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Looks sexy, but is a hot garbage mess.
Q: What does a 1978 Ford Mustang King Cobra, My Ex Girlfriend, and this drive have in common???
A: They all look sexy and fast but underneath they are slow utter garbage. Unfortunately you pay for it before realize you got fooled.
One of the reasons I initially got this drive is I looked up and saw the Vulcan had dram memory. It absolutely does too! Unfortunately this is the almost identical "Vulcan-G".
I have been an IT professional for over 2 decades. This drive is crap! Sure you can throw it on Crystal Diskmark and it will look good. Get past a few Gigabytes on a larger copy and it drops from +400MB/s to about 70MB/s or less if it isn't large sequential writes.
I have a cheap little 512MB/s PNY CS900 I got at Walmart for under $50, and it will run circles around this thing. Not saying I'd recommend that drive as the TBW guarantee is pretty low. At least though you'd get to write that much in your own lifetime.
Don't buy this drive, spend a few bucks more for one that has dram memory on it for a buffer. Also stay away from any QLC drives. It's just not worth the few dollars less for junk. And this drive may look good, especially in my clear case, but looks definitely aren't everything.
July 2021 · Electronics · verified purchase