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

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.

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.

Its about twice as fast as my Lexar Pro 633x XC card in the same USB slot, impressive.

Small, portable and extremely fast even when plugged into my imac that doesnt have usb 3.0 speed. surprised.

Shipped super fast, so that was great...storage capacity/speeds are as advertised.. ships in exFAT format, can be changed to whatever you might prefer.

FAST. Small, Good price. BUY it. Remember to to a full reformat after arrival. Otherwise will not run at full speed. Ask Don at PNY support!

It was on sale for $110, Amazon deal of the day, and what i like so far about the product is the size and quality. Super compact SSD and feels solid. Pros Compact size, probably one of the most compact SSD in portable SSD class Look, feel and quality of material is good Good average speeds, not as goods as the company claims Work on MAC and Windows out of box, just plug and play (Read and Write) Considerations This SSD does heat up/feels warm to touch if you continuously use it to read or copy data. Not something that i expected, but i guess it wont hurt Paging was nothat great, came in a large envelope that was torn off on the edge, although the manufacturers plastic package was intact The plastic like packaging is really hard to cut through, i wish this came in frustration free packaging Cons Read and Write speed is not as consistent as compared to Samsung or Sandisk. I tried spurred test on Mac and Windows pretty much the same. Not even close to what is claimed Once you plug in the hard drive it take super long for computer to detect it, i tried this on 3 different computers and its same. Takes like 30 sec The drive was named in Chinese or Korean - You have to rename it The package said It includes data protection software, but it did not **Update** I do not want to be a critic here, but just trying to figure out if the item that was delivered to me has some problem After some more tests on a Mac and Pc (not the one i used earlier) the results are if not exactly but almost the same. Also ran tests on my Samsung SSD and they are consistent too 1. 339.6 write and 298.0 read on a Mac book pro retina i7 16gb 2. 331.2 write and 265.6 read on a Lenovo i5 8gb 3. 336.0 write and 290.4 read on HP i7 16gb If you look at the pattern based the numbers, they are very similar and no where close to what manufacturer 430/400 claims and some of the other users. Also the SSD does get warm even if you are browsing pictures - not that it bothers me but just trying to figure out if my SSD has some defect

Some reviews speak of high heat...not an issue with mine. Works as expected. Great price as well!

I LOVE THIS. BOUGHT IT TO PUT PICTURES ON IT BECAUSE IT IS SO CONVENIENT TO TAKE WITH ME IN MY PURSE WHEN VISITING FRIENDS OR RELATIVES THAT I WANT TO SHOW PHOTOS TO.