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It's not cheap, it's not fast, but it will survive being dropped six feet.

By Matthew Humphries
Samsung T5 EVO
4.0
Editors' Choice

It's not cheap, but Apricorn's Aegis NVX external SSD is secure, rugged, and speedy, making it an excellent repository for safeguarding your files on the go.

By Tony Hoffman
Apricorn Aegis NVX overview
4.5
Editors' Choice

Micron's Crucial T500 is among the best full-featured PCIe 4.0 internal solid-state drives you can buy for building or upgrading a high-end PC.

By Tony Hoffman
4.0

The Synology DiskStation DS224+ is a two-bay network attached storage (NAS) device that delivers exceptionally fast file transfer performance for small offices that need quick access to files from several PCs.

By John R. Delaney

The spin-off flash business will adopt a new business name and Western Digital will focus on hard drive sales.

By Michael Kan
Western Digital logo
3.5

TerraMaster's F2-212 is an affordable two-bay NAS designed for personal cloud and data backup tasks. It's a good performer that runs quietly, but its list of features isn't the longest.

By John R. Delaney

Degoo Premium gives you more cloud storage space than Dropbox, OneDrive, and Google Drive combined, and it lasts for life.

Degoo cloud storage

With a Prism Drive plan, you get accessibility and security for files and media stored in the cloud.

Prism drive
3.5

The competitively priced Kingston XS1000 external SSD is tiny and still manages to offer solid performance, but without ruggedization or hardware-based encryption, it's not quite the perfect travel companion.

By Tony Hoffman
Kingston XS1000 External SSD: Top
4.5
Editors' Choice

The Addlink AddGame A93 is a high-performance, inexpensive internal M.2 SSD that's great for gamers (or anyone else) upgrading or building a new PC on a budget.

By Tony Hoffman
Addlink AddGame A93: Top
4.5
Editors' Choice

The Samsung Portable SSD T9 achieves blazing throughput speeds when connected to a compatible PC, making it a go-to external SSD for content creators.

By Tony Hoffman

It's twice as fast as Samsung's previous external SSD.

By Matthew Humphries
Samsung Portable SSD T9

You can turn an external hard drive into a network drive to access your files, even when your computer is turned off.

By Lance Whitney
external storage drive next to keyboard and mouse
4.5
Editors' Choice

The Crucial X9 Pro is a tiny, near-perfect external SSD with a sturdy, ruggedized frame, hardware-based encryption, a long warranty, and up to 4TB of capacity.

By Tony Hoffman
Crucial X9 Pro: Top

Finding a bigger drive for your Steam Deck or Asus ROG Ally just got a lot easier.

By Matthew Humphries
Steam Deck 2TB SSD

The 990 Pro SSD is already an excellent value for the average user, but at a 2TB max, you may have been wanting for space. Samsung's new 4TB variant should solve that problem.

By Josh Hendrickson
A Samsung 4TB SSD on a white background

It meant 13,000 cars per day couldn't be manufactured.

By Matthew Humphries
Toyota HQ Japan

The portable drive features up to 2TB of fast storage that will easily fit in any pocket.

By Matthew Humphries
Kingston XS1000 External SSD
4.0
Editors' Choice

The Crucial X10 Pro external SSD is a go-anywhere data carrier, with ruggedness cred, 256-bit AES hardware-based encryption, and all the speed most users will need.

By Tony Hoffman
Crucial X10 Pro: Top
4.0

Although the ADATA Legend 970 internal SSD lacks the absolute fastest raw throughput speed we've seen, this PCI Express 5.0 drive's above-par benchmark results and active cooler make it a force to be reckoned with.

By Tony Hoffman
ADATA Legend 970:  Top