Silicon Power is not a big name but dedicatedly kicks off some impressive storage devices, including its latest external portable SSD, the PX10, which comes with several interesting features and specifications. It comes in a super slim and narrow design, which certainly makes the SSD easily slide into your pocket. It also sports a long and braided USB-C cable with 60W charging support. However, it doesn’t ship with some ground-breaking features; specifically, the performance is surprisingly impressive.
However, the PX10 SSD doesn’t sport AES encryption. With blazing fast read and write speeds of up to 1,050 MB/s with the USB 3.2 Gen 2 PCIe NVMe technology support. It allows customers to transfer massive 10GB of 4K UHD video to your computer in not more than 10 seconds while also offering you to get your other work done or enjoy watching your content.
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At the same time, it comes in a super compact size and is so portable while having more and more storage, with up to 4TB of storage capacity that significantly caters to all your needs. Its astonishing storage can get you to store approximately 40 copies of Titanic in brilliant 4K UHD picture quality, a hundred hours of 4K@60fps gaming videos, or the entire 10 seasons of Friends, respectively. Still, the drive would only use about 1/50th of its total storage.
The Silicon Power PX10 SSD: Review
Design
The PX10 SSD comes with a portable yet super comfortable design, making it perfect to slide it into a pocket. It’s considered to be the lightest and thinnest external SSD with a tight enclosure design, which allows it to have the best heat dissipation. Also, the SSD sports MIL-STD certification in order to have secure data storage even in the most demanding situations.
In contrast, the millennial pink color adds an entirely different aesthetic to its design, while Silicon Power claims that the millennial pink color is not just the color; it’s the vibrant experiment of innovative ideas and self-expressions, respectively.
Accessories
The Silicon Power PX10 comes with a USB type-C cable, while the cable works as a universal solution for anything and everything you need. With its remarkable data transfer rates, it also provides blazing-fast 60W power delivery (PD) in order to ensure that your devices stay fully charged. Its USB-C to USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 cable can offer up to 10 Mbps of speed while also providing exceptional performance.
Performance
With powerful performance, you also get the convenience of immediate access to your favorite games without even deleting all your games or having to spend hours downloading them. It keeps all your favorite games in the library, allowing you to jump in and play at any time and anywhere. Besides gaming, it even supports Apple ProRes 4K@60fps recording, and you also get the ability to store some high-quality images for several post-production scenarios.
With blazing fast read and write speeds of up to 1,050 MB/s using the USB 3.2 Gen 2 PCIe NVMe technology support, it seamlessly allows you to transfer massive 10GB at 4K UHD supported videos to your computer or laptop in not more than 10 seconds while also offering you to get your other work done or enjoy watching any content.
Storage variant
This performance beast ships with the USB 3.2 Gen 2 interface, while the Silicon Power PX10 SSD is available in four different storage variants, including 512GB, 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB, respectively.
Supported OS
The PX10 external SSD can be supported by several OSs, like desktop, mobile, and console, respectively. Have them in detail below:
- Desktop compatible: Windows 7 and later
- macOS 10.3 or later
- Linux 2.6 or later
- Mobile compatible: Android 6 and later
- iOS 13 or higher
- Console compatible: PlayStation 5 (play and store PS4 games; archive PS5 games).
- PlayStation 4 Pro or PS4 with system software version 4.50 or higher.
- Xbox Series X/S (play and store Xbox One games; archive Xbox Series X/S games)
