Kingston XS1000

While it lacks frills, this pocket-friendly drive’s killer selling point is its price..

LABS 1TB, $120 | kingston.com READ 1,005MB/sec WRITE 927MB/sec Arriving 18 months after the XS2000, there are only two real differences to note between the drives: that the XS1000 comes in black and that it uses the USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 standard rather than the XS2000’s Gen 2x2. That limits bandwidth to 10Gbits/sec rather than 20Gbits/sec, which is why its results are roughly half those of its sibling. However, as always, this only matters if you’ll be transferring data over a USB-C 4 or USB-C 3.2 Gen 2x2 port, and both remain rare. Actually, there are three other differences between the drives, too. First, the XS1000 is only available in 1TB and 2TB capacities. Second, it’s significantly cheaper, at $120 versus $229 for the smaller capacity and $199 rather than…

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