Customer Ratings & Reviews

Crucial X8: very fast, sturdy, compact. Great External SSD There are newer X9 and X10 now but not necessarily better.

I bought this after I found out my old external hdd was obsolete, and barely able to transfer the photos that were on it. It was a 2005 IDE 500gb HDD. After getting everything to the computer then copying them over to the new drive I was amazed at how fast it was. The speeds to transfer data are amazing from what I was used to. So far it has been great, and the drive it self feels well built and very solid.

I have been using an old element HDD for years and it served me very well but I decided to try out an external SSD instead so I picked this one up and I could not be happier, my games run so much smoother and the download times and load times have been cut in half if not much more !! Also the size and weight is so much less than the old school HDDs lol.

Great deal on sale. Needed larger 2TB external drive to back-up new 2TB MacBook Pro laptop

I use this portable SSD to do image backups of my laptop while traveling. It is very fast and reliable. I got it during Black Friday at a very good price. It is a very good buy.

Great for gaming. I bought a gaming laptop since I am on the go a lot more than I used to be but the SSD built in was small. Got this and it is excellent for taking a huge library of games on the go with me. I got it on sale and would recommend waiting for sales because it happens frequently enough.

Pros: + Good heat management keeps temps relatively low. + Includes USB C-to-A adapter. Cons: - Write speed absolutely falls off a cliff once cache is full. (BTW: You don't need to take my word for this, it has been confirmed in professional technical reviews by sites such as Tom's Hardware.) If you do large transfers over 280GB expect its write speed to plummet down to ~50MBps. That was the average I repeatedly observed (after the 280GB write cache was exhausted) over the entire business day it took to backup another 2TB SSD to this one. This sort of task is a one-time affair and subsequent incremental syncs would be smaller thus probably not an issue if you can wait out the initial backup. But if you regularly transfer large amounts to this drive (e.g. video production, professional photographers, etc) this is definitely not the drive to pick. You can read the aforementioned review for much better options in these type scenarios. - Included cable is pathetically short. Guess what Crucial... 6 inches isn't enough to plug into the USB port of a typical desktop PC and then be able to sit the SSD on your desk. The cable is so short the drive would just dangle in mid-air = not good. What would it cost you (a few extra pennies in the huge volumes you do) to include a 12 inch cable?!?! - No activity light. Maybe not a big deal for some but when doing something like a huge transfer, which will take hours, it would be helpful to have a little LED to glance at and see if it's finished. Again, something that could have been included for mere pennies.

Got 3 of these around Black Friday. So far so good. Got these as an additional back up to store media. Not a prepper, but do prefer to own my media vs pay monthly fees to stream or pay rent to watch something once digitally. And with constant rotation on streaming. I never know when a show or movie may come or go. Its just easier to own the media and store a few copies on various drive for easy anytime playback. Also great when power goes out. These power right of usb and are easily stored in laptop/tablet bags. Wish i bought more.

This SSD is blazing fast and sounds very solid in construction and truly portable. I just love it and its the best bang for your bucks.

I'm sure its a solid portable drive for normal storage. I attempted to use it with the PS5 and it just kind of struggled. I'd be comfortable recommending it for anything aside for the new consoles.

bought for gaming laptop mainly for storage for my pc games and works perfect ! Might latter on buy another for my gaming desktop !

Nice and compact and lightweight. Fast, reliable storage.

I’ve only owned this for a relatively short time. But, I’ve had an opportunity to copy pictures and videos to and from a couple of different computers using my new Crucial backup drive. It’s plenty fast. Furthermore, I did some “Windows searches.” They, too, were quick! I’m familiar with the quality of Crucial products; but, I jumped at this when this 2 TB version was priced at just slightly more than 1 TB products.

Perfect for my gaming needs. Currently runs PC games at great speed.

It seems to me that storage prices are starting to drop but the storage included with a laptop doesn't increase as quickly as I would like it. Also, many laptop storage options are soldered in place preventing upgrades. So an external storage device is really needed to keep up with my storage needs. I've had External SSD storage devices from a few manufacturers. One of the smaller (in physical size) ones that are part of my collection is Crucial branded and while it works great, I decided to pick up this Crucial X8 2TB to get the faster speeds. When I first handled this Crucial X8 I was surprised at its weight. It's about 100 grams. As I flipped it over in my hand, the main body is perhaps magnesium and the ends are coated with silicone. This differs from my previous Crucial external SSD which is all plastic. I imagine that this one is magnesium to dissipate any heat. It comes with a 9.5 inch USB-C to USB-C cord and a USB-C to USB-A adapter. It's definitely a faster performer than my previous Crucial drive. I was able to transfer ISO files with ease. I will definitely pick up more of these when they come on sale. They're handy to throw everything on them without having to make room for something else.

Great product. It's very portable with huge storage that I can use to back up my videos and photos when traveling.

I have used Sandisk Extreme Pro SSD and other external SSD drives and this one is the best value. It is high performance. I'm getting speeds of around 800-1000 MB/s on USB-C on the laptop and it's very fast on my Mac. It comes formatted with NTFS and this is working on Mac and PC so I found no need to reformate. It feels solid, mostly metal construction and I trust Crucial to be reliable.

This 2 TB is awesome for my M1 and final cut. It works like a champion.

awesome compact storage backs up to back blaze easily portable and light weight

Fast transfer speed. Compact size. The adapter is handy.