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.
