would have changed it to had it come FAT32.

Unfortunately I have a defective drive and will have to return. After swapping new cables, the drive is continuously mounting and unmounting by itself. It seems that the USB-C port on the drive is faulty. You cannot even touch the drive with out it unmounting itself. I am VERY disappointed! I really wanted this drive to work as I really needed it. Also it feels cheaply made with cheap materials. Id skip this one and find a better one. I think Ill be paying the extra money for a pricey Samsung. I guess you get what you pay for.

When I looked at the reviews, I thought this was gonna be really fast. It turns out the first two minutes were extremely fast. After 30 minutes of using the hard drive, it was useless and only got up to 200 Mb per second. I was extremely disappointed, thinking this was gonna be the right one. I’m here making this review so other people don’t make the same mistake I did. This hard drive is cheap and a waste of money. I mean it does work, but it is very slow and I thought this was an SDD hard drive, which it seems to not be working like one. Thank you for reading my review have a good day/night.

So far I have used this for 3 months and no hiccups. Data transfer is super fast and they dont have a bunch of bloatware or files that take up space, however its not a secure drive.

Saps battery life from computer. With no moving parts, why is it killing my battery.

Copying from my laptop USB-C to SSD USB-C connector I seem to be averaging about 30 Mbps... actually slower than using regular portable HDD and USB connections. Very disappointed.

Easy to implement in use. Very happy with it

I was skeptical at first with how poor some of the other reviews were. some claimed it to be as slow as any other HDD and as a gamer looking for fast loading screens I wasnt too sure. However I can assure you after playing both CS:GO and BF2042 all day on this device I saw no real difference between those games loading from my built in SSD and this SSD. Do note I am running it with the USB C to USB C on a Gen 2 USB C 3.2 port. Im not sure if that has an advantage over a Gen 2 USB A 3.2 port, I havent tried it. As of today 8/29/22 the SSD works great for gaming. If I run into any issues in the future Ill be sure to update my review and if you never see this review change its still in great working condition.

Use it with my Xbox. Works great. Games load up fast only thing is it seems to always stay on even when the Xbox is a off. No issues with it so far.

This drive is the Cadillac of drives. Super strong, military grade and is super fast on USB C port. Buy it.