Samsung 500GB T5 Portable Solid-State Drive (Blue)
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MacOS Time Machine
I formatted this drive to be a MacOS Time Machine for a 2018 Mac Mini Core i5. I like the USB-C connection and speed. The first backup was much faster than previous USB based drives, but not by orders of magnitude, i.e., it still took over an hour for the first backup. Incremental backups are very quick.
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Best on the Market
I use this drive to run virtual machines directly off of it. It is blazing fast and trustworthy.
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Small, portable, and efficient
Bought this to work with my new BMPCC 4K - very tickled to have a hard drive this small that I can record 4k raw files to!
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Easy Setup And Fast Speed
Tried this drive for use in audio and video as a scratch disk. Allows me to access audio and plugins very quickly. Only downside is that it seems to overheat, especially after I transferred most of my files to it. Other than that, so far so good.
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State of the Solid States
In a nutshell, I wanted an SSD that was reliable, fast, able to accept footage from a BM Pocket 4K, and able to be used for high res editing. I did the research, bought two of the 250 GBs for post work, then another three T5 500 GB drives as well. When youre dealing with footage, you dont want to go cheap. When the Samsungs go on sale, theyre a bargain.
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A 5Upgrade To Your Workflow!
If you work on tight deadlines like i do and need to have things done yesterday this is the perfect addition to your fast paced workflow. Extremely fast. Extremely happy with it. It is my secret weapon in delivering fast edits on a high pace turnover workflow. I would recommend this product to anyone who hates waiting for the pinwheel of death to stop spinning. So to keep it real, Its not Jesus so it cant save you from all your problems; but i... Show More
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Small and mighty
With usb-c, by far the fastest drive I have ever used. Even with usb3, it is plenty fast. Definitely a good purchase here for dealing with large media files.
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Easy and Painless
There is no need for comment because this thing simply WORKS. Out of the box, you plug it in and it works. There is no fuss and no hassle.
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Very good
Great product! small and fast !. Ideal to take with the laptop. Fast and offers no risk of damage caused by movements, as would be the case with a common external hd.
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I have two of these now...
All the good they say about this SSD has been true for me. I have two of these 500gb models, the oldest of which is almost a year old. That older one was well worth the $160 I paid for it then and even better, the second one (purchased in November 18) cost only $100. You cant go wrong with the T5.
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Works Great on BM P4K
Small and light. Been using with the BlackMagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K with no issues with the drive itself. The camera sometimes has a problem seeing the drive but is an issue with the camera that Im sure will be addressed by a firmware update soon,
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Fast and compact portable SSD
Samsung portable SSDs are compact and fast. I own T3 and T5, both 500GB size, for my MacBook backups. I really love the minimalist design of compact size. It is convenient to carry around everywhere without even noticing the SSD. Speed is much faster than normal portable hard drives.
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Excellent and Fast Portable SSD
Compact and Fast Portable SSD. This drive is great for transporting large files from machine to machine
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THIS THING IS FAST
Editing my photos in LightRoom and Photoshop from the ssd is a breeze. Fast, compacted, super portable and worth every penny.
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Video editing, so far so good
I just purchased this 1tb Samsung SSD. Ive been using it for a couple of weeks as my scratch disk for FCPX while editing. Some people said they couldnt tell the difference from editing with an SSD as an external, but I definitely could tell a marked difference over my G-Drive ev Raw. I also think that my old drive mightve been going bad, but in any case there are way less lags and hold ups with my really old work 2012 MBP, and my more recent 2014... Show More
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Good drive, bad egg
Was really excited for this drive! I desperately need a quick drive to edit video off of but on that was still portable. Great look, simple packaging, and it was super fast (even faster if you take advantage of the full Usb-c to Usb-c connection which sadly my desktop doesnt have) As for the loss of the star this particular drive would unmount randomly, not while working thankfully. But I would go to the kitchen to grab a bite, come back and I w... Show More
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Speed and portability
Super fast, super light and super discreet. I have 4 of them always with me and dont even notice theyre in the bag thanks to that small form factor.
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SOLID STATE DRIVES ARE THE WAY TO GO
Done are the days of storage drives with mechanical, loud moving parts. Solid State Drive technology is the way to go. They are much, much faster, very portable and completely silent. Thank you B & H!!!!! I love my Samsung SSD T5!!!! Will be getting more!
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Great for Photos
This solid state drive is a great storage device for storing photos. It has no moving parts and can be carried in my camera. The drive easily connects to my laptop computer for storage. I highly recommend this device for its portability.
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Rock solid and reliable
Youre not going to find a better small SSD than this at this price point. Metal build, always works and fast speeds.
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Excellent back up
Easy to set up and use for cross platform back up. Much faster than any other external hard drive Ive ever owned.
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Tiny Trooper
I was surprised by how tiny this external SSD Drive is but then I loaded it up with Spectrasonics and Native Instruments samples and gave it a test run. Blazing fast speed, no issues whatsoever. Far better than my 7200 rpm drive. A great value so far.
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WOW
It is SO FAST!!!!! There is only one small, really small downside. That is the fact that it is so light the really high quality cable, and it honestly is, which is thick and tends to not stay flat tends to make the drive not sit flat. But, small price to pay!
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Compact and Fast
I've been using another highly rated portable drive to store my pictures on, but the size and transfer speed of the Samsung lives it in the dust.
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