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WD's My Passport SSD review: Worthy competition for Samsung's T3 |
August 02, 2017
Until WD’s My Passport SSD showed up on our doorstep, Samsung’s T3 USB 3.1 (Gen 1, 5Gbps) portable SSD was the last word in super-svelte, high-capacity storage. Now there’s at least a conversation. The My Passport SSD even adds a little spice to the debate by using a Type C USB 3.1 (10Gbps) interface. The extra bandwidth made no difference in performance, and the T3 is still a little faster. More on the why of that later.Price and Design
Small and fast costs more. At the time of this writing, the WD My Passport SSD was available only from Best Buy, with the 256GB version costing $100, the 512GB version priced at $200, and the 1TB version we tested going for an even $400. Darn, no break on capacity. That’s not cheap, but roughly on par with the T3. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/3200611/storage/wds-my-passport-ssd-review-worthy-competition-for-samsungs-t3.html#tk.rss_all
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