any budget external SSD recommendation

[MyLewdForm]

so any recommendation for SSDs 1TB+ , i care to be durable and have decent speed but not bein very costy, i use Samsung T7 and they pretty good and have no issue with em but im thinking to buy something else too and not just have samsung

 

[Jofur]

I needed one recently. However all of them were incredibly overpriced(like twice the cost of an internal SSD). So I just bought a case for normal 2.5-inch SSD of Amazon for like 5 bucks instead. It's worked wonders for me so far.

 

[MyLewdForm]

theres no cons to using internal SSD as an external SSD? like is fine if u keep unplugging it etc?

 

[Jofur]

theres no cons to using internal SSD as an external SSD? like is fine if u keep unplugging it etc?

I haven't noticed any issues. If anything it might have advantages since if the USB stuff breaks you just have to buy a new case/cable. Not to mention you can easily switch between using it internally and externally one as the mood takes you.

That said it doesn't hurt to read up or watch a couple of YouTube videos about before you rush out to buy a new SSD. I only have a 200gb one I use as a glorified USB stick.

 

[yamizx]

I needed one recently. However all of them were incredibly overpriced(like twice the cost of an internal SSD). So I just bought a case for normal 2.5-inch SSD of Amazon for like 5 bucks instead. It's worked wonders for me so far.

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So any recommendation for 2.5 inch SSDs?

 

[fyl3toys]

I've always bought Samsung SSD's for all my builds. This last build though I purchased one of those budget Crucial SSD's as an extra hard drive and I've been very happy with it.

 

[Vanderer]

So any recommendation for 2.5 inch SSDs?

Depends what you need it for.

If you need to write a lot on it, or use it for games, you need one with DRAM in it. If it's more for stockage, or for applications that do not require a lot of writting a dram-less will be okay.

Depends on your budget too. Generally I go with what is from a decent brand on clearance unless I build a high performance pc.

Wd blue or crucial mx500 are ssd that I put on several pcs whitout problem. Admitedly I did not build a lot of pc those two last years so it could have changed.