Launched concurrently the X9 Professional, Essential’s X10 Professional is its sooner sibling utilizing a full-speed USB 3.2 Gen2 x2 interface and is Essential’s quickest exterior SSD thus far. Presently on sale for just below £180, it is time to put this drive via its paces and see what it brings to the desk.
The X10 Professional is available in three capacities; 1TB, 2TB (the drive we’re reviewing right here) and a flagship 4TB mannequin. Powered by a Silicon Movement SM2320 controller working at its full USB 3.2 Gen2 x 2 pace, 20Gbps (the X9 has it working at USB 3.2 Gen2 x 1 (10Gbps), the drive makes use of Micron’s B47R 176-Layer 3D TLC NAND.
Essential price the drive as as much as 2,100MB/s for reads and as much as 2,000MB/s for writes. The X10 Professional comes with each 256‐bit AES {hardware} encryption and password safety. It has an IP55 score for water/mud safety and might survive a drop of two meters, however solely on a carpeted floor and let’s be trustworthy it could be a extremely massive shock if it could not.
Essential again the X10 Professional with a 5-year guarantee.
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