Although M.2 SSDs are very small, the Fusion is comparatively bulky. The Fusion Thunderbolt 3 is what I would describe as pocket size storage. The result is a compact external drive capable of transfer speeds up to 2100 MB/s. The Fusion PCIe Flash Drive takes advantage of Thunderbolt 3, as well as Samsung’s excellent SM951 M.2 SSD. Sonnet is aiming at professionals who need first-class performance in an external drive.
#Suitcase fusion 3 review pro#
Popular drives such as Samsung’s 950 Pro boast read speeds of 2.5GB/s and would therefore be heavily bottlenecked in a USB 3.0 enclosure that cannot transfer faster than 625 MB/s. The massive 5GB/s throughput could come handy when using high-speed NVMe solid storage externally. However, for the purpose of this review, we'll focus on this particular use.
Of course, Thunderbolt 3 can be used for much more than connecting high-speed storage.
Its latest iteration, Thunderbolt 3, is capable of reaching throughputs as great as 5GB/s using the PCI Express 3.0 bus. Professionals looking for something faster will have to look beyond the realms of USB 3.0, and this is where Thunderbolt comes into the picture. This is where the sub-200 MB/s throughput of the T3 becomes an issue. One possible scenario might see someone using the T3 for editing 4K video content, allowing them to conveniently work on their project at home and in the office. That is still plenty fast for general users, however content creators will demand much greater throughput. In the case of the T3, the sequential read and write speeds exceeded 400MB/s, though on-disk copy speeds dipped below 200MB/s and at times even below 100MB/s.
#Suitcase fusion 3 review portable#
The Samsung T3 portable drive we reviewed earlier this year is one of the most popular of its kind. High-speed storage has grown in size, and it isn’t uncommon to find 1TB+ flash-based external storage. You would be right, but for some users that simply isn’t fast enough. You might well be thinking "hang on a second, USB 3.0 has a theoretical bandwidth of 625 MB/s and is good for around 500MB/s of sustained throughput - and that's a lot!". Even with the great leaps in speed made by successive generations of USB, today the commonly used USB 3.0 interface is holding things up. As a result, peripheral connectivity speeds have had to play catch-up. In fact, SSDs have proliferated so much that they can now be found in external storage solutions. They are both faster and more reliable than traditional spinning-platter hard drives, and thankfully today you'll be hard pressed to find a new computer - laptop, ultrabook, or desktop - that doesn't sport an SSD.
#Suitcase fusion 3 review Pc#
Solid state drives have done their part in transforming PC performance in the last half decade or so.
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