Hyper – August 2019

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f there’sonethingthat

continuestoirkgamers,it’s

theconstantneedtomanage

storagespaceforgames.As

gamesbecomemorecomplex

andgraphicallydetailed,they’re

takingupmoreandmoredrive

space,meaninga constantneed

todeleteandre-downloadgames.

Thankfully,there’saneasyway

toavoidthis– withthegrowing

convenienceandaffordabilityof

SamsungPortableSSDT5range,

it’snowsimpletohaveyour

collectiononhand,installedand

readytogo.

Convenienceis actuallyjust

thetipoftheiceberg.Thereare

numerousbenefitstousinga solid

statedrive(SSD)overa traditional,

mechanicalharddrive.

LESSWAITING,MOREPLAYING

Unliketraditionalharddrives,

whichreaddatafroma spinning

magneticdiskat transferspeeds

determinedbyrevolutionsper

minute(RPM),SSDsusesuper-

speedyflashstorageandfeature

nomechanicalparts.

Theresultis thatwhile

mechanicalharddrivestypically

maxoutat readandwritespeeds

of 110MB/s,SamsungPortableSSD

T5canmovedataaroundat upto

offeredin deepblackor500GBand

1TBalsocomein thenewlyreleased

rosegoldandmetallic red^2.

EASEOFUSE

Setupona consoleis

straightforward.Forexample,when

youplugtheT5intoa PS4,you’ll

needtogotheSettingsmenuon

theconsole’shomescreen.From

here,selecttheDevicesmenu,and

insidethatmenuyou’llneedto

choosetheUSBStorageDevices

listing.Onceyou’vedonethat,

you’ll simplyneedtoselectthe

correctdriveandthen

select‘Format

asextendedstorage’.

Oncethedriveis

formatted,andonce

yourgamesare

downloadedand

installed,you’llbeable

tolaunchandplaythem

rightfromtheSSD.The

processis muchthe

samefortheXboxOne.

If youneedstorageforyour

games,therearefewoptionsthat

canmatchSamsungPortableSSD

T5forspeed,convenienceandstyle.

Samsung’sPortableSSDT5

rangeis nowavailablein Australia

at selectedonlinestores and

retailpartners.

ADVERTORIAL

540MB/s^1. Thatmeansinstalling

yourgamestoanSSDcan

significantlyhelpreduceloading

times.Testingfromrespected

mediaoutletslikeEurogamer

hasshownthatinstallingconsole

gamestoanexternalSSD can cut

loadingtimesin half.

STYLISHANDCOMPACTDESIGN

Sportinga similarbrushed-

aluminumunibodydesignasits

PortableSSDT3predecessor,the

T5alsomaintainsitsforebear’s

compactsize,andactually shaves

offabouta millimetre

fromtheT3’swidth,

comingin at 74x

57.3x 10.5mm.It’s

alsolight,at just 51

grams.Thatsmall

form-factormakesit

idealforusewithPS4

orXboix– youwon’t

needtosetasidea

dedicatedspacein

yourentertainmentunittokeep

yourgameslibraryonhand.

Forstyle-consciousgamers,

SamsungPortableSSDT5also

comesin fourgorgeouscolours,

dependingonthestoragesize

you’reafter:the250GBand

500GBmodelsareavailablein

blue,1TBand2TBmodelsare

Power up your gaming with

Samsung Portable SSD T5

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That small

form-factor makes

it idealforuse with

both videogame

consoles and

desktop PCs

1 Performancemayvarydependingonhostconfiguration.Toreachmaximumtransferspeedsof 540 MB/s,thehostdeviceandconnectioncablesmustsupportUSB3.1Gen2 and the UASP mode must be enabled.

2 1 GB=1,000,000,000 bytes, 1 TB=1,000,000,000,000 bytes. Lower capacity may be demonstrated by your computer due to use of a different measurement standard.