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Thunderbolt™ 3 480GB External NVMe SSD Drive
2.2 Product Description
The Cable Matters® Thunderbolt™ 3 480GB External NVMe SSD Drive is one of the
fastest portable external drives on the market. Transfer a terabyte of data in minutes
instead of hours with 4x the data transfer rate of a SATA drive. Unleash the power of a
40Gbps Thunderbolt 3 port on your Windows or Mac notebook.
2.3 Thunderbolt 3 Drive Features
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480GB M.2 small form-factor SSD drive in a portable enclosure
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Max Read/Write 2400/1500 MB/s (4-Lane PCIe), 1500/1500 MB/s (2-Lane PCIe)
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MLC (multi-level cell) flash memory offers 2x the Read/Write lifecycle
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NVMe (non-volatile memory express) protocol accelerates the data transfer rate
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PCI Express generation 3.0 x4 lane transfers up to 4 GB/s of data
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All-metal enclosure provides durability and improved heat dissipation
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Compatible with Windows and Mac computers with Thunderbolt 3
2.4 System Requirements
Computer Host
Thunderbolt 3 equipped port
4-Lane PCIe port required for maximum data transfer rate
Supported OS
Windows 10, macOS 10.11 and up
Power
Bus-powered
NOTE
: Check the Cable Matters website for Thunderbolt driver update information and
a list of compatible computers with 4-Lane PCIe:
kb.cablematters.com
