The Samsung Portable SSD T5 corrects the T3's most glaring omission by including a USB-C cable, and improves its dollar-to-gigabyte ratio and its performance significantly. At $799 for 2TB, it's made for well-heeled hobbyists and graphics artists.

Excellent performance; Includes USB 3.0 and USB-C cables; Compact; Android-, Mac-, and Windows-compatible

While a comparable good per-gigabyte value; the drive itself is expensive

The Samsung T5 vastly improves on its predecessor as this ultra-portable SSD boasts best-of-class performance and design.

Great overall performance; Durable; modern and slim design; Easy-to-use software

No increase in maximum capacity

While testing this unit, you'd almost forget that it is a USB flash storage device :) And for USB 3.1 it is fast, but perhaps could have been faster? I mean this is USB 3.1 Gen 2, we've seen USB 3.0 and 3.1 Gen 1 at this performance level for two years now.

The was a compact, durable, lightweight, and fast external solid state storage device, that offered killer performance when it launched. The T3 has been out for quite a while, however, and has since released a few newer types of flash memory, which are better suited to low-power, portable storage...

When we tested the T3 last year, we were wowed by its compact form factor and peppy speeds. Samsung's Portable SSD T5 is a straightforward upgrade over its predecessor. The drive has made sizeable performance gains while retaining the same svelte footprint.

Samsung's Portable SSD T5 external drives are a great solution for those wanting performance and capacity in one package with MSRP offering these capacities under 40 cents per GB.

Capable of disk transfer speeds faster than the listed 540MB/s with capacities up to 2TB and weighing only 51 grams, the Samsung Portable SSD T5 is without a doubt the most compact and speedy storage medium available today.

The last iteration of this portable SSD, the T3, proved very popular as a slick, quick and sexy means for sneakernetting files around the place, or hosting media. The ‘sexy' may be disputed by some, but to us, the nicely palmable shape was lovely to hold and pocket, and set it apart from the great...

It's officially a pattern. For the third year in a row, Samsung is using its Portable T series to bring new NAND technology to market. We still don't know why Samsung only releases this series in odd numbers, but the pattern shows that skipping T2 had nothing to do with advanced robots going back in...

Attractive design; USB 3.1 Gen 2 support; USB Type-C connector; Full hardware-based encryption; Excellent price point ($199.99; Attractive design; USB 3.1 Gen 2 support; USB Type-C connector; Full hardware-based encryption

A little buggy at release; Small performance increase over existing products; A little buggy at release; Small performance increase over existing products; Very expensive ($799.99

I noticed the smaller transfer sizes were lacking on the ThreadRipper platform, which appears to be a processor/memory related latency issue I'll dig into the external storage performance on the newer AMD platforms soon, but that's another article :).