By Desire Athow
Solid-state drives have pushed hard disks out of the mainstream to niche markets where performance is far less important than the sheer price per GB.
SSDs maintain their decade-old advantages of better performance, lower power consumption and higher reliability regardless of any advances in magnetic technology.
But in a market dominated by Samsung, other smaller manufacturers have had to innovate in order to survive and thrive. One of them is Adata which sent over the SE730H (not to be confused with the older SE730), an external SSD that’s minuscule, ruggedized, sports a USB Type-C connector and promises spectacular performance levels.
The drive carries a recommended retail price of £129 ($170) but the cheapest we could find it selling for was £141 ($185) at Amazon (at the time of writing).
Design
Adata pitches this device as the world’s most compact external SSD. At 72.7 x 44 x 12.2mm and weighing only 37g excluding the cable, it has a smaller footprint compared to Samsung’s T3 and T5, and is much lighter as well. It is slightly thicker, though, probably because it needs extra protection to earn its IP68 certification.
This drive – which is made of aluminum and rubber – is one of a handful …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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