This is the new 4tb ssd I am considering, since I am running out of space on my laptops internal storage. Considering its on sale for $300 instead of $900, I think its a deal but then again im not sure if the sale is because there are issues with this type of drive or something.

I'm just trying to get something I can play movies and some older games from on trips and such, so the small size is also appealing. There is a non-pro version of this that is slower, but it only offers up to 2tb for basically the same value per GB. Not sure if I'd even get the advertised 2000MB/s speeds since there's probably going to be a bottleneck somewhere else in my laptop, but thats not a deal breaker since I'm not sure when I would need that kind of speed.

If you guys have input on any other external ssd recommendations or setups you use I would also appreciate that.

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[–] Cyanogenmon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Imo, depending on the age of the "older" games, it may not be worth it to do an SSD and go for pure storage with an external HDD.

Alternatively, if you're dying for speed, get this or similar and an M.2 case that matches your IO

SAMSUNG 980 PRO SSD 2TB https://a.co/d/8lfbon4