Best External Ssd For Editing

Best cooled external SSD available, which means less thermal throttling, which means better performance.

Love this, no more editing on external disc drive, this SSD is just like having zillion of space on the computer. My Mac Studio has 4 To but sometimes I end-up having to edit multiple projet around the same period. I used to edit on a 8 To disc drive but it's just anoying when it pauses and you have to wait for it to wake up...

I have been needing an external SSD for both storage & video editing. I recently learned about these super portable options from Crucial and decided to take a chance. So far, I am impressed. The amount of time it takes me to edit off the drive seems to have improved. Not to mention, the Crucial pairs nicely with my Lumix ecosystem (S5iiX and the GH6). So I can record hours of ProRes footage straight to the drive, then plug it into my computer and edit right off of it. Looking forward to using this for more projects in the near future!

It's an Apple computer, & as such, no surprises if you're familiar with the brand. Biggest difficulty is determining what level of Macbook Pro to get, as it's pretty impossible to upgrade later. I went with 36 gb of ram and 512 gb ssd. The ram was necessary for photo editing, and although the ssd is small, it's large enough to hold all the programs, and storing photos on external drives is necessary if you're taking a lot of photos. An external 2 TB ssd is less than the cost of upgrading the Apple ssd from 512 G to 1 TB. Get a firewire or usb 3 ssd and you won't notice any lag in loading. The price from B&H was better than ordering direct from Apple, Amazon, Best Buy (yeah, they've got a local store, so I checked) or any other legitimate online store. Order was delivered on time and in excellent condition. Anyway, I upgraded from a 2017 Intel iMac desktop. This is significantly faster. I haven't done any movie editing yet, so can't speak to that, but it runs Luminar Neo, ACDee, Topaz Photo AI, and the Affinity photo applications well. Get a good hub that uses minimum usb 3 and you'll need a good external monitor, as 14 is too small for serious photo editing. Hope this info helps.

Best SSD which I used ever!

Perfect for my external SSD.

Best SSD out there

Best computer for editing videos.

Best external HD I own

It is a really fast external ssd, very light and portable.