SAMSUNG T7 500GB, Portable SSD, up to 1050MB/s, USB 3.2 Gen2, Gaming, Students, & Professionals, External Solid State Drive (MU-PC2T0R/AM), Red

Very portable, nicely made, easy to use and effective.

Works good

Overheats and randomly unmounts. Don’t buy. Go with the T5 instead.

I am using to expand my DVR capacity. Plugged in and works with no problems.

I bought this to hold my local copies of my work. The 3 requirements I had are fulfilled by this device: Be fast, Be big enough, And be large enough to find on the table or in my bag.

Good

Update: drive is now not working on either USB A or USB C port on multiple laptops so dropped to one star I had better luck with the Sabrent Rocket Nano 512GB USB 3.2 so if you have a dell laptop maybe try that one. I have no non-dell PCs to try it on but have 3 Dell laptops and it is not working on any of them. =============== I leave this T7 drive plugged in all the time as a hard disk extension on a work PC (cant upgrade PC hard disk) so wanted fast transfer speeds. But after all windows, Dell, and Samsung upgrades are applied it still does not work on USB C port on an older Dell Precision 7520. Disconnects quickly after connect or never connects when plugged into the USB C port. This is older PC HW so maybe the USB C port on the laptop is the issue. This was a review to warn others with older PCs. The USB C port does work fine to drive a 4K 60Hz display (but display worked fine on the real display port connector so thought USB C port could be used for a fast hard drive. Maybe Dell (?) had to compromise on the USB C driver update and picked display port emulation part of the USB C feature set over hard drive working well. Probably a good choice for most people as not too many display port to HDMI cables available that do 4K @ 60Hz . It also has had problems with random disconnects but think that was due to the silicon cover I had bought to cover the drive contributing to the overheating issue this drive seems to have. I removed cover as it is not a spinning disk so cover was really used for cosmetic reasons. So USB 3.1 speeds on a traditional USB port (good thing both cables are included) will have to be good enough.

I purchased this for my mother who needed storage for her photos since she was upgrading her phone. I’m proud to say Samsung never disappoints with storage. This SSD was smaller than I thought and comes to the size of your palm. It was super light and the colors were very nice. It’s different having a bright red instead of the usual black that most other companies give. The speeds were reading close to the advertising but this could be due to other factors such as The USB port or the device u plugged into. Came with two cables one for USB C and for USB a . So Maxbook pro users after 2017 should look for this if you don’t want to use a Adapter

Videographer/Photographer who bought this for use at home editing station transferring .jpg, RAW, and MP4 files for storage and retrieval. This SSD is ok. Its small, lightweight, has decent storage capability. I purchased one back in August and it worked fine for about a month to maybe six weeks. Not particularly fast, but fast enough for me. Randomly started having issues causing my laptop and home desktop to not operate properly. It disconnects and reconnects constantly. And it causes all my other plugged in devices to do the same. Got to a point where I couldnt even eject the thing the correct way without problems. Im seriously disappointed as I spent over $80 on something that has proven to be more of a hassle than a help to me. Recent reviews seem generally mixed. Dont be like me and get this just because its cheaper than the 2TB T5 which is widely reported to be way better. Buyer beware.

I have 3 of these. They are extremely high quality and fast. I bought the T7 because of the advertised speed of data transfer. This is true, but you must have the newest generation of USB 3 Generation 2 in order to get the transfer rate. Otherwise my transfer rate with traditional 3.0 usb was about 200, which is still extremely fast.