On average, an SSD drive will reach speeds of around 500MB/sec, or around 4Gb/s, more than half the capability of USB3 Type-C. However, hard drive capabilities are far less for those numbers. Compared to the USB3, the Type-C plug provides twice the speed, in a much smaller form factor that also allows for 100 watts of power for charging.
To punch the numbers, USB Type-C offers speeds up to 10Gps (and the nearly identical plug, Thunderbolt 3.0 offers speeds four times as fast). Even still, you’re not going to see radical performance out of a USB Type-C drive over a USB3 drive – or not yet at least. From the standard spinning drives to SSD, and now M.2, hard drives are getting faster (and smaller) more than any other component in a computer. That said, hard drives have changed significantly over the last ten years, and speeds have improved astronomically. Hard drives just cannot keep up with the speeds of processors, GPUs, and memory. Bottlenecking is basically that your computer is only going to be as fast as the weakest link in the chain. The one thing that must be discussed before going too far into this review is a tech phrase known as bottlenecking. The added port on the side allows for plugging into an archaic USB2/3, futureproofing, and more importantly, past proofing the drive to be used on systems new and old. Integrated with the drive, is a thunderbolt cable, allowing for speed up to 30Gb/s (capability – see below for a better explanation), along with a Thunderbolt 3.0/USB3 Type-C cable to be plugged into the side port as needed. Additionally, the drive promises a 1-ton crushing resistance, as well as IP54 rated, which protects it from dust and dirt, as well as light water splashes.Īlong with the rugged drive itself, the LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt USB-C comes with a large variety of plugging options and cables out of the box. And while I didn’t test these numbers, I’ve certainly had my previous LaCie Rugged drives fall from my desk in the past, and landed with no damage. The orange design provides high visibility as well as protection from drops from upwards of 6ft. The LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt USB-C sports the familiar design of its now iconic Rugged Line of drives first introduced years ago, and since become a staple of photography and videography sets all over the world. And while there are many other options within the product line (2TB Thunderbolt USB 3.0 or the 4TB Rugged Raid, for example), the Thunderbolt USB-C comes in as the largest and fastest option currently offered in the LaCie Rugged lineup. The LaCie Rugged Thunderbolt USB-C comes in just a single flavor, at 5 terabytes of space. The smaller form factor seems sensible, with tech getting smaller and smaller with each new generation and its increase in speed is a welcoming design (as is the symmetrical, ‘ain’t no wrong way to plug it in’ design). The future is decided, and the standard USB plug is making it way out, for the new and improved USB Type-C design. We’re in what I’d call a transitional period with many devices.
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