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Mar 15, 2023 4:21 PM

2TB Samsung T7 Shield USB 3.2 Gen 2 External Solid State Drive

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Various Retailers has 2TB Samsung T7 Shield USB 3.2 Gen 2 External Solid State Drive (3 Colors) on sale for $139.99. Shipping is free.

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  • Rugged design to endure up to 9.8ft drop
  • Read/write speeds of up to 1,050/1,000 MB/s
  • IP65 rating to resist against water and dust
  • Compatible with PC, Mac, Android devices, gaming consoles, and more
  • Stylish rubberized grip to prevent slip

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  • Reviews: This product receives 4.7 Stars out of 5 Stars based on over 3,600 Customer Reviews from Amazon.
  • About this product:
    • Includes 3-Year Limited Warranty
  • Refer to forum thread for discussion from the community regarding this offer. -slickdewmaster

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Various Retailers has 2TB Samsung T7 Shield USB 3.2 Gen 2 External Solid State Drive (3 Colors) on sale for $139.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member doboy007 for sharing this deal.

Example Merchants:Features:
  • Rugged design to endure up to 9.8ft drop
  • Read/write speeds of up to 1,050/1,000 MB/s
  • IP65 rating to resist against water and dust
  • Compatible with PC, Mac, Android devices, gaming consoles, and more
  • Stylish rubberized grip to prevent slip

Editor's Notes

Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
  • Reviews: This product receives 4.7 Stars out of 5 Stars based on over 3,600 Customer Reviews from Amazon.
  • About this product:
    • Includes 3-Year Limited Warranty
  • Refer to forum thread for discussion from the community regarding this offer. -slickdewmaster

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Mar 16, 2023 3:08 AM
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perilsofrosellaMar 16, 2023 3:08 AM
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Picked one up today. Thanks!
Mar 16, 2023 8:40 AM
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TeachMeHowMar 16, 2023 8:40 AM
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I ordered one during the Amazon pricing errors last year where it was $120 or so. It's a great drive, and I use it for my PS4 games on my PS5. You can store PS5 games on it, but you'll have to move them to the internal NVMe or the internal expansion NVMe if you want to play them.
Mar 16, 2023 9:32 AM
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YotsunaMar 16, 2023 9:32 AM
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Picked up one of these 2tb for $80 out the door at a local liquidator and was actually shocked at how fast the drive was for general backup...ie: my intended purpose. I think I backed up about half a terabyte of files in probably around 30 minutes.

Sometimes it's easy to get wrapped up in the slickdeals commentary of everyone poo-pooing a drive because it's not on par with pro gen4/5 NVME doing 7,000+mb/s in an external enclosure.

I'm glad I took the plunge, this drive does exactly what I want and is totally fast enough for 95%+ of people. Hopefully this helps someone else out that was in the same skeptical position I was in.
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Mar 16, 2023 2:12 PM
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dsareddy1Mar 16, 2023 2:12 PM
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bought one from newegg for 135$ two weeks ago
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Mar 16, 2023 2:54 PM
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Mar 16, 2023 2:54 PM
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Quote from Yotsuna View quoted comment :
Picked up one of these 2tb for $80 out the door at a local liquidator and was actually shocked at how fast the drive was for general backup...ie: my intended purpose. I think I backed up about half a terabyte of files in probably around 30 minutes.

Sometimes it's easy to get wrapped up in the slickdeals commentary of everyone poo-pooing a drive because it's not on par with pro gen4/5 NVME doing 7,000+mb/s in an external enclosure.

I'm glad I took the plunge, this drive does exactly what I want and is totally fast enough for 95%+ of people. Hopefully this helps someone else out that was in the same skeptical position I was in.
You scored at $80
Mar 16, 2023 2:56 PM
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CrimsonFeather4345Mar 16, 2023 2:56 PM
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Thumbs up and Repped for a good and informative post! Didn't realize this drive has outstanding sustained write speeds. Not important to some, but it's important to me, i.e. I'm not a gamer and I have some huge files.
Mar 16, 2023 2:56 PM
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violianMar 16, 2023 2:56 PM
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Thanks OP! The 2TB has been on my wish-list since November. Bought it from Samsung's website for $133 after my Education discount.

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Mar 16, 2023 3:02 PM
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Mar 16, 2023 3:02 PM
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Quote from CrimsonFeather4345 View quoted comment :
Thumbs up and Repped for a good and informative post! Didn't realize this drive has outstanding sustained write speeds. Not important to some, but it's important to me, i.e. I'm not a gamer and I have some huge files.
Yeah, it is much better than their older T7 models. I also have a 2TB Crucial X8 that was briefly on sale for ~$80 and that thing drops to ~50 MB/s after ~250-270 GB of sustained writes once the pseudo cache depletes.
Mar 16, 2023 3:16 PM
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ClinteastonMar 16, 2023 3:16 PM
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Buy on Ebay with Best Buy using Capital One Shopping browser plugin, and you will save an additional $21.00.
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Mar 16, 2023 3:42 PM
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Rugged looks, but the USB port is the major weak point for these devices. The worst design I saw was a Toshiba drive with a USB port soldered directly to the HDD. I couldn't even plug it into SATA to recover the files. This Samsung SSD is no different: https://youtu.be/_2KJADHXAL4

You're better off buying an M.2 with enclosure and plugging a USB into that. That way, when your enclosure breaks, you can still recover the contents from a PC or another enclosure. SSDs have low failure rates, it's the human-factor that causes problems more than anything.
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Mar 16, 2023 3:49 PM
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Quote from Clinteaston View quoted comment :
Buy on Ebay with Best Buy using Capital One Shopping browser plugin, and you will save an additional $21.00.
Is that for all BB purchases or specific to this drive? Thanks
Mar 16, 2023 4:05 PM
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ClinteastonMar 16, 2023 4:05 PM
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Quote from doboy007 View quoted comment :
Is that for all BB purchases or specific to this drive? Thanks
It's for Best Buy purchases on this particular drive using Ebay. You can save $34 on the 4tb, but this is a better deal.

I purchased one this morning via Ebay; it's legit. The best way to find these prices is to have the Capital One shopping extension installed, visit the drive on Amazon, and the extension will give you several best price options. Ebay was the best today.
Last edited by Clinteaston March 16, 2023 at 09:08 AM.
Mar 16, 2023 4:20 PM
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smokarzMar 16, 2023 4:20 PM
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Quote from 1-6 View quoted comment :
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You're better off buying an M.2 with enclosure and plugging a USB into that. That way, when your enclosure breaks, you can still recover the contents from a PC or another enclosure. SSDs have low failure rates, it's the human-factor that causes problems more than anything.

What is a good M2 enclosure?

And what SSD NVME drive do you recommend with similar quality/reliability?
Mar 16, 2023 4:21 PM
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organicaMar 16, 2023 4:21 PM
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Why does it look like the back slash behind my kitchen counter
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Mar 16, 2023 4:28 PM
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fuzzyballzMar 16, 2023 4:28 PM
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That's a good price for 2TB ext I think.

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