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

I was totally happy with my first one, and ended up purchasing two more for movie making and music videos.

Seems surprisingly slow to transfer from old quad Mac mini via 3.0 lightning adapter. But will try with windows 3.0 soon. Overall happy as I know it’s gotta be faster.

It was so easy to set up. I received it fast and it works great.

I use this drive daily with my Dell Inspiron laptop. Whether directly connected or through a docking station this is much faster than my old spinning external drive.

Bast storage

I got the 1TB T5 drive (black, if it matters) and a PiTop[4] case. Right out of the box, I cloned my microSD card to the T5, removed the card, and it booted up my Raspberry Pi 4 8GB on the first try. No fuss. Ive had some trouble with other less known brands not booting the Pi for unknown reasons (possibly power hungry?) so I was a little hesitant to try the Samsung because it is more expensive. But it works, so Ill gladly pay the small percentage more (realistically it wasnt that much more). Raspian OS works great and the drive doesnt draw too much current for the Pis modest USB 3.0 ports. I am even able to plug in a second SSD in the other USB3 port and a WiFi transmitter in the USB2 port at the same time and its still running. I slapped a double-sided piece of tape on the drive and this is now a permanent part of my PiTop[4] system.

I have purchased 5 of these drives in the 1 TB SSD drives. One each for my two children and three for myself. I film my sons sporting events and edit and post movies on YouTube. It takes quite a bit of storage space, hence the need for multiple drives. I have been happy with each purchase but this last drive, though the same model, seems to have a slower transfer rate. It is so much slower than the other drives I have used. I improved it slightly by using the USB cable from a previous drive I had purchased. If I make another purchase of an SSD I will look hard at a different brand.

I only use this to record from the Black Magic Design 6k Pro camera. no problems.

the speed of sync and transfer of files is great, hardy and funtional wires.

Perfect product. As described.