Samsung Announces T1 Line of External SSDs

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Bigger Isn't Always Better

Samsung announced the Portable SSD T1 line of external solid-state drive today, the first of its kind for this company. The drive uses a standard USB 3.0 cable to connect to your PC and is backwards compatible with USB 2.0. But you'll definitely want the faster connection -- Samsung claims that the drive can acheive sequential read and write speeds of up to 450MB/s if your motherboard has a UASP mode available. It also comes with 256-bit AES encryption and Dynamic Thermal Guard, the latter of which helps to prevent the drive from overheating.
The drives, available in 250GB, 500GB and 1TB sizes, come with a three-year warranty and have MSRPs of $180, $300, and $600, respectively. Also, rather than being a standard 2.5-inch SSD inside an enclosure, the T1 uses a fully integrated design, which explains its compact dimensions (about 25% shorter than a regular internal SSD). You can expect these drives to show up at retail within the next few weeks.



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