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Samsung T5 USB3.1 Type-C 250GB Portable SSD - Blue $99 @ Harvey Norman / JB Hi-Fi / Officeworks

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Samsung T5 USB3.1 Type-C 250GB Portable SSD - Blue $99 @ Harvey Norman / JB Hi-Fi / Officeworks
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grababargain on 20/06/2018 - 22:25 harveynorman.com.au (6527 clicks)
Last edited 24/06/2018 - 22:25 by 5 other users

Gerry is at the party with another good deal.

Description:
Sleek and stylish, the Samsung T5 USB3.1 Type-C 250GB Portable SSD has an aluminium exterior and a lightweight, compact design, so you can bring your media library with you on the go.

Key Features:
Featuring a 250GB SSD, the Samsung T5 Portable SSD operates quietly and provides sufficient space for storing files, documents, and programs.
Shock-resistant, the Samsung T5 250GB Portable SSD can withstand drops from up to 2m.
The Samsung T5 USB 3.1 SSD has a data transfer speed of up to 540MB/s (10Gbps), letting you quickly transfer large files.

21/6: Note Harvey Norman is out of stock online, now available in store only. 22/6: now available online again

PU Edit: Also Available for the same price @ JB Hi-Fi thanks to the user lfak.

Also available in store at Officeworks

Computing 250GB Portable SSD Samsung

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  • elcheapo on 20/06/2018 - 22:39
    -4

    Deal is not found

    • Superstar15 on 20/06/2018 - 22:42

      works for me

      • elcheapo on 20/06/2018 - 22:44

        Got this

        Sorry, we are experiencing increased demand | Harvey Norman Australia

        • Luigi Savadamoni on 20/06/2018 - 22:54

          Happened to me on Firefox a while ago..only on HN's site..can't recall how I fixed it but you could try a different browser…

        • ozbargainer88 on 21/06/2018 - 08:55
          +3

          DAMN PROFESSIONALS

  • snvl on 20/06/2018 - 22:47

    Thanks OP, got one.

  • edfoo on 20/06/2018 - 22:47
    +13

    I thought OzB is boycotting Gerry Harvey? :p

    • MoBeigi on 20/06/2018 - 22:50
      +38

      Don't think OzB will ever boycott bargains.

      • Charlie Dont Surf on 20/06/2018 - 22:54
        +11

        I expect to always find a Good Guys or JB who will match Harvey Norman. I don't plan to ever shop there again.

        • snvl on 20/06/2018 - 22:59
          +1

          I guess you dont have an AMEX

        • ufsta on 20/06/2018 - 22:59

          Why?

        • JDFenix on 20/06/2018 - 23:04

          @ufsta: AMEX $100 cashback deals for purchasing item(s) at Harvey Norman over certain amount. Normally, there is one around Christmas / New Year holiday period.

        • 4tran on 21/06/2018 - 08:33

          @JDFenix: There's actually one on right now. $50 back from $350 spend.

        • Charlie Dont Surf on 21/06/2018 - 11:47
          +1

          @snvl:

          That's correct. Even if I did, I wouldn't shop at Harvey Norman.

      • Icecold5000 on 20/06/2018 - 23:22
        -5

        Discount AR-15s then yes

      • edfoo on 20/06/2018 - 23:54
        +3

        Hehe, OzBers are like cheap whores. They will jump into bed with anyone who is offering them a bargain :D

    • O O on 20/06/2018 - 22:51
      +5

      Shoud go to Officeworks for a price beat. 😜

      • hashtagbargain on 20/06/2018 - 23:05

        OW says it cant be purchased online.

        • Blitzfx on 21/06/2018 - 09:50

          Uh, so they won't price beat HN? I'd much rather pay OW than HN.

    • ronnknee on 21/06/2018 - 01:48
      +1

      GoCatch is where all the hate at right now.

    • R4 on 21/06/2018 - 08:04
      +2

      I am. I've lived in Australia for 12 years and have never shopped at HN - ever, and never will

      • pensionday on 21/06/2018 - 08:06
        +7

        Gerry's never liked grey (haired) imports

        • R4 on 21/06/2018 - 09:26
          +1

          He won't like me then!

    • raybies on 21/06/2018 - 18:40
      +2

      I'm still boycotting HN and Telstra. Nothing to do w/ OzB Telstra sent debt collectors after me after I cancelled my landline account and they kept charging me. HN initially refused to refund or swap a damaged photo printing cartridge I had purchased the day before, saying I had to fill out a warranty form and wait for it to be assessed… I complained to head office and the ***hole who refused to do the right thing delivered it in person to my house.

  • CantThinkOfaUsername on 20/06/2018 - 22:48

    thanks op - out of the loop and purchased

  • Jfi2ee on 20/06/2018 - 22:57
    +1

    Damn you Gerry, you win this time!

    • AMLagonda on 20/06/2018 - 23:34
      +1

      Gerry will never win…

      • idonotknowwhy on 21/06/2018 - 04:04

        Might a well buy the lube now. Gerry always wins.

  • Babban on 20/06/2018 - 23:06

    got one tnx

  • smarter_fool on 20/06/2018 - 23:07

    Thanks Op. Got this with CnC and not sure how useful this will be for me. Was thinking about trying my free Shipster account but then realised that I cannot claim this as something I got from work especially if it comes with an invoice. Crisis averted!

  • figarow on 20/06/2018 - 23:21

    Portable SSD

    Big memory stick?

    • BradH13 on 20/06/2018 - 23:32
      +7

      But much, much, much, much faster.

      • garage sale on 21/06/2018 - 00:07

        hmm any idea what nand is inside …normal tlc or 3d tlc ?

        • O O on 21/06/2018 - 00:12

          64 layer 3D TLC.

        • garage sale on 21/06/2018 - 00:18

          @O O:

          thks

          64 layer so same as evo 850 , seems city store has no stock so i will need to ask office works for price match ….

    • lostn on 21/06/2018 - 08:55

      Big memory stick?

      Sort of. You need a cable though.

      It's more like a mini portable HDD/SSD.

      • pyro love bird on 21/06/2018 - 09:03
        +8

        Isn't a a mini portable ssd exactly what is is?

  • AussieDaddy on 20/06/2018 - 23:28

    Ta, OP. C&C worked.

    Edit: Why did I think this was 500GB when I was buying it? Well, too late now. Lol

    • justtoreply on 21/06/2018 - 10:26

      Well.. one part of the description says 1tb.

      I thought about complaining for a free upgrade.. but two out of three spots it says 250gb.. figured it wasn't worth the hassle. Especially because I don't want a 250gb one.

  • allenhori on 20/06/2018 - 23:35

    Thanks op. Used Shipster from this deal for free shipping.

  • homersyd on 21/06/2018 - 01:09

    is it a good idea to use this on overseas trips for storing photos/videos? I'm worry about the durability/shock proof aspect of the hdd…

    • butter on 21/06/2018 - 01:39
      +3

      This would be perfect and super resilient. Get the bigger version and always have another backup.

      If you're staying in hotels, upload your photos to a cloud provider like Google photos or icloud as another safety mechanism.

    • useruser on 21/06/2018 - 01:40
      +2

      These drives are really good, super fast, small and lightweight. I haven't price compared but the drive is definitely robust and much better than a thumb drive in terms of speed.

    • Blitzfx on 21/06/2018 - 10:28
      -3

      Don't bring anything you don't want searched on it overseas. American border security will just send you right back home if you deny their invasive search.

      China will install spyware onto your private phone.

  • bayc0n on 21/06/2018 - 01:44
    +1

    whats the difference between this and a ssd+enclosure?

    • iresh-s on 21/06/2018 - 03:23
      +5

      The size, T5 is much smaller, (credit card size), almost half the size of any SSD + enclosure.

      The cost, a cheap SSD + enclosure price would be close, but this would be miles ahead in quality and reliability.

      The finish, the T5 is well built and looks better than any cheap enclosure you could get.

      If you want similar size, build quality and reliability, you could opt for a good m.2 ssd + quality enclosure. But it'll cost alot more. (the Samsung 850 EVO m.2 ssd itself cost $110+)

      The only reason for not getting the T5 was its price, but at $99, it's a steal.

      • macrocephalic on 21/06/2018 - 09:41

        This is more expensive that an SSD + Enclosure option. Ramsta 480GB SSD was $99 yesterday. Enclosures are under $10.

        • snvl on 21/06/2018 - 09:53

          T5 is much smaller, (credit card size), almost half the size of any SSD + enclosure.

        • cdaddy on 21/06/2018 - 09:57
          +2

          You think the Ramsta is gonna come close to this on speed? 😂

        • macrocephalic on 21/06/2018 - 20:19

          @cdaddy: I don't know, I've seen some pretty good speed tests of no-name SSD's recently. It's twice the capacity, and, how often do you wish that your external drive could copy more than 500MBs?

      • gabtug on 24/06/2018 - 23:40

        I had a T3 250gb, works wonders.
        However, when I wanted to buy a portable 1 TB SSD, it was much much much cheaper to get a 1TB ssd with enclosure - and live with the increased size.

        In short, if you can live with a portable harddrive size, go for an enclosure especially for larger sizes. If you must have it extremely small and light weight, buy this at a premium.

        (On a related note, for me getting stand alone + enclosure also means I can take it out of the enclosure and place it in my PC should I want to)

        • eug on 25/06/2018 - 00:01

          (On a related note, for me getting stand alone + enclosure also means I can take it out of the enclosure and place it in my PC should I want to)

          Technically I think you can do that with the T5 and probably the T3 too… it's an mSATA drive in there.

  • redwood on 21/06/2018 - 02:01

    what's the difference between this and an EVO 860? Can this be used like an EVO 860? Looking for a SSD to build a desktop, TIA

    • bayc0n on 21/06/2018 - 02:05
      +1

      this is a portable drive not an internal drive

      • redwood on 21/06/2018 - 02:05

        Does it mean it can't be used as one? TA

        • bayc0n on 21/06/2018 - 02:19
          +2

          i'm not too sure as I don't own one, but I don't think so. You can find internal ssd's with the same capacity for cheaper though so I don't think this drive would be optimal for a desktop build anyway

        • StickMan on 21/06/2018 - 03:10

          No, it's like under half the size of a 2.5" drive.

        • SaddenAscentAspirin on 21/06/2018 - 08:28
          +2

          technically you could use it as an internal drive, but that would be dumb.

  • kei on 21/06/2018 - 06:04
    +1

    Hmmmmmmmm……I bought mine last week for $119 should I return it and get it for $99?

    • rustledjimmies on 21/06/2018 - 10:14
      +1

      Only if you personally think $20 is worth the time and effort.

  • aja12 on 21/06/2018 - 06:33

    Does anyone know if the actual available storage is 250GB, or fractionally under? Would use this with my PS4, but there’s a minimum 250GB size requirement for external drives.

    • chrism238 on 21/06/2018 - 07:09
      +2

      Once formatted with a file-system, it's guaranteed to be about 5% less.

      • DaTa on 21/06/2018 - 07:20
        +1

        I remember people making arguments to Seagate about formatted size and demanding refund on percentage absolutely hilarious.

      • lostn on 21/06/2018 - 08:59
        +2

        It's 7%.

        But it's not to do with formatting but rather the deceptive way manufacturers define a GB compared to what a computer defines a GB.

        The computer defines it as 1024x1024x1024 bytes. The people selling them to you define a GB as 1,000,000,000 bytes, which is 7% less than what the computer treats it as.

        I don't know how they've been allowed to get away with this but the industry standardised on this practice long ago. Same way networking devices give you speed in bits and not bytes. It tricks a lot of people who don't know the difference.

        • Crocfreefree on 21/06/2018 - 09:41
          +1

          Well, yes… but it's a bit more nuanced than that.

          Computer circuits are of course base 2, whereas human counting is base 10, which accounts for the discrepancy of 1024^3 vs 1000^3.

          Early on, the computer way of counting was the norm, just like programming in Assembly. Now, things are more human centred.

          Your information was correct a decade ago, but now the official metric definition of GB is in fact 1000^3, known as a gigabyte, with the prefix giga-.

          The base-2 representation, in the IEC standard, has been retconned with the GiB prefix, so 1024^3 is a gibibyte, with the prefix gibi-.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibibyte

          So, no it is not deceptive marketing. Hard drives are in fact correctly sold with the metric definition of a GB.

        • macrocephalic on 21/06/2018 - 09:44

          Bit are the correct measure for networks. Not all network traffic can be neatly divided up into 8bit chunks, once you start factoring in MTU differences then the bits to bytes ration can be further out.

          As for data storage, due to the confusion of base2 sizes vs base10 sizes, the [most] correct way to refer to base2 data sizes is with KiB, MiB, GiB, etc.

        • Blitzfx on 21/06/2018 - 09:49

          From one stand point, the prefix Giga is correct in that it is 1x10^9

  • pennypincher98 on 21/06/2018 - 08:17
    +2

    Do I need it? Well, not right now but maybe in the future.
    Am I going to buy it anyway? You bet I am it's a portable SSD!

    Great deal OP :)

  • lostn on 21/06/2018 - 08:53

    if you use a C to MicroUSB adapter, will the microUSB conversion hurt the transfer rate?

    • JinK on 21/06/2018 - 09:17

      100% sure it will slow the speed down.

      Micro usb is based on usb 2.0 version which is theoretically max @480Mbps or 60MB/s (in reality, i think it won't go further than 40+MB/s) while this kind of ssd can reach the speed far from that.

      • macrocephalic on 21/06/2018 - 09:45

        Unless it's a micro usb 3.0.

        • JinK on 21/06/2018 - 16:08

          Oh yeah, but the host with micro usb 3.0 is rare.
          Wonder which he used in this case

        • macrocephalic on 21/06/2018 - 20:21

          @JinK: They were popular on phones for about a year before USB-C took off, but I think that's the only place I've seen them. That said, micro USB wasn't very common on the host end except on phones.

        • JinK on 22/06/2018 - 16:16

          @macrocephalic:
          I've just picked one from JB and found out the USB3.0 still bring down the read speed a little (may not effect in real case)

          Result of Crystal DiskMark 6.0.1

          (SeqQ32T1) Read speed/Write Speed
          * Type C 3.1v2: 549.6/499.8
          * Type A 3.0 : 444.5/449.0

  • smurfstah on 21/06/2018 - 09:00
    +1

    Grabbed one, cheers OP!

  • mooreshady on 21/06/2018 - 09:22
    +2

    Great deal. but not needed, thanks OP! leave to those who needs it :).

  • golferpat on 21/06/2018 - 09:56
    +9

    Nice -thanks. Bought and don't even have a device with Type C. Bought it just case I need it in future… when then I'll probably forget I bought one and buy another one when a deal comes up.

    • sistermay on 21/06/2018 - 10:35
      +1

      Are you my lost bro/sis ? You sound so much like me :) !

      • JinK on 21/06/2018 - 23:18

        Your cousin here, hello lol

    • Icedog1981 on 21/06/2018 - 13:24

      Comes with a Type A USB cable also….

  • montorola on 21/06/2018 - 11:07

    Dumb question, but can this be used as a primary SSD for Windows?

    I don't want to use it externally, but am thinking of getting it to use in my new PC build

    • Icedog1981 on 21/06/2018 - 13:25
      +1

      No, you would need to have an internal SSD. These are designed to be a better item than a Hard Drive.

  • GMoney on 21/06/2018 - 11:13

    Does this work with xbox one X or nah?

  • TypicalRole on 21/06/2018 - 11:18
    +1

    Purchased last night just when this was posted for click and collect at my nearest store (showed in stock). Just got an email saying it has been delayed as it is on back order :(

    Shame as I actually needed it for tomorrow!

    • smarter_fool on 21/06/2018 - 11:40

      Same here. CnC at Sunshine (VIC)

    • Icedog1981 on 21/06/2018 - 13:25

      call and see if they can stock transfer?

    • lfak on 21/06/2018 - 16:58
      +1

      JB HiFi have it for $99

  • webtonmoy on 21/06/2018 - 11:18

    Free shipping with Shipster kind of made me pull the trigger. Thanks!

  • z10cvbnm on 21/06/2018 - 11:19

    Thanks OP. Great price.

  • Mikeyphoto48 on 21/06/2018 - 11:21

    Thanks OP just ordered one,, I have a question though,, can I use this as a storage device to play back on a smart tv, and galaxy S9+?, it has USB inputs but not USB 3. Thanks in advance.

    • sickburn on 21/06/2018 - 11:47

      USB 3 is backwards compatible with USB 2.

  • cloudzhou on 21/06/2018 - 11:36
    +2

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/385289
    250G is not enough,this Amazon 500G deal is better!

    • Nitrous on 21/06/2018 - 12:48
      +1

      That is $180 for 500GB shipped from US. I think I’d rather buy two of these for $198 and have them straight away (if in stock) and have local warranty. Plus the option of splitting them since it will be two devices. Each to their own though.

  • djevoultion on 21/06/2018 - 14:10

    Thanks OP. Bought one

  • eunos on 21/06/2018 - 16:01

    Thanks, grabbed one too!

  • lfak on 21/06/2018 - 16:59
    +2

    No more stock online but JB hifi have it for the same price.

    • doweyy on 21/06/2018 - 17:04

      Thanks, I put it in the post for the OP for clarity!

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