SanDisk Extreme 500 Portable SSD

Smaller, tougher, and up to 4x faster1 than a portable hard drive

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High-speed Storage for High-res Photos and Videos

The SanDisk Extreme 500 portable SSD is less than half the size of your smartphone and delivers up to 4x the speed of a portable hard drive1. Get to work in seconds, transfer big videos and photo libraries at up to 430MB/s2— a speed that portable hard drives can only dream about. Designed for durability and style, this drive is amazingly compact and has no moving parts to break. Solid state technology offers reliable, responsive, high-performance storage for photographers and videographers who capture and carry lots of big media files. When you care about your day’s work, it pays to make the SanDisk Extreme 500 your portable storage drive.

Speed Counts

Who wants to spend precious time waiting, waiting—for big files to transfer and open? The SanDisk Extreme 500 portable SSD speeds up the pace of business for fast-moving photographers and videographers. Time is money after all.

Size Matters

The SanDisk Extreme 500 portable SSD is both very small and very big—a few inches square and available in 120GB, 240GB and 480GB3 of portable storage for on-the-go media pros. Think of it as power in your pocket—or your camera bag.

Trust a Tough Guy

Bump it. Drop it. Leave it in the hot or cold. The SanDisk Extreme 500 portable SSD is built tough to resist shocks, vibrations and temperature extremes4.

Protect Your Privacy

SanDisk SecureAccess™ software uses 128-bit encryption3 to keep private files from prying eyes.

Stay Cool

Hard drives generate heat. They can’t help it, it’s how they’re built. The SanDisk Extreme 500 portable SSD is a cool and quiet companion and a solid partner on even the busiest of days.

It’s Our Specialty

For more than 25 years, SanDisk has focused on flash memory. Building state of the art storage solutions for consumers and businesses alike. Which is why professional photographers and videographers around the world turn to us.

Compatibility and Warranty

Compatible with PC & Mac computers– no drivers needed. Works with Windows Vista®, Windows® 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and Mac OS 10.4+. 3-year limited warranty5.

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SanDisk Extreme® 500
portable SSD

480 GB 240 GB 120 GB
  • Capacity: 480 GB
  • Read Speed: up to 430 MB/S2
  • Write Speed: up to 400 MB/S2
  • Interface: USB 3.0
  • Capacity: 240 GB
  • Read Speed: up to 415 MB/S2
  • Write Speed: up to 340 MB/S2
  • Interface: USB 3.0
  • Capacity: 120 GB
  • Read Speed: up to 415 MB/S2
  • Write Speed: up to 340 MB/S2
  • Interface: USB 3.0

Manage Your Memory with
SanDisk Software

Password Protect Your Files

SanDisk SecureAccess software allows you to create a password protected folder on your drive to store your private data.2

 

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THE SANDISK EXTREME TEAM

The SanDisk Extreme Team is a group of professional photographers whose vision is as
uncompromising as their equipment with inspiring human stories from around the world.

Meet the SanDisk Extreme Team

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SanDisk Extreme 500 Portable SSD

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Product name SanDisk Extreme 500 Portable SSD SanDisk Extreme 500 Portable SSD SanDisk Extreme 500 Portable SSD
Available capacities3 120GB 240GB 480GB
Seq. Read(up to)2 415 MB/s 415 MB/s 430 MB/s
Seq. Write(up to)2 340 MB/s 340 MB/s 400 MB/s
Dimensions 2.98 x 2.98 x 0.42 in. (75.69mm x 75.69 mm x 10.67 mm)
Weight 0.17 lbs (78.9g)
Interface USB 3.0
Operating temperature 32ºF to 113ºF (0ºC to 45ºC)
Storage temperature -4ºF to 158ºF (-20ºC to 70ºC)
Shock Resistant up to 800 G @ 0.5 m/sec
Vibration 5.35 gRMS, 20-2000 HZ
Compatible with PC & Mac computers — no driver needed
Windows Vista®, Windows®7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Mac OS 10.4+
Americas
 SDSSDEXT-120G-G25 – 120GB SDSSDEXT-240G-G25 – 240GB SDSSDEXT-480G-G25 – 480GB

Europe/Asia-Pacific/Latin America/Middle East and Africa		 SDSSDEXT-120G-G25 – 120GB SDSSDEXT-240G-G25 – 240GB SDSSDEXT-480G-G25 – 480GB
Australia/New Zealand SDSSDEXT-120G-G25 – 120GB SDSSDEXT-240G-G25 – 240GB SDSSDEXT-480G-G25 – 480GB
China SDSSDEXT-120G-Z25 – 120GB SDSSDEXT-240G-Z25 – 240GB SDSSDEXT-480G-Z25 – 480GB

3 YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY

This product is backed by a three-year limited warranty. For more information, see the Warranty and User Guide page.

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DISCLOSURES

1. As compared to 500GB portable hard drive based on internal speed performance tests.

2. Based on internal testing; performance may be lower depending on drive capacity, host device, OS and application. 1MB=1,000,000 bytes

3. 1GB=1,000,000,000 bytes. Actual user storage less

4. Shock resistant (up to 800G) and vibration resistant (5.35gRMS, 50-2000 HZ), Temperature (from -20°C to +70°C)

5. See www.sandisk.com/wug for more information

6. Password protection uses 128-bit AES encryption and is supported by Mac OS X v10.6+, Windows Vista®, Windows® 7 and Windows 8.

 

 

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