Portable drives, internal drives, highly recommended drives.
Crucial make some of the best SSDs in the industry, and here at RPS we have a particular fondness for their portable SSDs, which are both reasonably priced and way faster than any flash drive or portable hard drive that you’ve ever tried. Several of their drives have been discounted for Easter in the UK, so we’ve rounded up a few of our favourites for your enjoyment.
If you don’t need as fast a drive, and instead want to max out your capacity, then the Crucial X6 is half the speed and darn near half the price. You can also get it in some truly massive sizes, from 500GB all the way up to 4TB. Happily, some of those giant models are on sale, with the flagship 4TB model costing £252 - just £100 more than the X8 for double the storage. You can also get itwith a USB-C to USB-A adapter for £262, but I don’t think that’s a particularly compelling offer.
Finally, the Crucial BX500 is an internal drive that RPS called ‘a great value gaming SSD’ - and it’s down to £79 for a 1TB model. That’s a good price for a SATA SSD of this size, although the Crucial P2 somewhat steals the show by being aboutfour times fasterand seven quid cheaper in a more convenient M.2 form factor. Still, if you’re using an older PC that doesn’t have any free NVMe slots, then the BX500 is still a decent pick. Here are links to both options:
There are some more Crucial Easter deals kicking about, but we reckon these are the cream of the crop so we’ll leave it there. Thanks very much for joining us once more, and we’ll see you again tomorrow for more hot dealz!
