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This 400MB/s 128GB Samsung USB drive is down to £13A high-speed, low-cost drive for ferrying files or installing operating systems.
A high-speed, low-cost drive for ferrying files or installing operating systems.
Flash drive deals have proven surprisingly popular here at RPS, so today we’re returning with an evolution on the formula: a high-end USB-C flash drive that sports impressive 400MB/s reads and 60MB/s writes, with a capacity of 128GB, for just £13 rather than the usual £19. That’s a great deal from my point of view, and well worth reading upwards of four paragraphs about or potentially just clicking through to the product page linked enticingly below…
Get a 128GB Samsung USB-C flash drive for £13.30 (was £19)
While this is technically a USB flash drive of the kind you might have grown up with in school if you’re of a certain vintage, it’s orders of magnitudes faster than most USB drives that have ever littered the earth. The 400MB/s peak read speeds are more similar to mid-range SATA SSDs than a humble flash drive, while the 60MB/s maximum write speeds are no less impressive given how woeful most USB drives are when it comes to writing to them. Overall, it’s not quite the same experience as having a proper portable USB-C SSD, but given the extremely low price for this 128GB unit, it doesn’t have to be a world-beater in that department to qualify as a superb overall value.
I’m planning to pick up this drive myself after writing this article, and I have just the use case in mind - I’m going to make it my go-to drive for installing operating systems, a task that comes up surprisingly often in my line of work and really benefits from a speedy drive. In fact, with many desktop OSes now being bootable directly from a USB, this could be the perfect way to try out new Linux distros or experiment with new Hackintosh builds. Of course, this would also be a brilliant drive for ferrying movies from PCs to TVs, sharing a game install between computers or backing up important media.
