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what's up guys Eber here with hurricane axe and si es is just a few months away so I'm starting to prepare myself for that week because we'll be shooting a lot of b-roll transfering footage back and forth for editing and uploading to the channel so I was looking for a portable and reliable external storage solution that could speed up our workflow Samsung t3 portable SSD has been widely popular amongst some fellow youtubers I know due to its capacity and durability so I wanted to test it for myself to see if it can actually hold up to our standards but before that quick look at our sponsor Toshiba now offering OCC products that are awesome and affordable like the Rd 400 TR 150 and vt1 80 that are backed by advanced warranty program now stronger than ever under Toshiba I was amazed at how the t3 looked when I picked it up in the first place it's compact well-constructed and beautifully crafted I've been using the silicon power 860 1 terabyte hard drive from the honor series for past events and it's still holding up pretty well but just comparing these side-by-side I was just staring at both of them for a while and it's truly amazing to see how small these devices have become now before I get too far into this review let's take a quick look at what this drive offers this is the 500 gigabyte model which costs $200 though Samsung offers 250 gigabyte one terabyte and 2 terabyte models that range in price from $99 all the way up to an eye-watering $800 at just ten point five millimeters thick and a footprint of 74 by 58 millimeters it can easily fit into a carry-on luggage without taking up the central space it certainly won't weigh me down like the hard drive based a 60 did Samsung claims their t3 is fast too and it's hard to find any fault with this since it uses wien and technology that not only boosts internal speeds but also supposed to offer increased NAND cell lifespan to get that power on the road the t3 comes with a USB 3.1 gen2 on type-c connector and a type C to type a cable one thing to note is that the USB 3.1 gen2 on interface is simply a rebrand of USB 3.0 which means this Drive offers speeds of up to 450 megabytes per second under ideal conditions provided your system supports the uas-b protocol another interesting add-on here is Samsung's portable SSD Android app which allows the t-3 to interface directly with a compatible phone though you'll need an adapter cable for that when compared to something like the $70 Armour a sixty one terabyte which is shockproof water-resistant and carries and ipx4 rating the $200 Samsung t3 seems expensive but it has the size and speed on its side so how fast is it compared to the h-60 let's start with synthetic benchmarks I fired a crystal disk mark and tested these drives by sending the number of tests at five and a file size of one gigabyte the results do speak for themselves the t3 averaged a read and write speeds just a little north of 400 megabytes per second whereas the a 60 average close to 140 megabytes per second for read and 131 megabytes per second for right moving on to a totus benchmark a program that tests the drives read and write speeds using incremental file sizes the t3 dished out 456 megabytes per second on read and 420 megabytes per second on write these numbers remind me of the Intel 520 series SSD that was inside my XPS 15 a while back anyways the a 60 pumped out at respectable 101 megabytes per second on read and 109 megabytes per second on right now onto some real-world tests I transferred a 46 gigabyte folder packed with 4k videos back and forth between the computer and the drives starting with the a 60 that whole folder took 7 minutes to transfer to the desktop averaging between 100 to 110 megabytes per second performing that backwards took roughly the same time averaging similar speeds switching over to the t3 transferring the same folder to the desktop took 2 minutes averaging close to 400 megabytes per second transferring back to 30 seconds longer which made sense because the write speeds were topping out at 320 megabytes per second still damn fast in my opinion my last test was to copy and paste a game folder in this case or watch this consists of files ranging from kilobytes to gigabytes and it give you a rough idea of how long it could take to transfer large folders made up of hundreds of files and the t3 did it in 30 seconds whereas the a60 took three minutes to complete while the gap is fairly minimal for one folder it can get bigger when transferring your entire Steam library that's probably more than 200 to 300 gigabytes so what can we take away from this the t3 is hands-down a much faster Drive compared to my a 60 but that was expected given Samsung's use of fast solid-state storage by performing these tests I'm convinced that this drive should keep up very well with our production when we're out of our Studios covering events the slim form factor plus the shock resistant feature is always a welcome addition however the consistent performance on the a 60 even after two years of harsh use does complement the reliability factor given there's a spinning drive inside it's also waterproof so that's always a bonus for me it should also be interesting to see how the t3 holds up under those same conditions price will also be a big factor for anyone looking to move towards an external SSD so that concludes my quest to find a fast and reliable external storage solution for editing on the go but I have a question for you guys is the t3 worth the hefty price tag or are there any alternative solutions that might give the t3 a run for its money feedback is always appreciated I mean bear with hurricane axe thank you so much for watching and we'll see you in the next one