Reddit reviews SAMSUNG T5 Portable SSD 2TB - Up to 540MB/s - USB 3.1 External Solid State Drive, Black (MU-PA2T0B/AM)

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-T5-Portable-SSD-MU-PA2T0B/dp/B073H4GPLQ/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=samsung+t5+2tb&qid=1573253800&sr=8-2

Amazon link & slightly cheaper: https://smile.amazon.com/Samsung-T5-Portable-SSD-MU-PA2T0B/dp/B073H4GPLQ?sa-no-redirect=1

I prefer ssd - here's what mine's installed on: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B073H4GPLQ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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I have the Wise 1tb SSD and it works really well even at 4k 60fps, and has an amazing form factor for small rigs. However for $20 more you can get a 2TB Samsung T5 which will work as well:

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-T5-Portable-SSD-MU-PA2T0B/dp/B073H4GPLQ

Small rig has the best bang for your buck full cage:

https://www.smallrig.com/smallrig-cage-for-blackmagic-design-pocket-cinema-camera-4k-2203.html

As for batteries the Core Powerbase edge is in my mind one of the best batteries you can find, it has a small form factor, decent capacity at 48wh, and has amazing versatility with dual d-tap, a 7.4v output, and dual usb output:

https://www.coreswx.com/product-category/small-form-batteries/powerbase-edge/

However there is a new battery from Soonwell that has dual d-tap, a usb, and twice the capacity at 98wh for $50 less than the Core Powerbase, it hasn’t been widely tested yet tho:

https://www.soonwell.com/broadcast-battery

It’s all up to you and how much you have budgeted for accessories.

A bit more but there is a Samsung t5 also type c 2TB for 277 and change.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B073H4GPLQ/ref=cm_cr_arp_mb_bdcrb_top?ie=UTF8

>You said in order to take advantage of thunderbolt you need a drive faster than usb 3. Are you talking about the drive in the computer or the external harddrive ?

I'm talking about speed of the drive inside the external enclosure. Since USB 3 is fast enough to transfer everything from hard drive speed to SATA SSD speed, paying extra for Thunderbolt is only justifiable by something faster than either of those. Usually means NVMEe SSD, or a RAID of SATA SSDs.

The LaCie 2TB you linked to has a number of Style choices. As far as I can tell, all except the "Thunderbolt SSD" version are simple hard drives. The other choices only have to do with what ports are on the case, not the drive inside since they're all just hard drives. Based on the pictures, the ones that say "Thunderbolt USB 3.0" and "Thunderbolt USB-C" are regular hard drives with two ports or cables on the case, one being Thunderbolt and the other being either USB 3 (type micro B Super Speed) or USB 3 (type C, as on the latest Macs). These connections are more for convenience than speed, since they're not going to make much speed difference with just a hard drive in there.

The Thunderbolt SSD option is priced much higher because it does have a SATA SSD in it.

While they both use hard drives, the LaCie is priced higher than the WD/Seagates mostly because of the fancy case. The $60 drives are marketed as backup drives and are probably not very fast; they only claim up to 120MB/sec. They are not intended as primary fast storage for photo/video work. But the LaCie is aimed at professionals who capture photo/video out in the field and need to offload it from their cards and edit. The LaCie is a ruggedized case, shock and water resistant while the $60 drives come in a simple enclosure that you absolutely would not want to drop or get wet. You would be able to safely use the LaCie on assignments where you would not want to use the $60 ones.

If you are always going to leave the little drive on the safety of your desk, go ahead and buy the $60 but don't expect it to be fast. If you buy the LaCie with a hard drive in it dont expect it to be much faster, and if it is never going to move from your desk then you wasted money on the ruggedized case.

If you want an external drive that takes full advantage of Thunderbolt speed, it is going to have to be something like the Envoy Pro EX. It contains a similar NVME SSD to the one inside a MacBook Pro, so the spec sheet says it is capable of speeds up to 2600MB/sec. That is well beyond what USB 3 can deliver, and ridiculously faster than what the LaCie spec sheet says (510MB/sec for SSD and a poky 130MB/sec for hard drive), so the Envoy really does need Thunderbolt. But they are priced accordingly for that level of performance and I won't be able to afford one any time soon.

I know you are trying to buy something fast and so that goes back to the Samsung T5 I already mentioned before. It has a good SATA SSD and a fast USB 3 type C port, so it is a middle ground between the cheap slow hard drives and the super fast unaffordable SSDs. And it ought to serve Lightroom well enough. Notice that you can get a 1TB T5 for a lot less than a 1TB LaCie Rugged, that's because the T5 is a regular non-rugged case if that's all you need.

If high capacity and low budget are too important then you have to forget about SSD and just get a nice cheap 2TB USB 3 hard drive. If you get one with a 7200RPM hard drive inside it will be a little faster than the usual 5400RPM, but still nowhere near as fast as any SSD.

Which is really, really dumb when you can buy one of these, it has read/write speeds that are probably 20 times that of the stick.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073H4GPLQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_-3lhDbYGD36M0

I do the same thing but with a gigabyte aorus gaming box Rx580.

I use an X1 Carbon 6th gen with a double monitor setup. I can recommend this. The 7th gen is lighter, stronger, and faster. It has two thunderbolt three port that unfortunately share bandwidth. I use a samsung t5 2tb ssd for all my games and I get no stutters. Overall my setup costs me about 1500. I got a good deal on the X1 since I got it from costco and it was on sale for 1100.

Today, with the x1 carbon 7th gen, it would be: (i7-8565u quad Core, 16 gb 2133 ram, 256 gb ssd): USD 1500
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpad-x/X1-Carbon-Gen-7/p/20QDCTO1WWENUS0/customize?
The samsung ssd is : USD 280
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073H4GPLQ/ref=twister_B074T4VYCV?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
The razor core x is: 400
https://www.amazon.com/Razer-Core-Thunderbolt-External-Enclosure/dp/B07CQG2K5K/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=Razor+core+x&qid=1566830545&s=electronics&sr=1-1-spons&psc=1&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzVVY3RzU3U0hNVzdCJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMDU0OTEzMUVRUFNGS0RNUUVUVSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNzg3MTMxRlJYSEs3VzFCMk9MJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==

Total is 2180 USD or about 1960 Euro

I sold my RX580 Gaming box and bought a 2060 Gaming box.

Thunderbolt-attached storage is essentially a buzzword used to sell you what is, at best, $900 of SSD in a $2k package; or $560 of enterprise HDD in a $850 package.

USB 3.1 Gen 1 (aka USB3, aka USB3.1, the 5 Gbps one) is, although slower than SATA 3, already faster than most people will notice for 80% of uses. USB 3.1 Gen 2 (the 10 Gbps one) is already faster than SATA 3 and can saturate lower-tier NVMe drives.

Are you looking for an external HDD or an external SSD?

• You can get a 2TB external Samsung SSD for $410.
  
• 4TB is the largest capacity that 2.5" hard disk drives are produced, and as such is the largest capacity you'll find on offer for small and compact portable drives. You can pick up a 4TB external HDD for about $100.
  
• Any larger than 4TB and you're looking at a 3.5" drive, which will take up much more space and require an external power brick (it can't just be powered off of the USB port).

It depends how much you’re willing to spend. You can buy a relatively cheap external hdd(like this one here or you can buy a ssd like this one. The ladder will have significantly faster speeds and durability

seven-eight-what? hol up.

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-T5-Portable-SSD-MU-PA2T0B/dp/B073H4GPLQ/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1542605783&sr=1-3&keywords=external+ssd+2tb

Unless your time is worthless, get an external SSD instead. They're not that expensive and read/write speeds will be much, much better.

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-T5-Portable-SSD-MU-PA2T0B/dp/B073H4GPLQ

https://www.amazon.com/2TB-Passport-Portable-Storage-WDBKVX0020PSL-WESN/dp/B07CFY9SHX

So hard drive technology hasn't really changed all that much over the past few years. Things of note right, HDD is slower than an SSD and that's slower than an M.2

1 minute that fills up 250 gigs makes no sense to me, what camera are you using, I can shoot in DNG RAW on a 500gb ssd and still have like an hour of footage? I don't even think REDs RAW is that heavy?

I'm kinda confused on the whole post. I'm from an IT background. everything depends on what you want to do with each hard drive. If you want to edit straight from the external drives SSDs are the way to go, if you're looking for storage, HDD is way cheaper and you can get like 8TB drives nowadays.

B&H isn't as fast as Amazon, you can just wait till you get to the states and get a hard drive like same day if your in a big city or get it in like 48 hours if you pay for expedited shipping.

So, to finish, it sounds like you need a good SSD so check out the Samsung T5 Portable SSD - 2TB I can't recommend them enough to me they are really reliable during my travels and stuff. And I record to them directly from my BMPCC4k.

Ordered a lot of new gear for the studio, but I'll just add everything I ordered to get the camera ready to go.

For lenses I'm using ones I've already had (Canon 17-35mm 2.8/Canon 85mm 1.8/Canon 70-200mm 2.8) I'm still looking for a 50mm that I'd like to stick with.

Body -
Ursa Mini Pro 4.6K G2

Power -
I went with gold mount, because I've had issues in the past with V-Mount connections being unstable.

Juicebox Gold Mount Battery & Charger (95Wh)

Blackmagic Design Gold Mount Battery Plate for URSA/URSA Mini

D&O - Dual Channel Anton Bauer Gold Mount Battery Kit

Storage -

SanDisk 512GB Extreme PRO CFast 2.0 Memory Card

Samsung T5 Portable SSD - 2TB - USB 3.1 External SSD

SanDisk Extreme PRO CFast 2.0 Reader/Writer

Shoulder Mount -

CAMTREE Hunt Professional Shoulder Mount Cage Kit for Blackmagic URSA Mini

Not sure if I would recommend the shoulder mount. The cage doesn't seem to sit very snug against the body. I'm still configuring though.

Okay - so here’s the thing, if your client runs Windows you need to format the drives they get as NTFS. (Under no circumstances do you use ExFAT).

In order to read/write to NTFS drives on your Mac, you need to buy a copy of Paragon NTFS (IIRC it’s only about $20 USD).

There is always a danger with using file system converter apps, so best practice is that you do your work on a drive formatted for MacOS, and then copy the data to the NTFS drive as needed.

Don’t do your cutting on this drive. That’s important. If something goes wrong with the NTFS volume you need a fall back plan.

The fall back plan is just to reformat the NTFS volume and copy the data over from the HFS/APFS drive you were working on.

If you’re sure 2TB is enough space, I highly recommend a [Samsing T5 SSSD](Samsung T5 Portable SSD - 2TB - USB 3.1 External SSD (MU-PA2T0B/AM), Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073H4GPLQ). It will be as fast as you can go without getting into Thunderbolt 3 RAID 0 enclosures which will Have compatibility issues for Windows users, and this one has come down in price significantly recently.