Samsung T7 Portable SSD 500G - $105 (warehouse deal)

The pictures seems to suggest that its just a 2.5" SSD slapped into a external enclosure... Why not buy a 860 EVO 500GB right now for $74.99 on Amazon and then add an external case for $15? Saves $10 and the 860 EVO has 5 years warranty vs the T7's 3 years warranty.

Realrena wrote: ↑ The pictures seems to suggest that its just a 2.5" SSD slapped into a external enclosure... Why not buy a 860 EVO 500GB right now for $74.99 on Amazon and then add an external case for $15? Saves $10 and the 860 EVO has 5 years warranty vs the T7's 3 years warranty.

warehouse products don't have warranty either making t7 even worse of a deal

Realrena wrote: ↑The pictures seems to suggest that its just a 2.5" SSD slapped into a external enclosure... Why not buy a 860 EVO 500GB right now for $74.99 on Amazon and then add an external case for $15? Saves $10 and the 860 EVO has 5 years warranty vs the T7's 3 years warranty.

Are there $15 m.2 cases that can do 10Gbps speeds and keep the drive temp below fire?

Ruciz wrote: ↑ Are there $15 m.2 cases that can do 10Gbps speeds and keep the drive temp below fire?

The $74.99 860 EVO is a 2.5" SATA drive, it is not M.2 NVMe.

Realrena wrote: ↑ The pictures seems to suggest that its just a 2.5" SSD slapped into a external enclosure... Why not buy a 860 EVO 500GB right now for $74.99 on Amazon and then add an external case for $15? Saves $10 and the 860 EVO has 5 years warranty vs the T7's 3 years warranty.

There's still a significant speed difference.

Dead

NikolaZrinski wrote: ↑ Dead

No there's another. You just have to click to few the used ones. I just bought one of these used on eBay for 99.99. Hoping that works out lol

I've always wondered this. Could you simply buy something like this: https://www.amazon.ca/Crucial-1TB-NAND- ... 87&sr=8-14 plus this https://www.amazon.ca/Sabrent-EC-NVME-B ... 05&sr=8-13 and end up with a faster, yet cheaper, external SSD?

The prices of SSDs are falling and the tech is quickly democratizing which is good news to consumers. The current trend I've noticed right now is that these external SSDs are generally going for $105 - $110 on sale for 500 GB and about $50 - $60 more for 1 TB on sale...

Realrena wrote: ↑ The pictures seems to suggest that its just a 2.5" SSD slapped into a external enclosure... Why not buy a 860 EVO 500GB right now for $74.99 on Amazon and then add an external case for $15? Saves $10 and the 860 EVO has 5 years warranty vs the T7's 3 years warranty.

Thanks for the tip. I ended up doing exactly this.

Realrena wrote: ↑ The pictures seems to suggest that its just a 2.5" SSD slapped into a external enclosure... Why not buy a 860 EVO 500GB right now for $74.99 on Amazon and then add an external case for $15? Saves $10 and the 860 EVO has 5 years warranty vs the T7's 3 years warranty.

Not the same, pretty tiny compared to a 2.5" in an enclosure.

Realrena wrote: ↑ The pictures seems to suggest that its just a 2.5" SSD slapped into a external enclosure... Why not buy a 860 EVO 500GB right now for $74.99 on Amazon and then add an external case for $15? Saves $10 and the 860 EVO has 5 years warranty vs the T7's 3 years warranty.

It uses a pcie nvme. It's actually smaller than a 2.5" drive, about the size of credit card.

Shuckable?

BedevereL56157 wrote: ↑ Shuckable?

it's not a regular sata or m2 ssd inside, so you can't just pop it into a computer.