Crucial X9 1TB Portable External SSD – Up to 1050MB/s
Crucial X9 1TB Portable External SSD – Up to 1050MB/s, External Solid State Drive, Works with PlayStation, Xbox, PC and Mac, USB-C 3.2 – CT1000X9SSD902
1. MB/s speed measured by Crucial as maximum sequential performance of device on a high-performance desktop computer with Crystal Disk Mark (version 8.0.4 for x64). Your performance may vary.
2. Some of the storage capacity is used for formatting and other purposes and is not available for data storage. 1GB equals 1 billion bytes.
3. Comparative speed claims measured against maximum reported speeds from mainstream portable HDD manufacturers. Your performance may vary.
4. Up to 7.5 ft/2 meters without impact to data on a carpeted floor.
5. Compatibility may vary and may be contingent on device formatting and host capabilities. Compatible Android devices must be able to work with USB Mass Storage over OTG. Operating system updates and reformatting may be required.
6. Based on average photo size of 6MB, video at 4K/60fps in H264 format at 24GB/hr and 200GB for AAA games.
7. Best speeds available with USB Type-C to C cable on USB 3.2 Gen2 supported devices. Use USB Type-A adapter for older devices.
8. Ships in exFAT format. Can be reformatted into NTFS, APFS or other formats. Reformatting will result in loss of data from the drive.
9. Three-month complimentary Mylio Photos+ subscription available with eligible Crucial SSD purchase. Mylio Photos+ and Crucial product registration required for redemption. Eligible Crucial X9 SSDs: CT4000X9SSD902, CT2000X9SSD902, CT1000X9SSD902 must be purchased by December 31, 2024. Only new accounts are eligible. Subject to acceptance of applicable Terms of Use, while redemption code supplies last. Additional terms and conditions may apply. Micron Technology reserves the right to change or discontinue this offer at any time without notice.
| Weight: | 32 g |
| Dimensions: | 6.5 x 5 x 1 cm; 32 Grams |
| Brand: | Crucial |
| Model: | CT1000X9SSD902 |
| Manufacture: | Crucial |
| Dimensions: | 6.5 x 5 x 1 cm; 32 Grams |
I bought this to probide a pause and record facility for my Samsung tv. I plugged it in and the tv recognised it and prompted me to format it. This took a short time and it works fine.
Only issue is that the supplied lesd is rather short, but this is a minor matter.
It is small, lightweight and silent, but with a big storage capacity, so it is great for my needs.
Delighted with this, now being used for backups though I also used it to store photos on holiday transferring from sd via android tablet. Unusually this worked presumably because of the way it came formatted . I gather it’s not quite the latest spec but compared to disc drives it is very fast though usb C must have something to do with this.
First of all I was surprised how small this SSD is – much smaller than the Samsung SSDs I’ve been using up to now. It’s also very fast. I’m getting average read/write speeds of 904/909 MB/s measured using Blackmagic disk speed tests, which is both commendably close to the quoted speeds and about 100 Mb/s faster than the Samsung drives, which I’ve been perfectly happy with. I’ll stick with these X9 drives as I’m not sure whether my setup could get the best out of the more expensive Crucial X10. Time will tell whether the Crucial drives are as reliable as the Samsungs (which have never let me down), but things look good so far.
This storage device exhibits exceptional data transfer speeds when connected to my MacBook. Its compact size and lightweight design make it highly portable. I have not encountered any performance issues thus far.
Had it for close to a year now. Overall, a good SSD. Had a few times when it refused to connect to some MacBooks though. However, it might be just my uni
This drive would get 5 stars if their support tools (for firmware, etc) was available for Silicon processors (Apple M1,M2 and M3).
After forking out for 2 of these, I find out afterwards.
The customer support experience has been less than useful.
Personally? If you’re on the above mentioned machines buy an alternative brand.
Nothing to dislike about this item. Your music that you’ve kept over the years, will now not get lost, so you can continue with peace of mind your stuff is safe and is there always. Works with, PlayStation, X BOX. PC. ETC.
If you’re buying this ssd as extra storage for an xbox series x/s then you’ll also need a USB C to USB 3.1 Gen 2 Cable. This will have a little blue piece at the end of the cable, not white. If you use an older usb c cable (like i did) you will only be able to use the ssd drive for photos and music.
The included cable is usb c to usb c so won’t fit an xbox.
Wish someone had told me this before buying.
What’s good: Very small and fast external SSD – I couldn’t believe how small it was when I opened the package.
What’s bad: I bought this SSD to back up my Mac using Time Machine. Of course there are no instructions enclosed with the unit. So went on the Crucial website. No help there either. In the end I Googled “Back up Mac to Crucial X9” or something similar and found an independent YouTube video that explains the necessary steps. There must be millions of people who want to back up a Mac. Would it kill Crucial to produce some decent user instructions?
Very tidy little unit and completely painless in use. Just plug in and go!
I bought the 2TB unit which is the obvious choice at the price point (the 4TB is just too expensive) and it holds 1.8TB of data in actuality.
Speed is rated at over 400MB/s by DiskMark (software) but again in real life gives a very steady 325MB/s read and 315MB/s write via the USB 3.0 (Type-C) port on my mini PC, which i’m very happy with for an external drive. Unlike most mechanical drives (and many solid states) the data speed does not dive or jump around, even during huge copy operations, which is both unusual and most excellent!
Like this little drive a lot and may be back for another…. soon!
The reason I tested using the USB 3 adapter is that I got this to connect to my wifi router to use as a home cloud drive, which doesn’t have USB C socket, and it’s working superbly.
It’s effectively replacing my home cloud drive: originally had one of those western digital ‘mycloud’ devices, which has always been quite slow… then wd pulled support for the product leaving owners with a non internet facing home cloud brick as they shut down their servers… then the awful western digital device just fails constantly now, hence investing in this Crucial X6, and it has been an absolute winner in all regards. A perfect replacement.
Being solid state it’s quiet, fast, compact and runs fairly cool even when dumping onto it the complete backup from my original piece of rubbish (never going near WD again by the way).
I’ve had a few Crucial devices in recent years; to name a few… five SATA SSD’s to upgrade laptops, three sets of RAM for laptops, three M3 SSDs to again upgrade storage capacity of laptops… and all have been Crucial and all are still performing to the highest possible standards. Fast and reliable, and this X6 pocket sized gem is doing the same.
For under a hundred quid for the 2TB device it’s a winner all round in my experience, and given my experience with the Crucial brand in recent years I’m pretty certain this one is also going to be a worthwhile investment. Full marks in all regards.
I bought this SSD for around 59 in December and it has been fantastic! I have used to store my files from my Hard Drive as a Backup and I’m really pleased with it. The downside it that the advertised speed is 800MB/s and I only get around 35MB/s transfer speed in Windows 10. Sometimes it gets up to 200MB/s but that’s rare. I have enjoyed this product and it is a good product! It is really reliable. It is going to serve me for years of files! I recommend this if you want to buy a reliable and known brand company to store your data on.
(Also, when you get the SSD, format it first to NTFS because when it comes with ExFAT it is really slow, so make sure to format it before you use it to NTFS.)
I’d like to start by explaining some details of how SSDs work, the best ones (Most expensive ones!) have SLC (Single level Cells) then the next best have DLC (Dual Level Cells), then TLC (Three Level cells) and then there’s QLC (Quad level Cells). SLC drives tend to have a very limited capacity (in the Gigabytes not Terrabytes).
SLC are fastest and most stable. But as you can store less data on them, they cost significantly more. QLC are not very fast at all. Top level SLC based SSDs will have some normal RAM to act as a cache for the data before it gets written to the SLC.
The X8 is QLC based, and has no RAM to act as a cache. It therefore does a little trick where the controller software, will designate some of the QLC storage area as Pseudo SLC, (Caching data in the same was a RAM would) this will give greater speeds until this Cache gets filled up with data waiting for it to be written to the slow QLC. This is why some reviewers mention the drive slowing down so much when copying large amounts of data. (So go for the 2TB drive if you can as it has more cells to use as cache and is less likely to fill up with data, (if it gets full, then it cant do its trick with pseudo cache!).
As for many reports of heat, All flash memory get hot, its a consequence of the memory cells being “Flipped” from off to on or vice versa. Obviously the X8 doesn’t have a fan, instead it uses the case as a heat sink. To aid with this, make sure the X8 is well ventilated if you plan on using it heavily.
So with all that explained, lets move on to my review.
I bought this to use with my M1 Mac mini, now if you have an M1 and aren’t getting the quoted transfer speeds, try connecting the X8 to a Hub or Dock (Thunderbolt 3 or USB 4 would be best) and you should see an increase in speeds. I’m not sure why this happens, but it does.
I use the X8 to store my photo library on and it does a good job, its not as fast as the internal SSD, (But compare the price of a 2TB X8 with a 2TB SSD on a Mac). It is able to use the pseudo cache and gives good speeds.
Basically its a lot of bang for the buck. Its not the fastest drive if you are planning on copying a lot of data. but it works well within the limitations above. Its been totally reliable and its a very portable, very handsome little device.
I recommend it.