For professional image creators, outdoor shooting is often loved and hated. On the one hand, the completely uncontrollable outdoor environment will bring higher creative freedom; on the other hand, the muddy ground, torrential rain, rough wind and sand and other external factors interfere, making it difficult for creators to maintain the stable output of data. Therefore, there is a higher pursuit of image creators for equipment professionalism. Specialized imaging devices and storage devices and outdoor photography creations are often mutually accomplishing relationships.
While SanDisk continues to provide high-performance storage products for many outdoor photography creators, it also brought a new SanDisk Professional brand last year, which refers to professional-grade storage and aims to escort content creators and professionals. Today we bring you a new "hardcore" product of the SanDisk Master Geek series - SanDisk Master Geek External Hard Drive (5TB).
The SanDisk Master brand originates from Western Digital's consumer product brand SanDisk and professional brand G-Technology, and at the beginning of the brand's establishment in 2021, it released many new products including 14 modular workflow solutions with both professional-grade high performance and enterprise-level reliability. In terms of product design with SanDisk, SanDisk masters have already had many differences in the first place. Unlike The SanDisk classic red and black color scheme, the product color of the SanDisk Professional brand is more inclined to industrialized black and white gray.
In terms of brand tone, it has moved closer to specialization and high-end. SanDisk Master Geek External Hard Drive (5TB), the surface of the shell is made of sandblasting process anodized alloy material shell, the touch is cold and delicate, the unique color of deep space gray, in different light will slightly show different colors. The integrated design of the shell is tightly wrapped by a silicone protective case, and the overall design style is tough and simple at the same time, but also more practical. Silicone sleeve has a fish scale anti-slip pattern, and the corner is made to prevent secondary bounce unloading tilt surface, in the actual test, compared to the boxy ordinary hard disk, it can indeed greatly reduce the number of bounces and rolling distance, so as to avoid damage to the hard disk data.
The SanDisk Master Geek External Hard Drive (5TB) product measures 132mm×88mm×30mm, and the overall weight is 355g. The three-proof attribute also inevitably brings large volume and large weight. However, the slightly convex shape of this external hard disk and the gradual thinning around it often gives people the illusion of thinness. The interface part is concentrated on the top, and the sealing protection of the silicone protective sleeve can reach the rainproof and dustproof level of IP54. In addition, this three-proof external hard drive supports 1000 pounds (about 453kg) weight rolling and 1.2 meter drops. And the hard disk indicator on the side of the interface can also be used to observe the actual working condition of the hard disk after daily or falling.
▲The silicone protective sleeve adopts a sealing design and has the rainproof and dustproof rating of IP54.
For a three-proof hard disk, bumps and rain that will come at any time are the key factors that are prone to "battle damage", and the SanDisk Master Geek external hard disk blessed by the three-proof attribute is obviously born to improve the delicacy of these mechanical hard disks. In addition to the parts that can be seen on the outside, multiple security protections have also been added to the interior. The internal shock mount can further reduce the vibration conducted by the drop to the inside of the hard disk on the basis of the dual protection of the alloy housing and the silicone protective case. We also conducted about 15 drop tests on this external hard drive, and after multiple drops on the front, side, and façade, the internal 5TB hard drive still showed a health level of 100% under the detection software, and the read and write speed was not affected in any way.
In the performance test part, the SanDisk Master Geek external hard disk (5TB) actually measured the continuous read and write speed of the hard disk on the CrystalDiskMark 8.0 (Q32T1) of 137.97MB/s and 125.54MB/s, which is slightly higher than the official nominal maximum read speed of 135MB/s, and in the ATTO Disk Benchmark test, the read and write speed of files above 8KB has exceeded 110MB/s. In the actual write test, the Blu-ray movie data of about 20GB size was copied, and the writing performance of the SanDisk Master Geek external hard disk was equally stable, and the write speed remained at about 120MB/s throughout the process.
▲The continuous read speed of the measured hard disk on CrystalDiskMark 8.0 is 137.97MB/s, and the continuous write speed is 125.54MB/s.
▲In the 30GB actual file writing test, the measured writing speed is about 120MB/s.
▲In the ATTO Disk Benchmark test, the 64MB file read speed is 125.7MB/s and the write speed is 117.25MB/s.
Nowadays, 4K or even 8K ultra-high-definition video materials, as well as photos with tens of millions of pixels, are not a small test for the real-time backup scheme of shooting materials. The SanDisk Master Geek external hard drive is a professional storage device for this. In particular, this SanDisk Master Geek external hard drive (5TB) allows high-end users with outdoor image creation needs to have safe, durable and stable removable storage support, which greatly enhances the freedom of creation.
Basic parameters
Capacity: 5TB
Color: Gray
Housing Material: Metal
Product size: 132mm x 88mm x 30mm
Weight: 355 g
Speed: 5400RPM
Interface: USB 3.0 Type-C (Compatible with Raiden 3)
Protection class: IP54
Limited warranty: 3 years
Reference price: 1599 yuan
Advantages: strong three-proof performance, high interface compatibility, with triple drop protection
Disadvantages: Read and write performance is suitable as a backup disk, 4K resolution above the material, the disk straight out of the clip is not applicable.