Tom's Hardware: External SSDs

External SSD reviews, news and features, created for the hardcore PC enthusiast by the experts at Tom's Hardware.

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Customer rejects Micron’s lowball SSD refund.

SanDisk GX C50 expansion cards for the Xbox Seres X|S

Xbox gamers now have an alternative to Seagate if they want to increase the capacity of their Series X|S consoles.

a microSD card and board with weights hot glued inside a drive enclosure

Unfortunately, this age-old scam still works.

A collection of the best SSDs we've tested, in a small red toolbox, on a wooden table

We've tested dozens of external hard drives and SSDs, running them through several benchmarks, and chosen models we've reviewed that offer the best balance of performance, features and price.

JEYI "ArcherX" flat PCIe to M.2 adapter

No extra perpendicular space taken.

4TB Xbox Series X expansion card

A lifeline amidst these dire times?

Sharge Disk Pro 2TB

Speedy, compact storage with a handy built-in hub

Protect yourself from bad external SSDs

Premium If you’re shopping for a new external SSD, you might want to buy a drive soon, and something that was released before the AI demand seemingly gobbled up all the good flash.

Orico BoookDrive P10PLUS

Novel features, but poor sustained writes.

ThunderBlade X12

OWC unveils a game-changing capacity boost for its ThunderBlade X12 RAID storage solution— now offering an astonishing 192TB of storage, doubling its previous maximum.

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