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Best external drives 2025: Backup, storage, and portability
Whether you're looking for speed, capacity, portability, or all of the above, a USB external hard disk or SSD is a necessary complement to your desktop PC setup.
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The best PCIe 4.0 SSDs for blistering storage speeds
Our list has picks for best PCIe 4.0 SSD overall, best on a budget, best for a game consoles, and more. Plus what you need to know about ultra-fast PCIe 4.0 drives in general.
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Sandisk Extreme Pro SSD with USB4 review: Good performance, when it connects at full speed
Though the Extreme Pro SSD with USB4 was fast when it connected properly, our test unit often connected at only 10Gbps and even 5Gbps to our test bed.
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Teamgroup MP44Q NVMe SSD review: Host Memory Bus champ — with a caveat
Teamgroup’s MP44Q turned in the fastest overall PCIe 4.0/DRAM-less performance we’ve seen to date. But if you go beyond our testing, there’s an issue.
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Best SSDs: From SATA to PCIe 5.0, from budget to premium
The best solid-state drives can supercharge your PC. Here are our picks for the best SSDs, and what you should know before a purchase.
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Kingston DataTraveler Max review: This nifty 10Gbps USB stick is fine for light duty
Though not the drive you want for super-long writes, this thin, flick-to-open USB stick from Kingston is aces for small file sets.
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Best external SSD for gaming 2025: Portable performance drives
Adding an external SSD to your gaming laptop is a great way to expand your storage for holding games and making your game library portable.
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PNY Pro Elite V3 review: USB stick marries fast performance and a slick design
The PNY Pro Elite V3’s clever physical design makes it one of my favorite 10Gbps USB sticks. It’s only the third fastest I’ve tested, but the superlative form factor makes up for it.Latest Storage Deals
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Get Samsung's T7 Shield portable SSD for an astonishing 44% off
Samsung's T7 Shield rugged portable SSD is on sale—both 1TB and 2TB versions—at a fantastic price on Amazon.
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Snag SanDisk's ultra-compact 1TB USB flash drive for just $80
The SanDisk Ultra Fit is extremely tiny, portable, and spacious at an excellent price right now on Amazon.
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Samsung's uber-fast 1TB SSD just fell to its best-ever price: $70
The Samsung 990 EVO Plus is a fantastic internal SSD, doubly so with this phenomenal 36% discount on Amazon!
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Fast, sleek, and just $60: The SK Hynix Tube is practically an external SSD
Save 25% on your order for the 1TB SK Hynix Tube T31 flash drive that we love.
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Samsung's 512GB microSD card with USB adapter hits all-time low price
The Samsung PRO Plus microSD card (with USB reader included) is now just $30 on Amazon.
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Save up to 33% on SanDisk's high-speed microSD cards
The 512GB SanDisk Extreme is 33% off on Amazon. The smaller variants are also on sale.
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Samsung's super-fast 2TB M.2 SSD is on sale for its best-ever price
The Samsung 990 EVO Plus internal SSD is a high-performance daily driver and it's a great buy with this discount on Amazon!
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Snag Samsung's ultra-compact 128GB flash drive for only $14 today
The 128GB Samsung FIT Plus is tiny, fast, robust, and super affordable right now on Amazon.Latest Storage News
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Can you really recover deleted files from a storage drive? Well…
Here's what really happens when you delete a file and why it isn't always possible to recover deleted files from an SSD or HDD.
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Synology NAS boxes are cutting features for non-Synology hard drives
Planning to roll your own network-attached storage? You'll need Synology-branded drives if you want all the features of a Synology NAS going forward.
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You'll take my personal files from my cold, dead hard drive. Here's how to save yours
A look at the importance of local computer files and how to cultivate your own file collection.
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Phone-style soldered storage is in laptops now. It's better than I expected
eUFS storage comes to laptops. Here's why it's not as bad as you might think.
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Get Lexar's speedy 4TB portable SSD for just $230 — today only!
This Lexar Armor portable SSD is an amazing deal, but it's only available today. Get on it quickly!
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Is USB or Thunderbolt better for portable SSDs? The key differences, explained
A look at the various external storage options: Which is fastest, which is most compatible, which is the most affordable and… which one you should buy?
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Don't be scared! Buy a cheaper laptop and upgrade the storage yourself
Thinking of buying a laptop? Instead of paying up at checkout for the higher-storage model, you can save hundreds if you do this instead.
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