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1TB SK hynix Tube T31 USB-A 3.2 Portable Solid State Drive w/ DRAM

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SKHynix_USA via Amazon has 1TB SK hynix Tube T31 USB Type-A 3.2 Portable Solid State Drive w/ DRAM on sale for $69.99. Shipping is free.

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About this Item:
  • up to 1,000MB/s Sequential Read / Write
  • USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A 10Gbps Interface
  • DRAM Cache
  • 3-Year Warranty

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  • At the time of this posting, our research indicates that this is $5 lower than the next best comparable prices starting from $74.99.
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SKHynix_USA via Amazon has 1TB SK hynix Tube T31 USB Type-A 3.2 Portable Solid State Drive w/ DRAM on sale for $69.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member raEKwonton for sharing this deal.

About this Item:
  • up to 1,000MB/s Sequential Read / Write
  • USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A 10Gbps Interface
  • DRAM Cache
  • 3-Year Warranty

Editor's Notes

Written by SaltyOne | Staff
  • At the time of this posting, our research indicates that this is $5 lower than the next best comparable prices starting from $74.99.
  • Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
  • If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.

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NeatCable281
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Per Tom's Hardware review. If you crack one of these open you'll see a 2242 NVMe inside. The USB-NVMe controller is JMicron. JMicron has been known in the SSD enclosure community to be not great. Building your own external SSD with a Realtek controller SSD enclosure would be advisable but for $70 this is a good deal nonetheless
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There actually is a reason to have a better performing drive in Tesla vehicles. The one that comes with the car doesn't always support the best write speeds and can cause video artifacts. The higher speed drives will prevent as many artifacts in the video. The reduction in video artifacts could save you from some liability stuff.

Long term endurance is also usually better from tier 1 manufacturers like SK Hynix since they make the vast majority of the internal components for the drives vs a company like Seagate that buys everything separately.
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Sep 18, 2024 1:52 PM
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Sep 18, 2024 4:32 PM
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mharschSep 18, 2024 4:32 PM
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I picked one up on the recent Newegg deal for use in my Tesla for Dashcam / Sentry mode. Seems to work fine so far.
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greghaginSep 18, 2024 8:21 PM
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Quote from mharsch View quoted comment :
I picked one up on the recent Newegg deal for use in my Tesla for Dashcam / Sentry mode. Seems to work fine so far.
Hi is there any reason you need this high performance usb drive instead of any basic one? I have the included tesla thumb drive and am curious
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PeteyTheStrikerSep 19, 2024 1:15 PM
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Quote from ChocoToto View quoted comment :
Can anyone comment on transfer/upload performance with PS5?
Not from a PS5, but from all similar drives of this type it ranged depending on the benchmark between 1st and 3rd place in almost all of them when testing from a PC. It took 1st in reads and 2nd in writes out of like 15 other drives from the tom hardware review. Overall looks like a very solid buy, if you need this type of thing. Price is about a $15 discount since it retailed on newegg for $85.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-c...t31-review

If I didnt have the official 512Gb expansion for my Xbox already I would have probably picked this up.
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lookalikehuuhSep 19, 2024 3:12 PM
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Quote from greghagin View quoted comment :
Hi is there any reason you need this high performance usb drive instead of any basic one? I have the included tesla thumb drive and am curious
There actually is a reason to have a better performing drive in Tesla vehicles. The one that comes with the car doesn't always support the best write speeds and can cause video artifacts. The higher speed drives will prevent as many artifacts in the video. The reduction in video artifacts could save you from some liability stuff.

Long term endurance is also usually better from tier 1 manufacturers like SK Hynix since they make the vast majority of the internal components for the drives vs a company like Seagate that buys everything separately.

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Sep 19, 2024 6:47 PM
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ThriftyManatee4506Sep 19, 2024 6:47 PM
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Had no idea usb type a drives could go that fast, honestly really cool
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Sep 19, 2024 8:08 PM
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greghaginSep 19, 2024 8:08 PM
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Quote from lookalikehuuh View quoted comment :
There actually is a reason to have a better performing drive in Tesla vehicles. The one that comes with the car doesn't always support the best write speeds and can cause video artifacts. The higher speed drives will prevent as many artifacts in the video. The reduction in video artifacts could save you from some liability stuff.

Long term endurance is also usually better from tier 1 manufacturers like SK Hynix since they make the vast majority of the internal components for the drives vs a company like Seagate that buys everything separately.
Thank You Lookalikehuh that is exactly what I needed to read. Oh and FU to the idiots that downvoted your response.
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bargainleecherSep 20, 2024 12:03 AM
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Quote from PeteyTheStriker View quoted comment :
Not from a PS5, but from all similar drives of this type it ranged depending on the benchmark between 1st and 3rd place in almost all of them when testing from a PC. It took 1st in reads and 2nd in writes out of like 15 other drives from the tom hardware review. Overall looks like a very solid buy, if you need this type of thing. Price is about a $15 discount since it retailed on newegg for $85.

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-c...t31-review

If I didnt have the official 512Gb expansion for my Xbox already I would have probably picked this up.
This doesn't work with Xbox for Series S/X games...
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TexasBobSep 20, 2024 12:24 AM
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Quote from PeteyTheStriker View quoted comment :
The listing is calling you a liar... Not me.

"Compatible with PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Windows 10/11, and macOS"
Not sure about this one but I know all storage devices are "compatible" but only 2 that I know of can run the games from the device. The others are just storage and you have to transfer the games to the Xbox Series X when you want to play. Seagate and I believe WD are the only ones with licensed devices.
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Meribela_SSep 20, 2024 12:34 AM
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Bought one, thanks
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PeteyTheStrikerSep 20, 2024 12:39 AM
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Quote from TexasBob View quoted comment :
Not sure about this one but I know all storage devices are "compatible" but only 2 that I know of can run the games from the device. The others are just storage and you have to transfer the games to the Xbox Series X when you want to play. Seagate and I believe WD are the only ones with licensed devices.
Listing says otherwise, literally the first two pictures are all about games.
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Sep 20, 2024 12:55 AM
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paulyshoreSep 20, 2024 12:55 AM
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Would this be a good ssd backup as it's small and not a regular size ssd? Or not a good idea because this is a flash drive and usually they go bad faster?
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