Best Hard Drives

Seagate Backup Plus Ultra Slim Portable External Hard Drive

The Good The Seagate Backup Plus Ultra Slim is compact, fast and includes helpful backup software.

The Bad There's no USB-C port, so no future-proofing for you.

The Bottom Line The Backup Plus Ultra Slim is a handy portable drive for those needing to carry additional data or perform backups on the go.

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Samsung SSD 850 Evo

The Good The Samsung SSD 850 Evo delivers great performance with useful features, at an affordable price. The drive is available with up to 2TB of storage space.

The Bad The drive carries a 5-year warranty instead of the 10 years the Pro model offers. The Samsung Magician software only works with Windows.

The Bottom Line The Samsung 850 Evo has the best combination of performance, cost and capacity, making it the ideal drive for any home user.

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SanDisk Extreme 900 Portable SSD

The Good The SanDisk Extreme 900 Portable SSD is super fast, and includes both a USB-C cable and a regular USB cable, so it'll work with all USB ports for the foreseeable future.

The Bad The drive is large and slightly more expensive compared to competing drives. The three-year warranty is too short.

The Bottom Line Rugged, fast and capacious, the SanDisk Extreme 900 Portable SSD is an excellent portable drive.

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