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Need portable storage that can survive a wilderness trek...or just the worst commute ever? Here's what to look for, plus reviews of the best tough drives we've tested. See our picks for both platter drives and flash-based ones.
4 months, 2 weeksAll SSDs are fast, but it takes a special breed to perform their best in PC games. From internal M.2 drives to external USB models, these are the top SSDs we've tested for new desktop builds or upgrades.
8 monthsShare your files with your colleagues, bring them on a plane, or even take them underwater with these top USB flash drives, the perfect way to store and back up presentations, photos, and more.
3 years, 1 monthThese specialized drives can protect the snapshots, videos, and other memories you create on your tablet or smartphone—as well as stream them to multiple mobile devices.
4 years, 5 monthsTeamGroup's T-Force Cardea II is a brawny M.2 PCI Express SSD with a high durability rating and a showy heat sink born for windowed desktop-PC cases. It's a solid pick, but get the 1TB capacity to attain top performance.
4 years, 10 monthsHyperX's Savage EXO external SSD looks slick, and it's both easy to carry and easy on your wallet. It's equally useful for PC backups and console-game supplemental storage.
4 years, 11 monthsThe Pilot is another budget solid-state drive in Mushkin's ever-growing lineup, but its performance can't keep up with the plummeting prices in the SSD market.
5 years, 2 monthsSecureData's costly SecureDrive BT SSD is not quite a speedster for an external SSD, but it offers serious security, including an impenetrable interior and the ability to kill the drive remotely.
5 years, 4 monthsThe Asustor AS4002T is a feature-packed dual-drive NAS that performs well and is easy to install and configure.
5 years, 7 monthsThe QNAP TS-251B-4G is a speedy, easy-to-use dual-drive NAS device equipped with a generous supply of ports and apps.
5 years, 7 monthsWith a pricey speedster of an Intel Optane SSD bundled inside, Akitio's racing-red Node Lite PCI Express enclosure fills an elite niche: lightning-fast external storage for a laptop or small desktop.
5 years, 8 monthsWith a pricey speedster of an Intel Optane SSD bundled inside, Akitio's racing-red Node Lite PCI Express enclosure fills an elite niche: lightning-fast external storage for a laptop or small desktop.
5 years, 8 monthsThis new generation of USB drives makes it easier for you to take your applications and data with you wherever you go.
6 years, 2 monthsStorage Central represents an unbeatable value in terms of network storage for the home or small office. Its flexibility, expandability, and fault tolerance put it into an entirely new category for this market.
6 years, 2 monthsThe Yellow Machine P400T is a NAS-router-switch-firewall-Web server in one toaster-size device.
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