CEO Today Magazine April 2019 Edition

www.ceo-today.com 66 THE CEO TRAVEL GUIDE Samsung T5 SSD Samsung X5 SSD Crucial Internal SSD + RAM This was likely the portable SSD bought and used by most people in 2018. It’s one of Samsung’s top of the range portable storage gizmos, the Samsung T5 SSD. It’s actually tiny and will fit in the palm of your hand, it’s super-fast and, well, it looks so sleek. This is the kind of drive you should carry with you at all times, for fast access to presentations and excel sheets, photos, video or music. No buffering times, just pure storage enjoyment and easy data usage. If you’re unsure about any of these storage devices, this is the one to go with. It’s mid-range in the market, but has great speeds, storage capacity and did I mention it’s tiny, weighing just 51g. I personally tried the T5 and I’m glad to say it lives up to its reputation. I got it in a smooth, deep black colour because I’m all about the sophistication, but it does come in many colours if you’re into that. I tested it with some video editing and music transfers and was very happy with the results, no lag or interruptions, with fast reading and writing of all files. It also uses Samsung’s secure password software, though I didn’t stage test any break ins, but I’m sure it will work fine. Similarly to its little brother the T5, the Samsung X5 SSD is a perfect mix of capacity and speed, in a small, elegant package. Though only slightly larger than the T5, the X5 boasts an incredible potential for up to 2,800/2,300 MB/s. This is, of course, only possible with super-fast internal SSDs in your boot device. Apparently, the X5 lets you transfer a 20GB 4K UHD video from your PC to the X5 in just 12 seconds, providing you have top performance internal hardware. I tested the X5 with some more video editing straight from the X5 drive, using 4K 8bit video without proxy files and the editing was seamless; no loading time, no reading files again and again. This was probably happening in the background, but I simply couldn’t tell. Truly impressed, and though a little more expensive, this is the one I will personally be purchasing to use moving forward. In order to run fast, portable SSDs like the above, you also need fats internal SSDs, otherwise you’re not really making the most of your portable drive. In order to run smooth file reading and writing on your computer, faster downloading because the files are writing quicker and smoother frame play and integration with your graphics card, I’d recommend our next choice, the internal Crucial P1 SSD. We specifically tried the Crucial P1 1TB 3D NAND NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD, which runs at up to 2,000 MB/s. It made booting up the quickest it’s ever been, with my desktop ready to go in under 15 seconds. This is, of course, an internal SSD for your laptop or desktop device, to be used as a separate partition drive or as your boot drive. With how powerful it is, the latter is the recommended use. If you add a few more gigabyte of RAM to your device, you will likely be taken aback by how fast your workstation is operating. 5 6 7 Top Speeds: 540 MB/s Top Capacity: 2TB Connection: USB 3 Top Speeds: 2,800 MB/s Top Capacity: 2TB Connection: Thunderbolt 3 Top Speeds: 2000 MB/s Top Capacity: 1TB Connection: USB 3 he Top 10 Storage Devices for Every CEO