Budget oriented OWC hopes to change that by providing Thunderbolt 3 storage speeds at more reasonable price than the competition with the introduction of Envoy Pro EX Thunderbolt 3 SSD. The product has recently hit the market, which seems to be good enough reason for Benjamin Mayo of 9to5Mac to take closer look and give the drive try... In essence, OWC Envoy Pro EX Thunderbolt 3 External M.2 SSD is SSD that offers sustained read speed of up to 1800 MB s. In the video, the product reviewed is 1TB of the drive. With your purchase, you get box protectively padded with Styrofoam, small slip with quick start instructions, and of course, the drive wrapped in soft carrying pouch... The black all-aluminum construction ensures durability, while the addition of ridges on the sides of the drive acts as means to cool the passively. Furthermore, the size of the drive is comparable to that of iPhone X, making it the companion for video editing in the field.. In Blackmagic Design Disk Test, Envoy Pro reached write speeds of 740 MB s and read speeds of up to roughly 1064 MB s... With simple, yet elegant design coupled with performance numbers that impress, Envoy Pro EX SSD from OWC is definitely worthwhile purchase. This is especially true for video editors in need of solution that is easy to carry around and is also perfect to work with mainly due to the impressive read and write speeds it provides...
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