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EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE OR SSD
KINGSTON XS2000 PORTABLE SSD
$159.99
What the tiny Kingston XS2000 Portable SSD lacks in size—it’s barely larger than a
USB thumb drive and weighs just an ounce—it makes up for in speed and
durability. Geared to creative professionals, this handsome silver-and-black drive
is equally at home in a studio, an office, or outdoors. As a semi-rugged external
drive, the XS2000 is impervious to sand and rain, and it’s protected from tumbles
by a stretchable and removable protective rubber sleeve. When paired with a
computer with a USB-C 3.2 Gen 2x2 port, the XS2000 puts to shame many
previous-generation SSDs, and it proved its mettle for everyday storage tasks in
our PCMark 10 testing.
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NETWORK ATTACHED STORAGE
ASUSTOR DRIVESTOR 2 AS1102T
$170.00
This two-bay NAS offers a stellar combination of premium features, is easy to
install even for networking novices, and does all that at a price that won’t break
your budget. You don’t often see multi-gig LAN ports or 4K video transcoding
capabilities on NAS devices under $200, but this has both. The Drivestor 2 also
comes with a generous selection of apps in categories including security, data
backup, and even web hosting.
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WIRELESS ROUTER
TP-LINK ARCHER AX50
$149.99
In 2021, Wi-Fi 6 finally became mainstream, and the reasonably priced Archer
AX50 is the router to prove it. At $150, it costs a fraction of what early Wi-Fi 6
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