Crucial X6 1TB Portable SSD – Up to 800MB/s – PC and Mac
Crucial X6 1TB Portable SSD – Up to 800MB/s – PC and Mac – USB 3.2 USB-C External Solid State Drive – CT1000X6SSD9
1. Some of the storage capacity is used for formatting and other purposes and is not available for data storage. 1GB equals 1 billion bytes. Not all capacities available at initial launch.
2. Up to 6.5ft/2 m without impact to data on drive on a carpeted floor.
3. Compatibility may vary and may be contingent on device formatting and host capabilities.
4. MB/s speed measured as maximum sequential performance of device as measured by Crucial on a high-performance desktop computer with Crystal Disk Mark (version 6.0.2 for x64). Your performance may vary. Comparative speed claims measured as maximum sequential performance of similarly situated portable SSDs, mainstream portable HDDs and mainstream USB flash drives from vertically-integrated manufacturers selling under their own brands as of June 2019.
| Weight: | 39.1 g |
| Dimensions: | 6.9 x 1.1 x 6.4 cm; 39.12 Grams |
| Brand: | Crucial |
| Model: | CT1000X6SSD9 |
| Colour: | Black |
| Batteries Included: | No |
| Manufacture: | Crucial |
| Dimensions: | 6.9 x 1.1 x 6.4 cm; 39.12 Grams |
I bought this as a back up drive for my PC. I was surprised how small it is but that made it easier to place out of the way. Cable supplied as others have said is short but wasn’t a problem. Worked perfectly ,would recommend to any prospective buyer.
But it has to be said, this is lightweight, extremely portable: and formatted in exactly the right way for my needs.
Yes, this is pricey for someone in my shoes.
But it’s VERY worth while.
After researching several SSD devices I went for Crucial as it is a company I am familiar with.
Plugged this SSD in, transferred the operating system across, took about 6 hours, and now my computer is starting up in less than 1 minute.
If I had known this I would have upgraded earlier. Highly recommend Crucial devices.
I am using this for temporary storage for a Android 6 media box. Write speed is 40 mbs and I am able to stream video to my tv with no buffering.
The idea was to see if I could clear my DVD shelf and have them on disk.
Worked better than expected, so I have put on hold the purchase of nivada shield box and my get a few more drives and stuck with my old android 6 media box.
Most smart TVs have USB so you can use to to store your favorite films and save your self from subscribing to 3 different streaming services .
This has a USB C type connector, so I paid extra for the adapter for my old android box.
Had an issue with my Chromebook seeing and writing to the 1tb partition, but I used my hammer to fix this (Linux laptop) , formatting the drive took 7 hours. Worked with no issues
One small point which others may wish to note was the short length of the enclosed connection cord, which also has a USC connector at both ends. Although US C is a relatively recent innovation which is growing fast, on my PC which is just over two and a half years old, this technology is not included, rather than buy the USB to USC adapter I bought a longer cable with the correct connector on each end.
Out of the box it comes with the SSD and a USB C to USB C cable. My phone didn’t detect it using a USB C to lightening cable – however I found using a powered OTG adapter as pictured above did the trick (and doesn’t need external power). From there the ssd can be found in the files app.
When using USB C to USB C (or USB A), e.g. for computer, laptop, drone controller it works no problem. So it might work directly with the latest iPhones which have USB C ports instead of lightening, and likely most android phones, but I am unable to verify this.
NOTE: The OTG adapter, and usb C to usb A adapter (picture 2) is for reference only and does not come with the SSD!
Good bit of kit. Great for expanding my PCs memory I can load all of my games from Xbox game pass onto this without deleting them and reinstalling. Fairly easy to use just had to reformat it but there were loads of videos on YouTube to show me how.
I’d have to delete all the ps4 games and see if will allow use of ps5 storage, in which case you’d need one for the ps5 and one for the ps4, also it errors when console is repowered up so need to go to settings safely eject then power down ps5 and only replug when powered on ( or you need to do database rebuild every time) could also be software related on console i wouldn’t know. Never tested temp but should be fine considering it’s an SSD.
My complaint is about delivery. It is stated that this product was put in or letter box. It wasn’t. The driver could not even be bothered to open a gate and come to the house. Instead he threw it though the gate where it was rained upon for some time. Luckily the product was undamaged and works well. Please instruct your drivers how to deliver goods. This is not the first time this has happened.
I generally prefer to comment, months or years after usage but Amazon does not allow me review if I do not do it when i get the review mail, here it goes:
The ssd does not meet up to the read/write speed claimed by Crucial. That said, it does not mean it is slow, far from it, the read write speed are just not constant.
Sometimes it breezes through huge files, other times its other personality comes out and it behaves like a hdd (speed wise).
Still faster than a HDD.
Read and Write speeds are nice and quick, build quality is good, can’t complain.
I’ve had no issues using it.
I store a lot of photos and needed to up-grade from my previous external hard drive.
You can track the progress of external drives by comparing ones purchases over the last few years.
I have a Maxtor external hard drive, which requires a power supply and is the size of a slim brick. After that I have a Toshiba external hard drive which is a quarter of the size and gets its power via the USB socket.
Now the Crucial 1TB drive is an eighth of the size and is powered by its USB-C connection.
At each step above the storage capacity has increased, the physical size of the drive has gone down and the price has also gone down considerably.
The Crucial drive loads quickly and data storage speeds are excellent.
What’s not to like.
Very easy to set up and use, although a little tricky with one Android device connection. Wouldn’t recognise the drive so had to reformat but worked well after that.
If anything, it’s a little too lightweight for it’s own good. It just flaps around as an appendage on the laptop, held in place only by it’s connector. Oh, it turns out I *needed* the USB adaptor for my acer aspire 5. Good call on my part, there. Fortunately for me, the lappie has a permanent home on the living room table, so, apart from my constantly making sure the connector is firmly plugged in, no issues for me.
When initially purchased, it was dog slow doing downloads. Seems to have picked up a bit now, tho. Software update?? Anyway, it isn’t joking about 4TB. Finally have everything I want in my steam games library available again. Bought it for Starfield, if truth be told. Very odd for it to require an SSD as part of the minimum spec. But we’ll see how it goes.
I’m seriously thinking about getting more of these – they’re so small and easy to carry around.
4TB is an incredible amount of storage to have on something that is so small & light. You could be walking around with 4/5 of these things & not really feel it. I’m really impressed with the price as well – very reasonable considering most large storage portable SSDs aren’t cheap.
I’m hoping that, because it’s an SSD, it should have a long life!
It does just what is needed and easy to carry all the data I need to move from one location to another.
Reading other reviews, I was aware of the device “features” – in particular that transfer rates decrease greatly with very large data transfers (over ~64GB). I presume this is due to limitations in the device’s front end cache. For my purposes this is not really an issue. Up to this limit, benchmarking shows transfer rates in line with the stated specification.
I use a USB type A port on my Matebook – so I purchased the Crucial USB C to A adapter at 10. I am not over chuffed with that as other SSD manufacturers usually provide both USB A and C cables with the device….
NOTE. There is a notch on the adapter that must be aligned with a corresponding notch on the device USB cable – or transfer rates will suffer dramatically.
My only other minor gripe is that there is no LED “activity” indicator on the SSD – so I can see if anything is happening!
Otherwise, I am reasonably chuffed.