Most people don t need and won t want to pay for the extreme speed and durability of lacie s rugged ssd pro external solid state drive but if you re a videographer filmmaker or other professional who works in the field and if you have a thunderbolt 3 equipped laptop so you can take full advantage of the device s performance you may consider it a bargain even at the 419 99 list price.
Lacie rugged thunderbolt ssd teardown.
Rugged ssd pro fuses the blazing fast seagate firecuda nvme ssd with a thunderbolt 3 interface unleashing speeds 5 faster than traditional sata ssds so that you can play back and render the most demanding high bit rate raw content like 6k 8k and super slo mo source files.
We tested the less capacious unit.
Small light and even.
Lacie s rugged ssd is a secure and professional grade 10gbps portable ssd that is designed to and speed up file transfers and provide a responsive 4k video editing experience.
The lacie rugged ssd pro is available in 1tb 400 and 2tb 700 capacities the same prices as samsung s x5.
Packaging follows the same design we have seen with many lacie.
Select the version optimised for your use.
Lacie rugged usb 3 0 thunderbolt 2tb 2 0 tb external hard drive model number.
Just a quickly put together video on how easy it is to upgrade a lacie rugged thunderbolt hd to have an ssd.
Hopefully someone finds this useful as i couldn.
The lacie rugged ssd pro external drive is designed for professional videographers and others who work in the field with thunderbolt 3 equipped computers most often macs.
Both carry a five year warranty.
Choose from thunderbolt usb c usb 3 0 and firewire 800.
Lrd0tu1 http amzn to 2dvv3i6 in this video i disassemble a lacie 2tb thunderb.
Lacie has used a seagate hard drive the st2000lm007 which is a mobile hdd with a 7mm profile and that explains why the device is so small.
It only has two platters each with a 1tb capacity.
The drive measures 3 85 inches by 2 55 inches.