Samsung's T5 Portable SSD drops to a great low price Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Samsung's T5 Portable SSD drops to a great low price Just £55 for some speedy external storage for PC or consoles. Deals by James Pickard Contributor Updated on 21 Jul 2021 6 comments A 500GB Samsung T5 Portable SSD has been reduced to £55 - an all-time low and a terrific price for some speedy PC or console storage. Of course, it's important to immediately point out that if you are planning to use it with a PS5 or Xbox Series console, you won't be able to run current-gen games off it. These external drives can be used for game storage only. However, getting one of these will allow you to free up some internal storage space for new games, save you from needing to redownload deleted games and give you a place for all the backward compatible PS4 or Xbox games you still want to play on the new console. If you want the all-important stats, the Samsung T5 boasts zippy transfer speeds of up to 540MB/s. There are faster drives out there, but for the majority of purposes, this is perfectly reasonable. It's ideal if you want to use it just for game storage, but if you expect to do a lot of back-and-forth file transfers then you may find it comes up a little short. Still, it's a great performer at this price. 500GB Samsung T5 Portable SSD for £55 Watch on YouTube If you don't think 500GB is going to be enough for you, then a 1TB drive of the same model is available for £108. You might want to consider the 1TB Crucial X8 for £95 at that point, though, as it's a cheaper and arguably better performing external SSD. For extra console storage that will support current-gen games, you've got one choice for the Series X/S: it's the Seagate Storage Expansion Card. For Sony's bulky box, we're still waiting for the list of PS5-compatible NVMe SSDs to be announced. When that does happen, you can be sure Digital Foundry will be on hand to bring you their guide to the best PS5 SSD. Until then, we'll have to make do with using external drives for game storage and the Samsung T5 is definitely up there as one of the best PS5 external hard drives. After more offers? You can always check out the latest PS5 deals and Xbox deals right here. Or take yourself over to Jelly Deals for all the best bargains and regular updates on current-gen console stock. More Deals Jelly Deals Logitech's G Pro X gaming headset is its lowest-ever price during Amazon's Early Access sale Prime Members can get it for just £52. Jelly Deals Save over £500 off the retail price on this beefy ASUS TUF Dash gaming laptop from Amazon Under £1080 for an RTX 3070 laptop. Jelly Deals Samsung's premium PRO 980 1TB SSD is under £80 during Prime's Early Access sale A great PC or PS5 upgrade. 1 Jelly Deals Amazon Prime Early Access Sale 2022: best gaming deals Find the best gaming deals from the second Prime Day 2022 from PS5 controllers to Nintendo Switch bundles. Latest Articles Digital Foundry Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: a new level in graphics performance The Digital Foundry video review - and how the new GPU champion delivers for 4K 120fps gaming. Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 3 Feature Evercore Heroes wants to wind people up the right way "There's less rage at them, because they didn't end your fun." Genshin Impact Path of Gleaming Jade dates, login event rewards Including other anniversary rewards and how to claim them. Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store