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Samsung T5 Portable SSD - 500GB - USB 3.1 External SSD (MU-PA500B/AM), Blue $89

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    Product Name: Samsung T5 Portable SSD - 500GB - USB 3.1 External SSD (MU-PA500B/AM), Blue
    Product Description: The Samsung T5 Portable SSD has the latest in Samsung V NAND flash memory technology. Its portable design, blazing fast transfer speeds of up to 540 MB/s, shock resistance, and secure encryption make it the best portable SSD on the market.
    Model Number: MU-PA500B/AM
    Product SKU: B073GZBT36
    Item Weight: 1.6 ounces
    Series: Samsung T5
    Item model number: MU-PA500B/AM
    Flash Memory Size: 500.00
    Item Dimensions L x W x H: 2.3 x 0.4 x 3 inches
    Hard Drive: 500 GB Portable
    Number of USB 3.0 Ports: 2
    Brand Name: Samsung
    Hardware Platform: PC;Mac;Android OS
    Superfast Read Write speeds of up to 540 MB/s
    Top to bottom metal design that fits in the palm of your hand
    Optional password protection and AES 256 bit hardware encryption
    Includes USB Type C to C and USB Type C to A cables
    3 year warranty
    Compatible with USB 3.1 Gen2 (10 Gigabits per second), backwards compatible
    Security - Samsumg Portable SSD Software requires Windows 7, Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks), Android 4.4 (KitKat), or higher. Older versions of the Windows, Mac and Android operating systems may not be supported
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    > bubble2 121 Posts
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    veezer
    05-20-2020 at 06:18 AM.
    05-20-2020 at 06:18 AM.
    This is a great SSD. I use it as an extra storage drive for a MBP while docked. Much faster than a traditional portable HDD.
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    > bubble2 9,343 Posts
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    doboy007
    05-20-2020 at 06:20 AM.
    05-20-2020 at 06:20 AM.
    Was $80 few days ago. Remember T7 is out now which is about 2X faster.
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    > bubble2 15,310 Posts
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    Tourist1292
    05-20-2020 at 07:20 AM.
    05-20-2020 at 07:20 AM.
    This is a very good portable SSD. I got one for around $50 when Staples accepted coupon stacking more than a year ago.
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    tucobpjmr
    05-20-2020 at 07:34 AM.
    05-20-2020 at 07:34 AM.
    Have this on alert for awhile but this the first pic I've seen of how small it is!

    bhphoto has it for same price, no sales tax?
    Looks like most other places are same price as well, maybe a signup deal gets it a bit cheaper...
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    Last edited by kcsierradad May 20, 2020 at 07:41 AM.
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    jk_black
    05-21-2020 at 01:05 PM.
    05-21-2020 at 01:05 PM.
    Just throwing my experience here for everyone to beware.
    T5 is a great external SSD for its price. its small, light, durable, and fast.
    I been running multiple VMs (Windows, Linux, etc) on it without any issue.
    The problem is that it uses USB. If you use USB external SSD, the TRIM is not supported on most OS. Only way to get TRIM to work is to run on Windows and have the SSD formatted to NTFS (which is fine for Windows users but not for everyone else).
    If you are a Mac/Linux user and wants to have TRIM support on your external SSD, you will need to get thunderbolt 3 (it bypasses USB controller) but they are fairly expensive.
    For me, I just used it without TRIM for a half year, backup the drive somewhere, plug it to Windows machine, format it to NTFS, force TRIM, and format it back to exFAT, and restore contents. Bit of a hassle but this may be necessary once in a while to keep it pristine performance condition.

    EDIT: I think this price is pretty much everyday price for T5 now
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