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Crucial X6 1TB External Portable Solid State Drive for PC/MAC/PS4/PS5/XboxOne/Android/iPad Pro

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Digital storage capacity 1 TB
Hard disk interface USB 3.2
Connectivity technology USB
Brand Crucial
Special feature Portable
Hard disk form factor 2.5 Inches
Hard disk description Solid State Drive
Compatible devices Laptop, Gaming Console, Desktop, Tablet, Smartphone
Installation type Plug In
Colour Black

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  • Speeds up to 5.6x faster2 than most traditional HDDs
  • Work with PC, Mac, PS4, xbox one, android devices, and more
  • Interface - USB 3.2 Gen-2 (10Gb/s)
  • Form factor - External Portable
  • Sequential Read - 540 MB/s

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Crucial X6 Portable SSD

How much can you carry between the tips of your fingers? With the Crucial X6 Portable SSD, the answer is: A lot! Whether you’re downloading videos for offline travel, organizing family photos, collaborating with classmates, or heading off on a great adventure, the Crucial X6 is affordable, and ready to go wherever you do.

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The SSD that takes you where HDD can’t.

With speeds up to 3.8x faster² than most traditional HDDs, the Crucial X6 lets you load and transfer files fast and get back to your day. Say goodbye to slow, fragile hard drives and lengthy load times forever.

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Backup, preserve, protect and encrypt⁴ your content with tools like Windows Backup, BitLocker, Apple Time Machine, and FileVault.

Movies anytime, anywhere.

Load hundreds of hours of Amazon Prime video. Plug into your tablet and watch wherever you are — no Wi-Fi required. Pack along their favorite shows — or yours.

More time playing. Less time loading.

Another game update? No problem. With up to 2TB of storage¹, the X6 stores your games (and DLC) in the palm of your hand.

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A lifetime's worth of memories don’t belong in a box. Preserve cherished moments, projects, and creations on the Crucial X6, the portable SSD you can trust.

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Capacity¹ 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB 120GB, 240GB, 480GB, 1TB, 2TB 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB 1TB, 2TB 500GB, 1TB, 2TB
Internal/External Internal Internal Internal Internal External External
Form Factor M.2 M.2 2.5 inch 2.5 inch, M.2 Portable Portable
Interface NVMe PCIe NVMe PCIe SATA SATA USB 3.2 USB 3.2
Sequential Read Speed² Up to 2400MB/s Up to 3400MB/s Up to 540MB/s Up to 560MB/s Up to 540MB/s Up to 1050MB/s
Optimal For Gamers, professionals, entry-level designers Hardcore gamers, professionals & designers/editors with intensive workloads Universal, value-conscious users Professionals, upgraders & college students On-the-go hobbyists, students, travelers & gamers Photographers, on-the-go professionals & console gamers

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Micron redefines what’s possible with innovative technology that shapes how we use data in all areas of life. Crucial’s unique integration with Micron means our memory and storage components are designed, tested, and refined at every stage of the production process.

1. Some of the storage capacity is used for formatting and other purposes and is not available for data storage. 1GB equals 1 billion bytes. Not all capacities available at initial launch.

2. MB/s speed measured as maximum sequential performance of device as measured by Crucial on a high-performance desktop computer with Crystal Disk Mark (version 6.0.2 for x64). Your performance may vary. Comparative speed claims measured as maximum sequential performance of similarly situated portable SSDs, mainstream portable HDDs and mainstream USB flash drives from vertically-integrated manufacturers selling under their own brands as of June 2019.

3. Up to 6.5ft/2 m without impact to data on drive on a carpeted floor.

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Customers like the speed, value, compactness and capacity of the computer drive. They mention that it's really fast, makes backups so much quicker and that it has huge storage. They are also satisfied with the quality. However, some customers are mixed on performance.

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24 customers mention17 positive7 negative

Customers like the speed of the external hard drive. They mention that it's really fast, and works very well. It also makes backups so much quicker, and is one of the cheapest options for fast external SSD.

"It is really fast and super portable...." Read more

"i bought the 4TB and it works very well.fast file transfer, no heating issue..." Read more

"...things have settled down after many restarts of my PS5, the loading times are great for my PS4 games, and this storage device does the job very well." Read more

"...gets full (after a 2 or 3 dozen GB it seems) this thing is slower than a glacier...." Read more

14 customers mention14 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the compactness of the computer drive. They mention that it is small in size but has huge storage. Some customers also say that it's super portable and light for carrying around.

"It is really fast and super portable...." Read more

"Does what you want it to do. Lightweight, fast transfer speeds all at a good price. Comes with some relevant cables and adaptors...." Read more

"Works as it should. Nice and light for carrying around." Read more

"Compact powerful unit. So much faster than my previous SSD. Hard to believe how quickly it backed up my laptop...." Read more

9 customers mention9 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the value of the computer drive. They mention that it is a good lower end product and a top quality item.

"...Lightweight, fast transfer speeds all at a good price. Comes with some relevant cables and adaptors...." Read more

"...If things weren't so misleading, (speed & capacity) it is a good lower end product." Read more

"...The X8 is really good value for money, really really fast and I can load Virtual Machines from it without discernible speed difference than off my..." Read more

"Good value product, small and easy to use." Read more

8 customers mention8 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the quality of the computer drive. They mention that it is reliable, solid, and an excellent device. Some say that it does not look or feel cheap.

"Works as it should. Nice and light for carrying around." Read more

"Best external drive ever, fast and reliable" Read more

"...And they haven’t failed. They do tend to get a little warm to the touch but never to the point of being a burn hazard...." Read more

"...Crucial is from Micron so it’s a high quality brand and a pretty sleek little gadget.I bought one, liked it, so bought a second." Read more

5 customers mention5 positive0 negative

Customers are satisfied with the capacity of the computer drive. They mention that it has a small size but huge storage, and is a great way to store your photographs. Some say that it is the best external drive ever, fast, and reliable.

"...that cameras can create these days, this is a great way to store your photographs and not have them take up all your computers hard drive...." Read more

"...the loading times are great for my PS4 games, and this storage device does the job very well." Read more

"I like the fact that no power is required. Can store heaps of my mp4 movies. I use it as a local drive connected to my WD Media player...." Read more

"Best external drive ever, fast and reliable" Read more

12 customers mention7 positive5 negative

Customers are mixed about the performance of the computer drive. Some mention that it works well after being reformatted to NTFS that works more flexible, while others say that it doesn't work on PS4 and is not usable in Mac.

"i bought the 4TB and it works very well.fast file transfer, no heating issue..." Read more

"...Within a week it did it again. I cannot get it to recognise no matter what I do. I have almost 2TB of data on it which is innaccesible...." Read more

"I have it to store PS4 games on my PS5. The product works ok, but bottlenecks with large transfers and slows down...." Read more

"Working really well for some months now. I keep all my photos on it and work directly with PS without loss of processing time. Love it!" Read more

4 customers mention0 positive4 negative

Customers are dissatisfied with the heat produced by the computer drive. They mention that it gets too hot and has thermal throttle issues.

"...And they haven’t failed. They do tend to get a little warm to the touch but never to the point of being a burn hazard...." Read more

"Beware, I bought the 4tb version and it thermal throttles severely after about half an hour of continuous transfer. I returned it. Not usable." Read more

"speed is good but gets too hot." Read more

"...well when initially plugged in, but within minutes of use it becomes ridiculously hot and slows down to a sails pace...." Read more

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Reviewed in Australia on 3 April 2024
Capacity: 2 TBStyle Name: X6 PortableVerified Purchase
No issues recommending this product. Pricey, but does as it is advertised to do.
Reviewed in Australia on 14 March 2023
Capacity: 1TBStyle Name: X8 Portable SSD (Up to 1050 MB/s)Verified Purchase
It is really fast and super portable. If you are into photography, you can store your Lightroom catalogue on this device and keep your photographs separate from your main computer. With the size of photographs that cameras can create these days, this is a great way to store your photographs and not have them take up all your computers hard drive. I used to come home from a shoot and find that I had to delete some files before I could import the current set of photos for my camera. Now, I just keep most of my photos on this drive and only the ones I'm actively working on on my computer. And when I'm ready to move those files to this new drive, is a simple, drag and drop in Lightroom.
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Reviewed in Australia on 6 November 2023
Capacity: 4TBStyle Name: X8 SSDVerified Purchase
i bought the 4TB and it works very well.
fast file transfer, no heating issue
I wish it has a simple way to lock like the Samsung T series, other than that ,pretty much perfect
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Reviewed in Australia on 21 November 2023
Capacity: 2TBStyle Name: X8Verified Purchase
I have it to store PS4 games on my PS5. The product works ok, but bottlenecks with large transfers and slows down. This doesn't matter for gaming, only transfer of large volumes of data. It also has a very short cable, and will dangle from the PS5 at the back. I've put a small stand (actually a glass jar with a metal lid) for it to rest on.

As long as I do not unplug it or move it, just leave it where it is, it works fine. But if I take it out, put it in another machine, it keeps demounting when I return it to my own PS5, which is very annoying. Perhaps my particular unit is unstable, I can't say. I can say that once things have settled down after many restarts of my PS5, the loading times are great for my PS4 games, and this storage device does the job very well.
Reviewed in Australia on 15 April 2024
Capacity: 2 TBStyle Name: X6 PortableVerified Purchase
Working really well for some months now. I keep all my photos on it and work directly with PS without loss of processing time. Love it!
Reviewed in Australia on 8 May 2024
Capacity: 2TBStyle Name: X8Verified Purchase
Does what you want it to do. Lightweight, fast transfer speeds all at a good price. Comes with some relevant cables and adaptors.

I recommend purchasing a carrying case for your portable SSD.
Reviewed in Australia on 21 October 2023
Capacity: 2TBStyle Name: X8Verified Purchase
Works as it should. Nice and light for carrying around.
Reviewed in Australia on 2 January 2024
Capacity: 2TBStyle Name: X8Verified Purchase
close to 2TB capacity more than fully meets my need to free up laptop storage space for (mostly) photos & videos storage in an external/portable SSD, and the transfer speed is brilliant. The latter notwithstanding my laptop port is USBC 3.2 Gen 1 (not Gen 2).

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5.0 out of 5 stars So tiny and dark it might get lost!
Reviewed in Canada on 5 February 2024
Capacity: 2 TBStyle Name: X6 PortableVerified Purchase
At 2Tb, the Crucial solid-state drive (SSD )is thin, small, and symmetrical. The first one we purchased had a non-working USB-C cable, however we were able to exchange it for another one at no cost to us, and no refund-then-repurchase runaround.

It is not the fastest advertised speed out there (search Sandisk Extreme) but compared to the old hard-disk drives (HDDs) that we have been using, this is fast enough, and we barely have the hardware to take advantage of its maximum speeds.

This capacity meant that photos and videos taking up storage on our cell phones could be backed up, with plenty of room for games, music, and videos. Note that 2Tb isn't a lot of room for 4K video editing or anything like that; for daily household and school uses this is plenty.

The plug is USB-C, so your tv must have that type of plug (or you buy a USB-A adapter separately), and your tv can read 2Tb hard drives (most have capacity limits) if you want to plug that into a tv. For a monitor you will need a computer to read its contents as well as a USB-C cable, or an adapter.

My worry is that because it's so small and it's the colour black, one of these days I will drop it, it bounces on the floor, and lose it. I suppose I could put a bright sticker on it but I don't know how that will affect its heat dissipation. So far it's safe, being treated well and I haven't travelled with it much. Once the child gets older they will get one of these as well; at their age they will most likely lose it (heck, I might lose it, it is THAT small).

Great purchase.
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Ruben L. A.
5.0 out of 5 stars Muy buena unidad de disco de estado sólido externa.
Reviewed in Mexico on 30 October 2023
Capacity: 1TBStyle Name: X8 Portable SSD (Up to 1050 MB/s)Verified Purchase
Esta unidad SSDes de muy buena calidad y muy alta velocidad. La estoy utilizando en una iMac de 2017 que traía disco duro y funcionaba muy lenta. Reinstalé el sistema operativo en el SSD conectado al puerto USB C y funciona con mucha velocidad aún con los programas de diseño más pesados, casi tan rápido como las nuevas Mac. Es una enorme mejora en el desempeño, particularmente cuando se usa software demandante de recursos. Lo recomiendo ampliamente.
Martin M. Hernandez Tena
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente y muy buen funcionamiento
Reviewed in Mexico on 28 September 2023
Capacity: 4TBStyle Name: X8 SSDVerified Purchase
El disco lo puse de entrada en un HUB UGREEN con el convertidor USB-A que viene incluido y la lectura era de aproximadamente 345 MB/s No tenía otro puerto USB-C libre en la Macbook Pro ya que tengo un Pen Display pero ya después lo que hice fue conectar dicho Pen Display por HDMI en el HUB y conectar el SSD en el puerto USB-C de la mac y subió a entre 687 a 745 MB/s en escritura y en lectura 763 MB/s lo que mejoró significativamente. Estoy muy contento con la unidad Crucial X8 SSD. Son 4TB, el material excelente, casi no se calienta . Muy recomendable!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente y muy buen funcionamiento
Reviewed in Mexico on 28 September 2023
El disco lo puse de entrada en un HUB UGREEN con el convertidor USB-A que viene incluido y la lectura era de aproximadamente 345 MB/s No tenía otro puerto USB-C libre en la Macbook Pro ya que tengo un Pen Display pero ya después lo que hice fue conectar dicho Pen Display por HDMI en el HUB y conectar el SSD en el puerto USB-C de la mac y subió a entre 687 a 745 MB/s en escritura y en lectura 763 MB/s lo que mejoró significativamente. Estoy muy contento con la unidad Crucial X8 SSD. Son 4TB, el material excelente, casi no se calienta . Muy recomendable!!
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Wade Manns
5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT drive, fast and small!
Reviewed in the United States on 8 April 2023
Capacity: 2 TBStyle Name: X6 PortableVerified Purchase
I got my previous portable storage solution, the platter-based HDD WD My Passport Ultra in 2TB capacity, back in mid-2015. It's held up for almost eight years and I've been very proud of it. Recently it started to click, most likely meaning that it is on its way out. I take that to mean that the read-write head is striking the inside of the case on occasion. It actually happens maybe only once every two or three minutes when it's idle. So, maybe it's not that bad. And I could retire it to use as an only-occasionally backup drive - when I was copying and moving content from it to the new drive so it could be more easily accessible, the clicking did not occur nearly as often, so maybe I was worried for not much.

Which is, fortunately, not an issue at all with the new SSD that I got just recently: Crucial X6! Same capacity, taking up the same position on my desk, but incredibly small - and no moving parts to wear out! YAY!

Though of course I don't know for sure, I imagine that the inside is a small form-factor M.2 drive flanked with heat spreaders - the only other option is that the drive takes up the entire space inside the case.

Either way, the drive is awesome and performs quite quickly for any number of applications. Much more quickly than the old magnetic drive, that's for sure. A weird thing is that it does not like CrystalDiskMark - creating its test file and then the speed test on it, well, takes a lot longer than I thought it would, whether I keep it on the default of 1 GB or go down to 128 MB. This makes this program unreliable for speed tests in my configuration - if I did not stop the test and let it show the speed that it determined, it would likely be much slower than the actual drive’s speed.

Speaking of my configuration: my computer does not have a USBC port on it natively, and this drive only has a USBC port on it, most likely to save on space and keep the drive as miniscule as it possibly can be. Thus, I had to get a USBC to USBA adapter cable, which I had gotten before for use with another drive. As far as I can tell, without being able to use a benchmark program as previously stated, the functionality and speed is fine with this SUNGUY brand cable. And the cable is fairly snazzy as well as you can see, its nylon-esque cover being braided!

Back at its inception two years ago, this drive was incredibly expensive at $285, and it was only available in 1 and 2 TB variants - now there's a 4 terabyte variant which I may get sometime. I was able to get this 2 TB variant for $110 and I am very happy about that. In retrospect, it might have been a bit better to be a bit more circumspect about my purchase and spend the extra $20 on the X8, which comes with its own USBA adapter and is apparently faster? (limited by the USBA connection, of course)

But that's all right - this will do for me for now, and I'm sure that somewhere down the line I will get the X8 as well, and repurpose this drive for maybe an extra storage device for my Xbox One - or the other way around. Goodness knows it's slow enough with its magnetic drive built in.

So yeah. get this drive if you want a little extra capacity and you're able to find a good spot for it to sit on your desk. Since it is so lightweight and small and thus likely to get lost if you don't secure it, I do highly recommend getting cable clips like those little adhesive/silicone ones that can grab onto cables and hold things securely in place - the ones I got have the brand names of OHill, ChefBee and ONME (yeah, I have lots of cables that need securing! ) and are sold here on Amazon for around $10, and come in both white and black (ONME had some Browns in their collection as you can see, but they stopped selling them over the past two years). Do some shopping as your needs entail 🙂

Take care, awesome fellow computer people, and happy storing!
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Wade Manns
5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT drive, fast and small!
Reviewed in the United States on 8 April 2023
I got my previous portable storage solution, the platter-based HDD WD My Passport Ultra in 2TB capacity, back in mid-2015. It's held up for almost eight years and I've been very proud of it. Recently it started to click, most likely meaning that it is on its way out. I take that to mean that the read-write head is striking the inside of the case on occasion. It actually happens maybe only once every two or three minutes when it's idle. So, maybe it's not that bad. And I could retire it to use as an only-occasionally backup drive - when I was copying and moving content from it to the new drive so it could be more easily accessible, the clicking did not occur nearly as often, so maybe I was worried for not much.

Which is, fortunately, not an issue at all with the new SSD that I got just recently: Crucial X6! Same capacity, taking up the same position on my desk, but incredibly small - and no moving parts to wear out! YAY!

Though of course I don't know for sure, I imagine that the inside is a small form-factor M.2 drive flanked with heat spreaders - the only other option is that the drive takes up the entire space inside the case.

Either way, the drive is awesome and performs quite quickly for any number of applications. Much more quickly than the old magnetic drive, that's for sure. A weird thing is that it does not like CrystalDiskMark - creating its test file and then the speed test on it, well, takes a lot longer than I thought it would, whether I keep it on the default of 1 GB or go down to 128 MB. This makes this program unreliable for speed tests in my configuration - if I did not stop the test and let it show the speed that it determined, it would likely be much slower than the actual drive’s speed.

Speaking of my configuration: my computer does not have a USBC port on it natively, and this drive only has a USBC port on it, most likely to save on space and keep the drive as miniscule as it possibly can be. Thus, I had to get a USBC to USBA adapter cable, which I had gotten before for use with another drive. As far as I can tell, without being able to use a benchmark program as previously stated, the functionality and speed is fine with this SUNGUY brand cable. And the cable is fairly snazzy as well as you can see, its nylon-esque cover being braided!

Back at its inception two years ago, this drive was incredibly expensive at $285, and it was only available in 1 and 2 TB variants - now there's a 4 terabyte variant which I may get sometime. I was able to get this 2 TB variant for $110 and I am very happy about that. In retrospect, it might have been a bit better to be a bit more circumspect about my purchase and spend the extra $20 on the X8, which comes with its own USBA adapter and is apparently faster? (limited by the USBA connection, of course)

But that's all right - this will do for me for now, and I'm sure that somewhere down the line I will get the X8 as well, and repurpose this drive for maybe an extra storage device for my Xbox One - or the other way around. Goodness knows it's slow enough with its magnetic drive built in.

So yeah. get this drive if you want a little extra capacity and you're able to find a good spot for it to sit on your desk. Since it is so lightweight and small and thus likely to get lost if you don't secure it, I do highly recommend getting cable clips like those little adhesive/silicone ones that can grab onto cables and hold things securely in place - the ones I got have the brand names of OHill, ChefBee and ONME (yeah, I have lots of cables that need securing! ) and are sold here on Amazon for around $10, and come in both white and black (ONME had some Browns in their collection as you can see, but they stopped selling them over the past two years). Do some shopping as your needs entail 🙂

Take care, awesome fellow computer people, and happy storing!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Super fast, high quality
Reviewed in the United States on 5 May 2022
Capacity: 500GBStyle Name: X8 Portable SSD (Up to 1050 MB/s)Verified Purchase
This portable SSD is super fast. Solidly built and stylish. Feels good in your hand and looks good on your desk. Slips easily into a pocket of your jeans or laptop bag. Stays cool when in use. Top shelf.