After seeing the $99 deal at Bing Lee for a Samsung T7 touch, was looking around for some fast portable storage. Looking at the USB 3.1/3.2/TB3 spec.
Some quick questions I'd love input on:
Cheers
Probably don't need NVMe if there's not a huge difference other than for sustained writes!
I'll take a look at the SATA enclosure you mentioned, a sub $100 1tb SATA SSD + enclosure would be optimal
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/560769
That's the most recent (expired) deal I spotted. SSDs are still about $130/Tb though but steadily coming down
Great cheers for your help mate - would you say if the $99 T7 deal came back to just jump on that then? NVME speeds and non-janky enclosure from Samsung for $99/500gb is looking real good
Get yourself Asus ROG Strix Arion M.2 NVMe RGB SSD Enclosure.
https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B07ZKB4SLK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i…
They are on special @ $81 from US Amazon.
Slap a M.2 and you can hit 3.2 gen 2 speeds.
Thing to note.. Any SATA SSD you get will be limited by SATA gen 3 speed (600mbs) so even if you have a 3.1 encloser it will be bottlenecked via SATA.
Quick question - do you need an NVMe drive? If you're not doing continuous writes to the drive like with video editing, then a SATA SSD will work quite well. Much better value.
A cheap Orico SATA to USB adapter will work well with any of the recent 2.5" SSD deals that have come up. Some of the newer models have native USB-C, assuming that's a restriction of your ultrabook.
A portable HDD will definitely feel slower to use, but that's compensated by the Tb/$ factor they still have; although I doubt I'll buy another HDD again the way SSD prices are falling. A portable HDD may still be faster than many USB drives, as some brands & models are… enthusiastic in their marketing. SSDs are much more consistent for speed than either.