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Samsung T5 500GB Portable SSD $89 @ JB Hi-Fi

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Samsung T5 500GB Portable SSD $89 @ JB Hi-Fi (Officeworks Pricematch)

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  • -1

    That link shows 98 instead of 89

    • huh? its 89 for me

      • +2

        Ah, I got it now. I was assuming the other way around. Use the JB link to get a lower price at OW. All good.

  • +1

    This is so much lower than the previous prices for this sort of SSD external/portable drive!

  • +7

    Thanks! Ordered, good price with commbank $10 cashback.

    • +1

      Thanks for reminding me!! Ordered as well - Westpac have same deal (spend $60 get $10 cashback)

  • What on earth is happening? I bought T5 500gbs 1-2 years ago they were like 200.

    • +3

      Prices are getting reduced. In another year this should cost 70$.

    • +2

      Time happened

    • This might be a part of it.

      TL;dr There's an oversupply in the market

      • Was bought in for end of year sales and back to school etc. Looks like consumers win.

  • +1

    This or the thunderbolt 3 - 40 Gbps enclosure with NVMe drive?
    https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B07YB4DDRB

    0.5 Gbps versus 40 Gbps but you would be paying 3x as much?

    Edit: not really 40 Gbps - catch:
    read: 2700+ MB/s, write: 1500+ MB/s.Not all Thunderbolt 3 computers are x4 full speed, part of which maybe x2

    • The drive inside the t5 is an OEM vers of Evo 850/860 from memory. M.2 sata not nvme. You're probably thinking of the t7

    • That enclosure seems expensive - I think there are more that do the same for about $50… Or at least a USB 3.1 Gen 2 enclosure that does NVME drives.

      Not sure how thunderbolt changes anything, but the fastest USB 3 ones cap out of 10GBPS theoretical, but probably around/better than the speeds you mentioned for read/write (depending on the drive you get with it)

    • holy.. that enclosure is $136.99 compared to orico ones usually found at ~$10. Is there really a huge difference?
      edit: I'm always debating whether a simple T2 SSD vs an enclosure + internal SSD is worth it.

      • +1

        The Orico ones for ~10 won't be the NVME USB 3.1 Gen 2 ones - they'll be NVME enclosure with SATA or slower USB 3 hardware inside…

        The T7 for about $100 the other day was a great buy because it was the fast connection with large capacity.

        The downside is that you can't use your own drives in, so once the SSD inside is cooked, you won't be able to replace it without buying another (That's probably not too much of an issue, but it's nice to have the option)

  • +1

    a good expansion drive for m1 macbook air??

    • +1

      definitely, I have one for my 2018 macbook pro

    • I have an Air M1 on the way, and I ordered a T7 yesterday. So of course the T7 went on sale today…

    • Yep, I got one last time at $88 from OW. installed a win10 on half of it, leaving the other half as expansion. It works beautifully, you wouldn't think the windows is on an external drive at all. I did play some game and run 3D modelling software on it.

      • Nice! Can you run windows on M1?

        • No… unless you are a super hacker, lol

  • Got this one from Bing Lee 2 weeks ago for $69 after $20 Latitude pay cashback. Haven't opened it yet.

  • +1

    Thank you. Finally got one; price matched at OW $84.55

  • +1

    Price Beat from OW. Bought 2. thanks OP

  • Got one and saved 5% with AAMI lucky club gift card.

  • How long is this deal going to last?

  • This is the old model & there seems to be a large amount of stock at a lot of retailers which is creating a bit of a price war to clear stock.

    • So i will wait til tomorrow to purchase this with 10% discount using those TCN gift cards.

  • +1

    Thanks OP. Price matched with OW Midland Home for $84.55

  • +1

    There’s an extra 5% off for Wicked Wednesday tomorrow if you can hold off until then 😉

  • +1

    I had a few JB gift cards laying about so I grabbed one… nice storage boost to my gaming lappie connecting it with usb type-C.
    Thanks OP.

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