Crucial X10 8TB Portable SSD, Up to 2,100MB/s, USB 3.2 USB-C, External Solid State Drive, Compatible with Windows, Mac & Android, Durable Storage for Games, Photos & Files, Blue - CT8000X10SSD9-02
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Color: Blue
Capacity: 8TB
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- Ultra-fast Speeds: Designed for creators, students and PC gamers, this matte blue external SSD delivers fast data access with up to 2,100MB/s read speeds. Unlike a hard drive, SSDs offer significantly faster performance
- Built to Last: Perfect for travel and all types of weather with IP65 dust and water resistance. Plus, it's drop resistant up to 9.8 ft (3 metres). This portable drive is designed for durability and reliability wherever you go
- Broad Compatibility: External drive connects effortlessly with Windows, Mac, iPad Pro, Chromebooks, Android, Linux, PS4, PS5, and Xbox via USB-C and USB-A for easy and fast file transfers
- Ultimate Storage Capacity: Store all your photos, videos, backups, and more with this compact external 8TB SSD. It's perfect for students, gamers, and everyday users needing secure and reliable storage for their files
- Bonus Software included: Enjoy three months of Mylio Photos+ when you purchase your external drive
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The Crucial X10 8TB Portable SSD (CT8000X10SSD9-02) provides high-performance storage with read speeds of up to 2,100MB/s, allowing for quick and efficient transfers of large files, including high-resolution photos, files, games, backups and videos. It is twice as fast as the Crucial X9! With its 8TB storage capacity, this external SSD is perfect for professionals, content creators, and gamers who need ample storage for their growing digital libraries. Built for portability and durability, the Crucial X10 is compact and lightweight, making it easy to carry wherever you go. Its IP65-rated dust and water resistance and drop protection from up to 9.8 feet ensure that your data remains safe in even the toughest conditions, whether you're travelling, working outdoors, or in harsh environments. The Crucial X10 is compatible with a wide range of devices, including PC, Mac, Android, and more, making it easy to transfer files across multiple platforms using USB-C connectivity. This combination of speed, capacity, and ruggedness makes the Crucial X10 8TB Portable SSD an excellent choice for users who need fast, reliable storage that can handle large file sizes and the demands of travel. With 45 years of memory and storage leadership, Micron engineered this external drive with rigorous testing and professional quality in mind.
Digital Storage Capacity: 8 TB
Hard Disk Interface: USB-C
Connectivity Technology: USB
Brand: Crucial
Special Feature: Portable
Hard Disk Form Factor: 2.5 inches
Hard Disk Description: Solid State Drive
Compatible Devices: Desktop, Gaming Console, Laptop, Tablet
Installation Type: External Hard Drive
Color: Blue
Digital Storage Capacity: 8 TB
Hard Disk Interface: USB-C
Connectivity Technology: USB
Additional Features: Portable
Hard Disk Form Factor: 2.5 inches
Compatible Devices: Desktop, Gaming Console, Laptop, Tablet
Specific Uses For Product: Business, Gaming, Multimedia, Personal
Read Speed: 2100 megabytes_per_second
Media Speed: 2100 megabytes_per_second
Data Transfer Rate: 2100 megabytes_per_second
Form Factor: 2.5-inch
Hardware Connectivity: USB Type C
Compatible Video Game Console Models: Sony PlayStation 5
Hardware Platform: Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Installation Type: External Hard Drive
Color: Blue
Enclosure Material: Nand Flash
Brand: Crucial
Model Number: CT8000X10SSD9-02
Hard Disk Description: Solid State Drive
Built-In Media: External SSD, USB-C to C cable
Model Name: X10 Portable SSD
Manufacturer: Crucial
UPC: 649528946881
Mfr Part Number: CT8000X10SSD9-02
Warranty Description: 3-year limited warranty
Hard-Drive Size: 8 TB
Item Weight: 32 g
Item Dimensions L x W x Thickness: 1.96"L x 2.55"W x 0.39"Th
Number of Items: 1
Unit Count: 1 Count
Customer Package Type: Standard Packaging
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Top Amazon Reviews
Color: Blue
Capacity: 8TB
Long-ish hands-on review from a pro user: Mind-blowing speed to go with the high price tag. Yes, they are expensive (but cheaper than the highest tier which is enterprise $$$) - but if you work with huge files in a pro setting these Crucial drives are insanely good. We use the Crucial drives in high-speed workflows and they are everything they promise to be - I wish we could afford to replace all of our previous gen SSDs with these. No reliability issues (crashes in transfers or drive failures) so far, but we've only had them (2) for a month or two. Be prepared to be surprised at how tiny these are — smaller than a SanDisk SSD — but omg are they fast. We got these expecting to get a decent speed upgrade from drives like SanDisk Extreme Pros, but it was like stepping into another universe. The data transfer speed makes even "fast" SSDs like a SanDisk Extreme Pro look like turtles. To give a real world example: I backed up 6 terabytes off an 8 terabyte MacBook Pro drive in under an hour, and it was thousands of files, and it did it without a hitch in a series of 6 1TB drag and drops (I didn't even use a utility - and it worked flawlessly). By comparison if I were to do this on something like a a couple of 4TB SanDisk Extreme Pros (which I have done before) - it would take 3-4+ hours and that's if you have those drives on heat sinks so they don't melt and they don't crash halfway through. The Crucial Drives get all the stars. I would definitely buy them again, and plan to. Note: We're running the latest MacBook Pro Max laptops and using the latest Mac Thunderbolt - but I don't think the latest Macs have the fastest thunderbolt spec yet - so the drives might potentially even be faster than experienced.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2026 by Dash
Color: Blue
Capacity: 2TB
The Crucial X10 2TB Portable SSD has been excellent in my testing and is easy to recommend if you want a portable drive that is small, fast, and dependable. The first thing that stands out is the build quality. It feels solid in hand, with no flex or creaking, and the USB-C connector seats firmly with no sign of weakness. It gives the impression of being durable enough for everyday use and travel. Its compact size is another big advantage. The drive is smaller than the palm of my hand and slips easily into a pocket, so it is effortless to carry around. Mounting is simple as well, and the option to attach a lanyard makes it even more convenient if you want to keep it secured to a bag or other gear. Performance was strong in my testing. On my setup, I saw write speeds of about 1528.6 MB/s and read speeds of about 892.3 MB/s. More importantly, the drive was reliable throughout use, with no corruption and no data loss. It also worked exactly as expected on both a Windows 11 machine and a MacBook running macOS Sequoia 15.1, with true plug-and-play setup and no hassle getting started. For security, the drive supports encryption and password protection, which is useful, although I did not plan to use the included lock software. That still leaves plenty of flexibility for anyone who wants to secure their data in the way they prefer. Overall, I would highly recommend the Crucial X10 2TB Portable SSD. It combines durability, portability, and reliable speed in a very convenient package, and it is the kind of purchase that makes you wish you had bought a second one while it was on sale.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2026 by Briana L. Ingles
Color: Blue
Capacity: 4TB
This is what I expected. It came formatted as EXFAT which is compatible with both IOS and WIN. I reformatted it to APFS for IOS only with no issues. It is a small footprint. The USB cord they supply is about 5 inches long. I can transfer a 17.2 gig video file from my imac to this drive in 12 seconds. My Imac is 5 years old and has a solid state HD. I am using the usb-c port on the back if the imac to connect this drive to it. In the photo you will see I have the drive clamped to my Imac's stand. The stand acts as a heat sink. My goodsync program shows my transfer speeds as 780Megs a second while I was transferring material from the SSD this replaced. If I just copy and paste one file it is over 1200 megs a second. I keep the larger video files I work with on this and work right off this drive while editing. This is very small and portable. If you are doing large data transfers (over 1T at a time) It would be wise to heat sink it as it does get warm.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2025 by Engine Shop Joe
Color: Blue
Capacity: 8TB
Managed to snag this 8 TB SSD last November, and between the Black Friday timeframe sales and an offer for opening a Prime credit card, ended up paying $158. Best deal I think I've ever gotten from Amazon. Drive is very fast and responsive, even when dumping a large amount of files onto it. It will throttle occasionally on a smaller number of larger files, but never too badly or for too long. My main use for this drive is a repository for video I stream over AppleTV in resolutions of 540p to 1080p, and I've got an ungodly number of movies and television series saved with room to spare. Mostly a write once / read many times kind of drive. I ended up getting a few other Crucial drives in smaller sizes for everyday work and making a companion audio library out of one of them. I've been very impressed with all of them and had no complaints. I only wish Crucial hadn't gotten out of the home-use SSD market to concentrate exclusively on the commercial side of things. The current spiking of prices across all SSDs is also a major downer.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2026 by Wade Kainer
Color: Blue
Capacity: 8TB
used it for backing up all my data, and it is stored in another location in case recovery is required I like it, and I got it in a good price. I wish I got some more at the time.
Reviewed in the United States on September 17, 2026 by Yair
Color: Blue
Capacity: 6TB
There are many reasons to avoid this product, but the primary one is simple: it is unreliable and will fail. While I am retired from the field, I was an A+ and Microsoft-certified engineer and spent nearly 20 years working for Fortune 20 companies as an analyst and technician. I accidentally purchased the X10 thinking it was the X10 Pro. I considered returning it, but trusted the Crucial name and assumed it would be reliable. The intent was to use the drive to back up, sort, and consolidate roughly 30 years of digital data, replacing numerous older backups and hard drives. Shortly after initial use, the drive began randomly disconnecting. This occurred on a Windows 11 Pro system with more than sufficient resources (Intel i9, 64GB RAM, RTX 2080 Ti). Unfortunately, the drive began failing after approximately 4.5TB of data had already been written. I intentionally left the drive formatted as exFAT. The drive would not complete scans or repairs using Windows or third-party tools. It repeatedly disconnected and reconnected, continuously prompting scan/repair. The issue persisted across multiple PCs, ports, and cables, and the firmware was current. This behavior clearly pointed to a drive-level problem. Recovering the data was extremely difficult. I was only able to retrieve the files by running Robocopy in small batches over the course of a week due to frequent disconnects. I strongly suspect the issue is related to handling large numbers of JPG, RAW, and other metadata-heavy file types. Afterward, I found multiple reports online describing the same failure patterns, often from photographers, which suggests this is not an isolated issue. Support was handled entirely through chat and lacked technical depth. While the representative was polite and attempted to help, the process was slow and limited. Crucial’s own bloatware did not provide meaningful diagnostics, including the inability to generate a proper SMART report. I am now in the process of returning the drive for an RMA. Despite the drive failing after roughly two weeks of use, I am required to pay return shipping. Given the current price of the drive—approaching $600—this is disappointing. Compounding the issue, the provided return address is not reliably recognized by USPS, adding unnecessary risk to the return process. It is also worth noting that Crucial has announced plans to exit the consumer SSD market, shipping remaining inventory only through early 2026 as it shifts focus to enterprise and AI-related products. This raises additional concerns about long-term support for consumer devices like this one. I rarely write reviews. Most customer reviews are opinions rather than evaluations. I wanted to share an in-depth valuable review in hopes to save someone else frustration and grief.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2026 by OG Geezer Gamer
Color: Blue
Capacity: 2TB
EDIT May 15, 2026: I really missed macOS Sequoia and reinstalled both OCLP (Open Core Legacy Patcher) and Sequoia back onto Crucial SSD. The internal Fusion Drive on iMac 18,2 still is running macOS Ventura, because that is the latest native operating system Apple has designed for my 2017 Mac. However, this didn't stop me from re-installing Sequoia on Crucial SSD, as Sequoia is optimized for solid state drives. But the first time installing Sequoia, i didn't give macOS Sequoia and my iMac 2017 sufficient time to index the new system. That may take 3 days or 3 weeks. Give it some time before letting go. I REALLY wanted the Apple Password App and the desktop widgets. Those apps are killer. 🤯 Now after a "period of time," my iMac has completely indexed everything it needs to and functions exactly as I want it to. I'm glad I didn't give up on macOS Sequoia on 2 TB Crucial SSD. EDIT March 31, 2026: Everything is working perfectly with the Crucial SSD, except I removed macOS Sequoia and OCLP (Open Core Legacy Patcher) from the Crucial disk and reinstalled macOS Ventura. However, installing Sequoia on my 2017 iMac Fusion Drive served no real purpose. I had hoped for optimal performance with Sequoia and OCLP on the internal drive, but it became evident that running any macOS on Crucial SSD made up for all the shortcomings of the factory installed Fusion Drive on iMac 18,2. Now I’m running macOS Ventura on both the iMac 18,2 internal Fusion Drive and the external 2 TB Crucial SSD. On the Crucial SSD, I made a container for macOS and another container for my data files. No need to partition. macOS will manage how the two containers use the common 2TB of space. This is one of the great benefits of APFS (Apple File System). Good just got better, and for its age, my 2017 Mac is running perfectly. EDIT July 18, 2025: There is no support for USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 on Apple Computers; Windows, etc. supports USB 3.2 Gen 2x2. Apple's specifications for their Mac models, including those with Thunderbolt 3, Thunderbolt 4, and even the newer M-series chips (M1, M2, M3, M4), typically list support for USB 3.1 Gen 2 or USB 3.2 Gen 2 (up to 10Gbps) and Thunderbolt/USB 4 (up to 40Gbps; or higher with Thunderbolt 5). USB 3.2 Gen 2x2, which offers 20Gbps, is absent from their official specifications. Apple favors Thunderbolt. EDIT July 11, 2025: I still have high praise for the Crucial SSD external drive. My whole computer network and all attached drives are running cooler and faster. Although all drives [1 internal (the Fusion Drive) and 3 external (including the Crucial SSD)] are connected into the iMac motherboard, the Crucial external SSD is running macOS Sequoia [my boot drive] while the other two external drives [rotational] are being run by macOS Ventura. The synergy between all the drives is all that I could have hoped for. When I get a new iMac [maybe 2027 😂], i’m going to utilize the 2TB Crucial SSD for storing audio/video files, which should then be able to approach its full potential of 2,100Mbp/s. Because my 2017 iMac motherboard is only specified for 1,000Mbp/s, the Crucial 2TB SSD will have a lot of capacity left to achieve in an updated 2027 motherboard. ORIGINAL REVIEW June 27, 2025: I have a 2017 iMac [18,2], which has the dreaded Fusion Drive. I have never hated the 1TB internal Fusion Drive, even now after such a polarizing contrast with the Crucial 2TB external SSD Drive. I still like it, however the comparison is like a night and day difference. The Crucial SSD Drive does everything smoother, more efficiently, and FASTER. I’m still using the iMac Fusion Drive running macOS Ventura, but only as a fallback macOS due to the fact that I’m using Open Core Legacy Patcher [OCLP] on the Crucial SSD running macOS Sequoia. Thus, I boot from the SSD Drive 10-times faster with practically no fan noises or heat issues. And all my apps run perfectly. I wish I had done this sooner.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2025 by RBJ
Color: Blue
Capacity: 6TB
The SSD itself has been excellent. It’s fast, compact, and having 6TB in something this small is extremely convenient. My only real complaint is how Amazon shipped it. Mine showed up in a paper mailer with basically no protection, which seems like a bad choice for something this expensive and relatively fragile. Thankfully the drive arrived working perfectly, but I would’ve felt a lot better seeing it shipped in a box with some padding. The product gets close to 5 stars from me. The packaging is what knocks it down.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2026 by Ramosa