Ridiculous! 8TB portable SSD costs less than 8TB internal SSD — $112/TB Sandisk Desk Drive trounces slower $185/TB…

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Right now, the SanDisk Desk Drive is the cheapest way to get fast storage at an affordable price in a compact form factor. Something you can carry around easily, making it particularly useful for professionals, creators and anyone looking to manage huge files (or large number of small files).

SanDisk sells it direct for just $899.99, that's just $112.50 per TB, not as cheap as the Teamgroup QX 4TB ($346 at Amazon or $86.50/TB) but more affordable per unit storage than all other SSDs, internal or external.

Even more telling, the next cheapest 8TB SSD is the Samsung 870 QVO which sells for $1,480 or $185 per TB, almost 60% more expensive. In other words, nothing comes close to this external drive when it comes to value for money right now

Why we recommend it

We scored the SanDisk Desk Drive 4 stars in our review, noting that...

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