SAMSUNG T5 Portable SSD 1TB - Up to 540MB/s - USB 3.1 External Solid State Drive, Black (MU-PA1T0B/AM)

I am a working nightclub DJ and needed a great solid state drive. This hard drive works great and is more durable then the old type I was using. Love the password protect option.

Ive used T5 drives for awhile now without issues, and I was happy to purchase this one based on a very good track record. The general pluses (in the past) are that they are fast and provide a lot of storage in a small container--Id typically used these for large video files. Additionally, while Ive always been careful with these drive, Ive also generally found their USB connection in the back to be robust--generally, this is the point of weakness in any portable drive, and theyd performed well there. Unfortunately, this particular drive died within 7 months, failing to mount repeatedly. Im not an expert with regard to data recovery methods, but none have worked. I suspect this was just a lemon of a drive but that is cold comfort when work is interrupted and, in some cases, lost.

Requires a special driver to work with MacOS. Why? Other SSDs dont need it. Cant use native OSX encryption with it either. Not recommended for Mac users. Aside from that, fast and small.

Very high transfer speeds. I use it in conjunction with the ASUS USB 3.1 gen 2 pci card.

So far, this external SSD has been working very reliably as a backup drive. Its health can be monitored using an up-to-date version of Samsungs Magician software. However, because it is connected via USB, some of the softwares OTHER features cannot be used with it... but, in this application, that is a relatively minor issue. In my experience, the T5 has not been noticeably affected by the overheating sometimes reported for the faster T7, which replaced it.

I really like this external SSD. Tons of space, very small and portable, comes with a cord for usb-c to usb-c and usb-c to normal usb. Neither are too long but good enough for my use. My main issue right now is that drive seems buggy.

This product is amazing. It is SOOOO tiny, so it is easy to throw in my bag and bring it to and from work... It is also incredibly fast!

Small, portable and great storage size. No problems whatsoever.

Works great

Holds extra space perfectly for my boyfriends PS5.