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Samsung T5 Portable SSD - 500GB - $89 @ Noel Leeming

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Looks like a great deal for this. Have been wanting to get one for a while and this is a good price for a 500gb version. $10 off for "new" members.

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  • It seems these might be shuckable if you have a laptop with an msata connection

  • What do people use portable SSDs for anyway? Why go for speed over capacity for an external drive? Just curious

    • Much quicker transfer times, lighter and less fragile. More for moving things around often rather than archiving.

    • This thing is tiny, while bigger than a normal thumb drive , it is still way smaller than a normal external 2.5" drive. For my purpose, this is just a slightly larger thumb drive with screeds of data and superfast transfer speeds.

      People have different needs — I bought the T5 from pbtech black friday. Made it into 2 partitions, one fat32 for a windows installation drive, and the other as NTFS for data. It is very fast, installs windows super quick…. working with large files is a breeze.

    • I use one while traveling.
      It allows me to transfer photos from my camera's SD card to the drive, using just my phone.

    • Thanks for the info guys, very informative

    • Not that I have a need for one but it would be great for travel. It won't die if you drop it.

      Or even just regular life and a need for high capacity portable storage.

  • Does anyone use one of these for video editing? Does it make a big difference?

    • +1

      I don't use a portable SSD but an internal one makes a huge difference when used as a scratch disk. I would imagine an external on usb3 or better would still be a vast improvement

    • Hey mate, I edit with Final Cut Pro on a T3. It’s absolutely the best option in the market for editing off (I leave files in place on the T3), all media files load in an instant and it never makes a sound or heats up. Would highly recommend editing off this if upgrading the internal SSD on your computer is not an option.

      • Thanks. Just picked one up in store for $89. We can’t upgrade the internal hdd in our iMac unfortunately and this is the next best option

  • I've just installed this drive as my boot drive on my 27 inch iMac 5K with 1 TB fusion drive.The boot-up time isn't much quicker than the fusion drive but the big difference is opening up apps which can be 3 to 4 times faster.It's a remarkable little drive and never seems to get hot and is a great upgrade for a iMac.

  • '$10 Saving for a New Account' doesn't work as $99.99 is below $100, and shipping doesn't count

    • True, although you can use the code (MYNL16W10) instore also. You apparently just need to confirm you have a valid MyNL account.

      Instore you could just add oral-b toothbrush heads 2-pack for $10 and then effectively get those free for a total of $99 etc.
      In my case the guy said he couldn't add the code unless it was over $100 as the system wouldn't let him so my partner went looking for
      the toothbrush heads. She came back and he was busy, so a trainee served her and somehow managed to add the $10 discount… Win!

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