If there is one thing I love it is fast portable storage! Wether you need to transfer files between two devices, a portable editing drive, or even a console drive a portable solid state drive is the perfect thing. ADATA has recently released a new portable solid state drive, the SD820. The SD820 is a USB 3.2 gen 2×2 drive so you are going to see speeds up to 2000 MB/s, it offers IP68 water and dust resistance, and it is even MIL_STD 1.22m drop tested! Is this the portable solid state drive you need to add to your kit? Read on as we find out!

Special thanks to ADATA for providing us with the SD820 Portable Solid State Drive to review!

Color: Blue, Grey
Capacity: 1000GB / 2000GB / 4000GB
Weight: 26.5g / 0.93oz
Interface: USB 3.2 Gen2 x2 (USB 20Gbps (backward compatible with USB 2.0)
Sequential Read (Max*): Up to 2,000 MB/s
Sequential Write (Max): Up to 2,000 MB/s
Operating system requirements: Windows 8 / 8.1/ 10 / 11, MacOS 10.6 or later, Linux Kernel 2.6 or later, Android 13 or later
Dimensions ( L x W x H ): 71.3 x 39 x 13.65mm / 2.81 x 1.54 x 0.54inch
Warranty: 5-year limited warranty

The SD820 comes in ADATA’s standard retail packaging. On the front we have a picture of the drive and it lets us know that we do have the 2000GB version, the speed, and that it is compatible with both PS5 and Xbox. Flipping over to the back there is more information.

Getting everything out of the box we find the drive itself, a quick start guide, and a USB-C to USB-C cable.

• ADATA
• external ssd
• Portable SSD
• Review
• SD820
• Solid State Drive
• SSD
• Storage