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Rating 4.5 out of 5 stars with 141 reviews

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    Rating 4.4 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.5 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.5 out of 5 stars

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89%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers enjoy the speed and portability of the Geek Squad Certified Refurbished T5 500GB External USB, Type-C Portable SSD. Many appreciate its solid-state drive technology for faster performance and ease of use in transferring files between computers. Positive feedback highlights its reliability and usefulness for various applications, such as gaming and data backup. The sleek design also receives favorable comments.

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  • Pros mentioned:
    Size

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    NICE AND SMALL

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    Posted . Owned for 6 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    THIS DRIVE ITS SO CUTE COME FIT IN YOU POCKET LIKE VERY NICE

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great for Xbox One

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Speeds up load time. Great addition for competitive gaming

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Works great no problems 2nd one I bought

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Works great no problems 2nd one I bought will buy again

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Fast and light

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This is very light and the data transfer is very fast

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Speed

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Fast transfers

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This is a great side and is as quick as my internal SSD.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great condition for a refurbished drive

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Didn't know what to expect from a refurbished drive, so I was pleasantly surprised to see the drive was erased correctly and set for me to format the drive to my needs (PS4 back up drive). Would recommend picking up refurb again to save a couple bucks especially if it's not a drive that will get heavy use.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Using this drive professionally!

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    Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I love this hard drive. I use it professionally with the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4k for video production. Not a single issue and it performs great for recording 12bit raw 4k video along with fast transfer speeds when it’s time to edit.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Awesome!

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    You cant touch it for this price. Even a non-portable m.2 ssd costs nearly twice the price without the quality. Hint; the ssd inside can be removed and used as a internal drive if your laptop/computer has a mini PCIe slot. (Make sure to check the mkey)

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Connectivity

    Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Missing USB-C to A cable was missing

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    Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    My Geek Squad Certified SSD had two USB-C instead of one c to a and one c to c usb.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    great product. great price

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    i was a little scared to buy refurbished at first. but this product, being flash media, you can’t really go wrong. bought this little gem and more like it, also bigger 1tb model. i worth the money.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great price for a SSD.

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Using this as a startup disk for a iMac. After having a internal hard drive failure, using this SSD was a better choice to avoid losing files in the future.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Very fast and great value.

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    Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This is an amazing value when you can get it for under $70. The SSD is very high quality and very fast. Comes with all the cables needed to connect to USB A or USB C devices.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Samsung T5 500GB

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    Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I really like this portable SSD drive. Now I'm able to backup my Mac mini never worry again about losing data. it comes with two cables USB-c to USB-c and USB-c to USB

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great product for the price

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    My iMac boots a lot faster with the external SSd . I a planning to buy another one for my MacBook Pro . Great product for the price.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great upgrade for Xbox One external drive

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I have purchase two of this drives and load times have been cut in half with this Samsung T5 drives.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Fast Fast Fast

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This is a great price for an external SSD and it was NEW! Great job Best Buy on providing first in class service and great products. Highly recommend!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great for beta testing

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I have had good experiences with Samsung solid state drives. When I saw the T5 I wanted one. Great drive for a good price. I use it for 10.15 beta, very satisfied.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great external HD/USB solid-state 500GB drive.

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    A nice portable way to move data/photos/music/documents from one PC to another PC. Solid state is much faster too!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Right price, right size

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    Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Got this at the right price and there's nothing to complain about. Came looking brand new and with all the cables you need.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Small portable Drive

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The External Drive is great for moving files and saving Data. The drawback is that it doesn't come with software to do automatic backups.

    I would recommend this to a friend