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Is Crucial P3 2TB at $68 a good deal for external storage? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I was earlier looking at 2TB hdd to store movies, photos, etc externally. Realized that NVMe could be bought for similar price (need to pay for an enclosure separately though) so I am going for it for lighter weight and potentially faster speed (depending on how I connect it). Given I want it just to store stuff externally, I don't need P5 Plus.

So my question is- is $68 probably around the best price I can get for external 2TB storage? Or would you rather pick something else? Thank you in advance.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I prefer to spend more on Samsung externals, I have t7 and had no issues with it so far. It's kind of getting hot after some time, but, I believe it's the case for all external SSDs.

I have internal crucial NVMe and it works without any issues as well, not sure how their externals are.