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product_id: 47986250
title: "Samsung Portable SSD T5 250 GB USB 3.1 External SSD"
brand: "samsung"
price: "$1.06"
currency: USD
in_stock: false
reviews_count: 13
url: https://www.desertcart.us/products/47986250-samsung-portable-ssd-t5-250-gb-usb-3-1-external
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region: United States of America
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# Fast transfer speeds Compact & lightweight USB 3.1 Gen 2 compatible Samsung Portable SSD T5 250 GB USB 3.1 External SSD

**Brand:** samsung
**Price:** $1.06
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

## Summary

> 🚀 Elevate Your Storage Game!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Samsung Portable SSD T5 250 GB USB 3.1 External SSD by samsung
- **How much does it cost?** $1.06 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
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## Best For

- samsung enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted samsung brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Ultra-Portable:** Weighing only 51g, it’s the perfect companion for on-the-go professionals.
- • **Reliable Storage:** 250 GB of solid-state storage to keep your essential files secure and accessible.
- • **Minimalist Design:** Sleek metal casing that fits effortlessly into your modern lifestyle.
- • **Speed Meets Style:** Experience lightning-fast transfer speeds of up to 10 Gbps with USB 3.1 Gen 2.
- • **Versatile Compatibility:** Backward compatible with USB 3.0, ensuring seamless connectivity.

## Overview

The Samsung Portable SSD T5 offers a compact and stylish solution for fast data transfer and reliable storage, featuring a sleek design, lightweight build, and compatibility with the latest USB technology.

## Description

Full description not available

## Features

- Fast transfer speeds
- Metal minimalism
- Compact and light
- Compatible with USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), backwards compatible

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Brand | Samsung |
| Product Dimensions | 7.4 x 5.73 x 1.05 cm; 51 g |
| Batteries | 1 Lithium Ion batteries required. |
| Item model number | MU-PA250B/EU |
| Manufacturer | Samsung |
| Series | MU-PA250B T5 |
| Colour | Blue |
| Form Factor | Portable |
| Hard Drive Size | 250 GB |
| Hard Disk Description | Solid State Drive |
| Hard Drive Interface | USB 3.0 |
| Wattage | 3600 |
| Power Source | usb |
| Are Batteries Included | No |
| Lithium Battery Energy Content | 2 Kilowatt Hours |
| Lithium Battery Packaging | Batteries packed with equipment |
| Lithium Battery Weight | 1 g |
| Number Of Lithium Ion Cells | 1 |
| Number of Lithium Metal Cells | 1 |
| Item Weight | 51 g |
| Guaranteed software updates until | unknown |

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Superb.  Transformed 2 x Apple iMac 21.5” (Late 2013)
  

*by S***E on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 November 2018*

I run a couple of Late 2013 Apple iMac 21.5” desktops.  For those that don’t already know, these use 5400rpm traditional SATA-based hard drives.  They run at a speed, at least by today’s standards, equivalent to a one legged racehorse competing in the Grand National.I tried getting a few local companies to quote for replacing the SATA drive with an internal SSD.  I also run an Apple MacBook Pro with an SSD and wanted to get closer to its performance.  I was already well aware of the difference an SSD can make over a traditional ‘mechnical’ Hard drive.  Switching between the MacBook Pro with the SSD and the iMac with the old drive had become akin to getting out of a Ferrari or McLaren and being told to drive 300 miles in a 1970’s Austin Maxi.To say my iMacs have been transformed into completely different machines would be an understatement.  What’s more, it is a fast operation and the Samsung T5 is small, compact, light and an absolute breeze to configure without the risk of taking a PC/Mac apart.The latter is what prompted me to opt for an external drive - risk.  Why take a machine to bits and risk obliterating it when a drive like this can give you 90% of the performance of an internal drive in the real-world?The Samsung T5 is neatly boxed and comes with a two connectors.  Type C to USB and Type C to Type C.  Because the iMac 21.5” is a 2013 model, I knew I’d have to use the Type C to USB connector but that wasn’t an issue because the iMac has USB 3.0 so I would still be able to get transfer speeds up to the maximum capacity offered by the T5 drive (I was looking to get anywhere between 400mbps to 480mbps).Plug the T5 into the Mac (or PC) and format it (on the Mac this has to be formatted in OS Extended Journal mode with GUID Partioning).  This took around 4 hours due to the perhistoric speeds of the 5400rpm SATA drive creating a bottleneck.I cloned the Mac SATA hard drive using the trial version of Carbon Copy Cloner (i.e. free).I then used Utilities/Start Up disk in System Preferences to change the Start Up (Boot) disk to the Samsung.Before the upgrade I took a number of timings of the performance of the iMac so that I could reasonably judge the impact of the SSD, just in case it was negligible (it was never going to be!) and not visible to the naked eye in normal operation.Here is the impact:Under the old drive, I was obtaining around 90mbps read/write speed.  On the new drive, that is now around 320mbps/425mpbs.Boot time on the old drive was around 1 minute 40 seconds.  It is now 29 seconds at the very most.Microsoft Word, first time loading, was over a minute on the old drive (running the latest Office365 version for Mac).  It is now, wait for it, 4 seconds.  Yes, 4 seconds.Excel has gone from 40 seconds to 3.5 seconds.  PowerPoint has dropped from 42 seconds to 3.7 seconds.Outlook, which I run for 8 mailboxes (some Exchange on Office 365, a few on Gmail, etc), was taking over a minute to load.  That is now down to 6 seconds.The ‘spinning wheel’ when the Mac used to wait for things to happen has disappeared completely.  I haven’t seen it once since the upgrade.  General use of the Mac is completely different.  It is slick, fast, without delay and effortless when browsing the web.  In fact it is general operating that you’ll notice the real transformation on your machine.  You realise how much of a bottleneck the old SATA drives can create and what an immediate impact a decent SSD can have.I would give one caveat when looking to buy a traditional SSD - check to see if your machine has a connection that is greater than USB 2.0 speeds if you’re thinking to using the SSD as your Start Up drive.  USB 2.0 can kill a machine in terms of operating speeds and you really need to be running USB 3.0, Type C or a faster than USB 2.0 connection.  Also, have a look at an M.2 SSD (the latest incarnation of solid state drives) and see if your connection could give you the benefit of running the even faster speeds that they give.  It is likely that you’ll need to buy an M.2 SSD and an external enclosure kit though as few seem to be available as an all-in-one option.If you’re wanting to transform a SATA based PC/Mac speed-wise, this is your best bet.  Yes, you could throw extra RAM at it but that is going to mean digging around inside it.  Nothing, in my experience, will have the impact that SATA to SSD upgrading will.  It is light and day, chalk and cheese, or whatever other comparison phrase you want to throw at it.The Samsung T5 is smaller than an Apple Magic Mouse II (photograph shown for reference) and I have simply Velcro-mounted it to the back of the Mac’s supporting stand as shown in the other photographs.It is a neat, simple, super-fast and low-cost solution that will have the end result of making you think you’ve got a brand new machine.Buy it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Very good for Xbox one
  

*by S***K on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 September 2019*

I bought this for my Xbox one, I have a first generation Xbox and bought this for pubg as loading and rendering of pubg can be pretty bad sometimes, now I have pubg loaded onto this my loading times are much faster, a lot of the time I load into games quicker than my mates Xbox one X, I can see guns before I've even landed.It's a small, yet fairly heavy piece of kit (which I like). It gives it a good feel of the build quality, definitely worth it for gaming, my mate now wants one haha

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Compact - hardware encryption
  

*by M***F on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 December 2018*

Bought this for use with the hardware encryption feature.  It has the software on the drive itself, which is easy to install.  It still seems quite fast when encrypted, which is an advantage from the hardware encryption features (as opposed to other drives which simply have your PC do all the work encrypting it so it will be slower).  AES256 is a good standard for encryption.  Not particularly expensive given the small size and hardware encryption feature.  It's nice that they include both kinds of cables (USB to USB-C and USBC to USB-C)Update: tested with encryption on windows 10 and Android (used play store app), worked well on both

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