MEG Prospect 700R Front USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C not
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Topic: MEG Prospect 700R Front USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C not
Posted By: Skybuck
Subject: MEG Prospect 700R Front USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C not
Date Posted: 12 Oct 2024 at 9:42pm
I went to media markt to buy some new hardware:
1. Car Toy
2. Portable USB SSD.
3. Mic
I am now testing the Sandisk Extreme Portable USB SSD external drive... it's blueish gummy case... it does not work with the Front USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C port... it does work with the Front USB USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A port.
I also benchmarked it after performing NFTS format with 4K unit size. The performance is much worse than an internal drive, it's about 7 to 10 times slower, but should still be somewhat faster than a harddisk, at least for read/write speeds sequentially, and it should still be a lot faster for random read/writes but I do not find it too impressive, at least it stays cools, it was 200 euros, pretty expensive for a poor performing drive, but it's external so I was hoping it cannot hurt my hardware, however I just realized connecting it to usb might cause sparks and might actually be a worse option, but internal ssd scare me of heat so I only use it for rare stuff for now !
Some numbers from atto:
Portable drive:
Read 15 K/sec IO/s Write 11 K/sec IO/s that is it's best number of that it drops off pretty rapidly.
Internal drive is much faster:
100 K/sec IO/s
I will attach some screenshots to compare.
Currently I am trying to figure out if this is a USB connection limitation or if it's just a slower drive. I believe for now it's a slower drive but I could be wrong, though the AI kinda confirms it could also be a connection issue/limitation/bottleneck.
So I am curious if Gen 2 Type C, to mini port would be faster... so far AI seems to say no, it would be comparable speed but I have my doubts, I thought this gen 2x2 would be faster somehow... but it's not even working.
Packing says it's ready for type C but then it says type A compatible ?!? Connection Scam ?
Anyway here is a link to the product:
It's comparable to this one:
[URL unfurl="true"] https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/p/sandisk-extreme-portable-ssd-externe-ssd-usb-c-3-2-2-tb/9300000013175402/%5b" rel="nofollow - https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/p/sandisk-extreme-portable-ssd-externe-ssd-usb-c-3-2-2-tb/9300000013175402/[ /URL]
It seems old technology from 2020... maybe I should not have bought it, are there any faster external drives for usb gen 2x2 which actually work and are faster ?
It's supposed to be used for software development where 70.000+ files need to be processed, this drive cannot do it in 1 second, but would take 4 to 5 seconds is my estimation which is a bit of a disappointment but at least it's faster than 2 minutes. Bit messy post, but I am kinda fed up with technical issues... bit tired of it all, bit sleep deprived... I just go with the flow/brain flow for now =D
PC specification:
https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=26787&title=skybucks-superpc-for-2023" rel="nofollow - https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=26787&title=skybucks-superpc-for-2023
Mirror post on MSI forum:
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threads/meg-prospect-700r-front-usb-3-2-gen-2x2-type-c-not-working-with-sandisk-extreme-possible-ssd.404456/" rel="nofollow - https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?threads/meg-prospect-700r-front-usb-3-2-gen-2x2-type-c-not-working-with-sandisk-extreme-possible-ssd.404456/
(My guess for now would be a type-a connection limitation, to tired to dive into sh*tty usb specs again :P* for now =D)
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Posted By: Skybuck
Date Posted: 12 Oct 2024 at 9:49pm
Found product on official website, there is also speak of some kind of firmwire thing going on, not sure what that is about ?
https://shop.sandisk.com/products/ssd/portable-ssd/portable-ssd-sandisk-extreme-usb-3-2?sku=SDSSDE61-2T00-G25M" rel="nofollow - https://shop.sandisk.com/products/ssd/portable-ssd/portable-ssd-sandisk-extreme-usb-3-2?sku=SDSSDE61-2T00-G25M
It seems to be their best offering more or less, there is also a pro version, not sure if it's significantly faster but it also seems much more expensive... not sure yet.
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Posted By: Skybuck
Date Posted: 12 Oct 2024 at 9:53pm
What's is further weird about it is the colors of my product are slightly different, it's a bit more light blueish and the hole is more yellowish... that's kinda odd, then their own video shows an even different color scheme, so I guess they come in all kinds of colors ,hoping it's not a fake product lol.
The text on the packaging btw was massively confusing, different languages mixed together, weird company.
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Posted By: Skybuck
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2024 at 8:43pm
*update*
Youtube video playlist of the unpacking, connecting and using of this device:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0HGds8aHQsAXz3Aj4vCBH2GCc8b5_uub&si=c1mnkm3PXDGmG8fy" rel="nofollow - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0HGds8aHQsAXz3Aj4vCBH2GCc8b5_uub&si=c1mnkm3PXDGmG8fy
The remaining question is:
Should this device/portable ssd have worked with the usb 3.2 gen 2.2 c port ? Or is this device only "port" compatible but not "protocol" compatible with gen 2x2...
Also would a gen 2x2 drive type c be backwards compatible with usb 3.0/3.1/3.2/type a etc ?
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