Get the Crucial X8 1TB for £77 (was £121)
The Crucial X8 has been covered by the good ship RPS in some detail, with the drive appearing as the ‘best external SSD’ in our best SSD for gaming round-up and also being the subject of its own full-length Crucial X8 review. As our hardware department point out, the X8 supports the modern USB 3.2 Gen 2 standard, unlocking those higher peak transfer speeds that beat even the new and more expensive Samsung T7 Shield. There’s even some trivia: That took a dark turn. Anyway, this is a great portable SSD for the money, and my own unit has become indispensable for viewing high quality video downloads from my computer on the TV downstairs. Just copy over the file, plug it into the TV and you’re away - no faffing around with streaming, file servers or anything like that. Similarly, it’s very handy if you need to rapidly populate a computer with your favourite games - for example, if a mate comes over to have a little LAN party. Anyway, I’m sure you’ll come up with your own uses for this excellent drive, so I’ll leave it to you. Thanks for joining me once again, and stay tuned for one more deals post before I retire to the deals cave for this week and begin my weekend slumber.
