Samsung X5 Portable SSD

Maximum performance for maximum...

While the X5 is that much faster than the T5, you really have to be involved in an industry or hobby where that extra speed matters for it to really be worth the premium...

The Samsung X5 is just one of the many new fast external hard drive to emerge recently.It is, however, one of the few that features Thunderbolt 3 over USB-C. This means that it offers far faster read and write speeds than the majority of the...

The Samsung SSD X5 is a very compact, blazingly fast SSD with good security settings and drop proof body up to 2m. Some may be put off by the limited Thunderbolt 3 compatability with older machines, but if you have a newer PC or Mac it's a great...

If you have a Thunderbolt 3-equipped device and plan to move content to other TB3 hardware as well, then the X5 is a godsend. It is expensive and the transfer speeds aren't as spectacular as one might expect, but this drive is still exceptionally fast...

The Samsung X5 is definitely the fastest portable storage drive we've ever tested, and is so even without our test machine being able to reach the limits of its performance. But with zero non-Thunderbolt compatibility it's an incredibly niche product,...

The Samsung X5 external SSD is record-breaking and glass shattering stuff, it deserves a top pick award even if only for innovation. Keep the above-mentioned limitations in mind, and also realize that a Samsung T5 on USB 3.1 is a far cheaper product that easily would be satisfactory as well.

Even faster than Samsung’s own trusty T5, the X5 SSD is the new king of high-speed portable...