Crucial X6

13 reviews

Nov, 2024

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price (8)
design (3)
usability (2)
reliability (1)

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size (2)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 13 reviews of Crucial X6. The average rating for this product is 3.6/5, compared to an average rating of 4.5/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviewers are impressed by the usability. The design also gets good opinions. Opinions are divided on the reliability. There are some less positive views about the size.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Crucial X6 is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 96/100 = Excellent quality.

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Expert review by : Nick Perez (pcmag.com)

Crucial X6 Portable SSD Review

Light and highly pocketable ; Low cost per gigabyte ; Compatible with Xbox One, PS4 game consoles (albeit not with bundled cable)

Shell feels plasticky ; No USB-C-to-A adapter or cable in box ; A step behind in speeds, despite USB 3.2 Gen 2 interface

Crucial’s X6 Portable SSD is a good basic external drive for everyday use and small backups, but its performance and build will fall short for incessant file movers and active users.

Dec, 2020

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Expert review by : Jon L. Jacobi (pcworld.com)

Crucial X6 USB SSD review: Good price, good performance, good design

Crucial's X6 USB SSD operates at good SATA speeds, and it fits a ton of NAND storage into a very affordable, compact, and comfortable design.

Ergonomic design ; Good everyday performance ; Very affordable for an external SSD

Performance tanks when cache runs out

I have zero qualms recommending the X6 for the average user. Especially those who like to carry their storage around in a pocket. It’s a bargain (less so at 4TB), and fast enough for everyday use.

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Expert review by : Ganesh T S (anandtech.com)

SanDisk Extreme PRO and Crucial X6 4TB Portable SSDs Review: Contrasting High-Capacity Storage Options

The portable SSD market has been steadily expanding thanks to the increasing digital footprint of consumers. Content creators find themselves capturing photos and videos at higher and higher resolutions and bit-rates, while gamers are encountering...

Aug, 2021

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Expert review by : Ganesh T S (anandtech.com)

Crucial Portable SSD X6 and X8 2TB Review: QLC for Storage On-the-Go

Bus-powered portable flash-based storage solutions are one of the growing segments in the consumer-focused direct-attached storage market. The emergence of 3D NAND with TLC and QLC has brought down the cost of such drives. NAND manufacturers like...

The performance of the drives in various real-world access traces as well as synthetic workloads was brought out in the preceding sections. We also looked at the performance consistency for these cases. Power users may also be interested in performance...

Oct, 2020

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Expert review by : Bryan Carnathan (the-digital-picture.com)

Crucial X6 Portable SSD Review

With the Crucial X6, the SSD price-performance ratio fell below my buy now threshold, and the X6 instantly became a critical part of my kit, especially my travel kit. I love it.

May, 2021

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Expert review by : Bob Buskirk (thinkcomputers.org)

Crucial X6 & X8 Portable Solid State Drives Review - ThinkComputers.org

Today we will be taking a look at two portable solid state drives from Crucial, their X6 and X8. These drives are very similar, except that the X6 is a USB 3.2 gen 1 drive and the X8 is a USB 3.2 gen 2 drives. So the X6 will be the slower drive with...

Mar, 2021

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Crucial X6 2TB portable SSD

Crucial, a well known flash memory company, recently announced a new portable series storage devices called the X6 series. This new line of products aims for road warriors who want big storage capacities, with good reading/writing speeds and of course...

Dec, 2020

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Expert review by : Mark Pickavance (techadvisor.co.uk)

Crucial X6 review

A year after it was launched, Crucial has tweaked the X6 portable SSD design and made it even better value than it already was

Enhanced performance ; Highly affordable ; Easily transportable

Product update confusion ; Lacks hardware encryption ; No activity light

With under the skin changes, Crucial has made the X6 even better value than it already was. The X6 isn’t still isn’t as spritely as its X8 brother but is now much closer in performance, less than half the weight and marginally cheaper.

Mar, 2022

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Expert review by : Shane Downing (tomshardware.co.uk)

Crucial X6 4TB Portable SSD Review: A Ton of Storage on the Go

Mediocre storage in a small form factor.

Aug, 2022

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Expert review by : Bartosz Waluk 514 Articles (funkykit.com)

Crucial X6 2TB Portable SSD Review - FunkyKit

As I promised in our last Crucial review, we'll continue our coverage of Crucial's latest memory and storage products. And now it's time to take a look at their portable SSD, which is marketed under Crucial's X6 and X8 series. In this review, we will...

High performance ; Reasonable price ; High quality ; High compatibility ; Low operating temperature ; 3-year warranty

Nothing worth to mention

Crucial X6 2TB is a tiny portable SSD that can be easily recommended to a wide range of various users. Everything in this drive seems well designed. During our tests, there were no problems with the performance during longer work, stability, or...

Oct, 2020

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