Samsung just dropped a bomb in the storage game. They’re serving us the world’s largest true 8TB portable SSD, the Portable SSD T5 Evo, for a cool $650, just in time for Black Friday. And you know we’re all about that storage upgrade life.
What’s new about this SSD is that Samsung has discard the usual flat design language for something fresh while retaining the rectangular profile. Also, we have the Evo branding on the device, which shows that Samsung has focussed more on making this SSD easy on the pocket. This may mean that there are cutbacks in performance, but it should be barely discernible.
Speaking of, this bad boy hits 460MB/s on read and write which is not exactly earth shattering, but it’s holding its own. Think of it as a throwback to the speeds we saw about five years ago from SATA-based portable SSDs. Still, it’s a solid contender for the best external SSD title.
Sure, Samsung’s slapping a premium on it, and you could go for their faster Portable SSD T7 Shield lineup. But here’s the twist – the T5 Evo is for the folks who’ve been stuck with those ancient 5TB external hard drives. Samsung saw your struggle and dropped an 8TB SSD bomb on the scene.
What’s in the box, you ask? Samsung throws in their Magician Software, a three-year warranty, a Type-C connector and cable, and an LED indicator. Oh, and it’s a lightweight champ at just 102g, thanks to that durable rubber design – survives a six-foot fall like it’s nothing.
So, if you’re ready to flex some serious storage muscle, the 8TB Portable SSD T5 Evo might just be the Black Friday upgrade you’ve been dreaming of.
