Reviewed: 2TB LaCie Bolt 3 Thunderbolt 3

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Early 2018 is an exciting time for Thunderbolt 3 with many new products emerging, particularly SSDs which deliver speed and convenience never before possible, right on the desktop.

The about $1999 LaCie Bolt 3 is a 2TB Thunderbolt 3 / USB-C SSD which internally contains two M.2 PCIe SSDs striped together (can also be used in separately or in RAID-1 mirror mode). It maxes-out the Thunderbolt 3 bus for large reads, which is as good as it gets.

Reviewed: LaCie Bolt 2TB Thunderbolt 3 SSD

The LaCie Bolt 3 competes with the OWC Thunderblade, which I will be reviewing soon.

Build quality is top notch.

LaCie Bolt 2TB Thunderbolt 3 SSD, rear ports

LaCie Bolt 2TB Thunderbolt 3 SSD