- Crucial SSD X10 adapts to 8TB in a unit that just bigger than your credit card
- Reading speeds reached 2,100 mb/s, but only in ideal conditions, few users will replicate
- The crucial T710 has gen5 speeds up to 14,900 MB/s – on paper, at least
Large capacity SSDs packaged in compact designs continue to call attention, since users seek storage solutions that combine portability, performance and sufficient space to handle the growing digital demands.
In Computex 2025, the crucial parent company presented two new portable SSD: crucial X10 and crucial T710 Pcie Gen5 NVME SSD.
The crucial X10 is part of the company’s impulse in high capacity portable units, which offers 4TB, 6TB and 8TB of storage, despite the fact that the device is barely larger than a credit card stack.
Crucial adds high capacity storage options
It affirms reading speeds of up to 2,100 MB/s, similar to the oldest but larger, X10 Pro. Use the SM2322 controller, has a classification of IP65 dust resistance and water, and is proof of fall of almost 10 feet.
According to crucial, the X10 can store up to 500,000 4K photos, more than 100 large video games or more than 2 million MP3 files, although these numbers depend largely on the types of files and compression.
Even so, such a small unit of 8TB is rare and will probably attract anyone tired of juggling with multiple smaller or external HDDs.
“Our X10 Portable Drive is a power, managing speechless backups, games and photo libraries, no matter where life or whatever throws in their own way. These innovations of the crucial underline our implacable effort to overcome the storage needs of our customers,” said Dineh Bahal, corporate vice president and general manager of the Commercial Products Group of Micron.
Meanwhile, the internal crucial T710 is directed to the performance segment with support and speeds of PCIE GEN5 that reach 14,900 MB/S READ and 13,800 MB/S Writing.
Use the MICRON G9 NAND SM2508 controller and Silicon Motion and is clearly designed with AI work loads and high -end games in mind.
Random IOPS figures reach 2.2 million for readings and 2.3 million for deeds, however, as crucial notes, these results were achieved in ideal conditions using Crystaldiskmark with enabled writing cache and the characteristics of disabled Windows to reduce system overload. The real world performance will vary.
Crucial states that the T710 offers up to 67% more IOP by watt than previous models and can load large language models as it calls 2 in memory in less than a second.
The T710 will be available in up to 4 TB capabilities and will include an optional thermal dissipator for systems with limited thermal head. The Crucial X10 is now available, while the T710 is expected to be sent in July 2025.
