Crucial’s X8 portable SSD offers excellent performance in a convenient, totable form factor - and now the 2TB model is down to £123.61 from Crucial’s UK store, a new low price for thisRPS-recommended external SSD.
The drive is quite compact, measuring around 110 x 54 x 12mm, but inside it’s a pretty high-tech operation. There is Micron 64-layer QLC NAND flash memory, a DRAM cache and a Silicon Motion SM2263 controller - all components that ensure a good balance between price and performance. The drive also comes with a three-year warranty, which is nice. It’s resistant to drops, knocks and vibration, and is designed to still work even after suffering a two-metre drop (not that I’d recomemnd testing this).
Looking online, the Crucial X8 normally retails for around £140 to £130, so to get it for just a few quid over £120 is pretty good going and a new low price for the drive. If you can use an external, it’s certainly worth an investigation. And for more recommendations, be sure to check outour breakdown of the best gaming SSDs.
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