Reddit reviews [DISCONTINUED] Samsung T1 Portable 250GB USB 3.0 External SSD (MU-PS250B/AM)

Here's more info: http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/mac-owners-should-hold-off-on-new-samsung-t1-flash-ssd

And the review whose instructions I followed to get it to work with any mac w/o those extensions: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Portable-250GB-External-MU-PS250B/product-reviews/B00RWXV8FE

USB 3.0 SSD drives/sticks will give you speeds in the 400+mbps range.

USB 3.0 flash drives like the SanDisk Extreme top out at 250mbps many don't get there but may be in the 120-150 range and write speeds vary so choose wisely grasshopper.

Micro SD cards typically top out around 90 mbps for the best cards. write speeds are often not given and can be very low. Check carefully and again choose wisely grasshopper.

http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/the-best-usb-3-0-thumb-drive/

http://gizmodo.com/compact-ssds-that-outperform-the-fastest-usb-flash-driv-1649957047

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Portable-250GB-External-MU-PS250B/dp/B00RWXV8FE
Samsung just announced the new T3 models which will go up to 2TB.

Using a Toshiba CB35 too, I installed Gallium OS on my 250 GB Samsung T1. Speedy and plenty of space! Works like a charm.

Get an external USB 3.0 SSD like what OP used, a Samsung T1 250GB SSD.

Looks like its no longer on sale :/ 99.99 now

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Portable-250GB-External-MU-PS250B/dp/B00RWXV8FE/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1451525990&sr=8-2&keywords=samsung+external+ssd

>Earlier today I posted what I thought was an interesting anecdotal experience I had after installing and running Destiny on my Xbox One from an external SSD I received as a Christmas present, demonstrating that the SSD loaded about 20 seconds faster than the HDD. Turns out, my methodology of "hey, this is neat, let me share it to DTG," was fatally flawed and not up to the academic snuff of some of the DTG Fellows. Because I'm an overly-sensitive 30 something who can't let go of meaningless internet arguments, I decided to more rigorously test my completely anecdotal, possible placebo-effected findings, instead of letting them eat away at my very core only to make my wife have to listen to an overly long story about a reddit disagreement after she's had a long day at work.
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>Below is a video demonstration of the SSD Phenomenon originially reported on in my now-deleted, completely inadequate, first post:
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>https://youtu.be/7TtmVP_-vNo
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>As you can see in the video my SSD guardian arrives at the tower approximately 20 seconds before the HDD guardian. Pretty neat, right? WRONG! That is a single video, demonstrating a single result, from a single occurrence. That could have been purely the result of RNG, or Bungie's servers, or my own ISP, you nitwit. Now, if you're ready for some big-boy sciencing, then buckle up, because the real results are below.
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>Methodology:
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>I used the stopwatch on my phone to track the time it took from pressing "A" to launch Destiny from an unloaded state to the time my Guardian's landing animation finished at the tower and his arms were at his sides. To do this, I would launch Destiny and rapidly press "A" during the "Bungie" title screen to initiate the character select screen as quickly as possible (different from what is shown in the video). While the character select screen was loading I would hold the left thumb stick at a slight North East angle so as to not overshoot the emblem and have to reverse course. While orbit was loading I would hold the left thumb stick in a slight South West angle to anticipate the "Set Destination" button. Once selected I would rapidly press "A" to select the tower as quickly as possible and then hold the left thumb stick in a slight South East angle to select "Launch." Once my cursor was over "Launch" I would rapidly press "A" to select it as soon as it was available. Once my ship was launched I pressed no other button until my Guardian was at the Tower and their landing animation had finished, at which point I stopped the timer and restarted the process. When a disconnect occurred I simply reset the timer, quit Destiny, and restarted the process.
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>The testing process took place between 11:30 and 13:00 EST. I tested the HDD first. Took an undocumented break to cook and feed my daughters lunch, then resumed testing by uninstalling Destiny from the HDD and plugging the SSD back in.
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>The test was run on a Samsung T1 Portable 250GB External SSD and an Xbox One console with a 500gb HDD and Kinect. The only third party game/application installed on the HDD was Destiny and its DLC, while the SSD included Destiny and it's DLC and various other third party games and apps.
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>Here are my internet speed results from Speedtest.net:
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>http://www.speedtest.net/result/4951031646.png
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>Results
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>Time format: minutes:seconds
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> | HDD*|SSD
>---|---|----
>01| 2:31| 2:07
>02| 2:31| 2:06
>03| 2:22| 1:46
>04| 2:24| 1:49
>05| 2:21| 1:44
>06| 2:30| 1:51
>07| 2:23| 1:38
>08| 2:12*| 2:03
>09| 2:21| 1:46
>10| 2:22| 1:50
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>During HDD testing I was disconnected twice, receiving "Currant" error codes. This did not happen during the SSD testing.
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>Tower was empty, but I could still visit the vault and vendors, so I left the time in.
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>Averages
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>HDD average: 2:23
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>SSD average: 1:52
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>Average difference: 00:31
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>Differences**
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>Best HDD (2:12) vs. Best SSD (1:38): 00:34 - advantage SSD
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>Worst HDD (2:31) vs. Worst SSD (2:07): 00:24 - advantage SSD
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>Best HDD (2:12) vs. Worst SSD (2:07): 00:05 - advantage SSD
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>Worst HDD (2:31) vs. Best SSD (1:38): 00:53 - advantage SSD
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>All of that to say this: to the one guy who kept shitting all over my thread earlier, I WAS RIGHT MOTHER FUCKER.

Interesting. I purchased this Samsung model and it did not work.

i've heard that the read and writes are slow and are really not designed for it. if your dealing with large projects i'd buy a portable ssd using usb3.0 ports on your computer instead.

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Portable-250GB-External-MU-PS250B/dp/B00RWXV8FE

or portable hdd for slower speeds but way more space on the cheap

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dcomputers&field-keywords=portable+hdd

I heard these are pretty good especially for the price, but, discontinued.

https://www.amazon.com/DISCONTINUED-Samsung-Portable-External-MU-PS250B/dp/B00RWXV8FE