Hover to zoomSSK SD500 Portable SSD 250GB
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What's in the case
Content list
- 1×SSK SD500 Portable SSD 250GB
- 1×USB-C to USB-C cable
- 1×USB-A to USB-C cable
The gear
About this gear
The SSK SD500 is a pocket-sized 250GB solid-state drive with a USB-C port running at USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps). SSK rates it at up to 1050 MB/s read and 1000 MB/s write, and the aluminium shell sits in a rubber bumper with a tether loop. In our own testing reads held at roughly 700 to 800 MB/s, while sustained writes fell to about 50 MB/s once around 85 GB had been written in one pass.
At esports events, drives like this can serve as portable Windows To Go boot disks, one per player, so each competitor brings their own system and settings to any tournament PC. It is equally handy for moving project files, proxies and graphics packages between machines on site. For long continuous recordings, choose a drive with consistent sustained write speed.
Highlights
- 01USB-C at USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps); SSK rates it at up to 1050 MB/s read and 1000 MB/s write
- 02Supplied with USB-C to USB-C and USB-A to USB-C cables for laptops, desktops and tablets
- 03Aluminium shell in a rubber bumper with a tether loop for a lanyard or cable tie
- 04Bootable as a Windows To Go drive when prepared with a tool such as Rufus and formatted NTFS
- 05Measured by us: writes slow to about 50 MB/s after roughly 85 GB in one continuous pass
FAQ
Questions about this gear
A USB-C port running USB 3.2 Gen 2 at 10 Gbps. It also works on older USB 3.0 or USB-A ports with the USB-A cable, at that port's lower speed.
It is better suited to transfers, proxies and boot use. In our tests writes held around 430 MB/s for the first ~85 GB and then dropped to about 50 MB/s, which is too slow for long high-bitrate recordings.
Yes. Format it exFAT to read and write on both; NTFS is read-only on macOS without extra software.
Yes. Set up as a Windows To Go drive (for example with Rufus, NTFS) it runs a full Windows install over USB, provided the PC's firmware allows booting from USB.
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