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    Is Elgato Thunderbolt SSD worth it? Owner's POV welcome!

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by ajaidev, Jun 4, 2012.

  1. ajaidev

    ajaidev Notebook Consultant

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    I just saw elgato ThunderboltSSD at a store today and i was searching for something like this for a long time, USB 2.0 is painfully slow to transfer stuff.

    The price asked here "India" is around $500 for the 120GB and $800 for the 240GB. I am interested in the 120GB one, if any owner can tell his experiences that would be awesome.

    Secondly i also have a two small question if the new MBP has USB 3.0 can a similar USB3.0 portable SSD be anywhere near the performance of this thunderboltSSD and will this "Elgato thunderboltSSD" work with bootcamp "Win7"
     
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  2. SP Forsythe

    SP Forsythe Notebook Evangelist

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    I just ordered a 128 GB Crucial SSD that I plan to use with my Seagate portable Go-Flex Thunderbolt adapter. If it works alright, then the total expenditure, including cable should be around $260.00. That is one helvalot less expensive than the Elgato. The main reason I am giving it a try is that I already have the adapter and cable, which I use with several GoFlex drives I already own. I also have a LaCie Thunderbolt Little Big Disk. The awsome speed has me hooked, and I'm looking to improve things without spending a ton. The Elgato sure is "purty", but IMHO way overpriced. Realistically, based on component costs, Elgato should be charging about 40% less than they are (even figuring that their TB adapter is more compact than Segate's).
     
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  3. ajaidev

    ajaidev Notebook Consultant

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    Your post was just a little too late i already ordered the 120Gb model and have received it. Speed is just awesome but i did not like the construction for a device of such cost.

    Quickbench says i am getting around 270MBPS read and 260MBPS write compared to my friends usb 3.0 OCZ SSD its 82MBPS faster on read and 103MBPS faster on write.
     
    ajaidev, Jun 7, 2012
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    ygohome Notebook Deity

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    that is VERY much improved performance over USB 2.0. Congrats on your purchase.

    In contrast, I'm using external esata connection via an express card in my 17" 2009 MBP to bare 3.5" HDD (fast for a HDD) and I get about 80 - 120MBPS when performing backups depending on how much space is left on the target drive. So your new external thunderbolt SSD drive sounds great to me!

    I cringe if I have to do any big USB file transfers.
     
    ygohome, Jun 8, 2012
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