Regardless of how a lot stuff I transition to cloud storage, each on occasion I nonetheless want to make use of ye olde sneakernet. And this deal might be the most effective I’ve ever seen when it comes to bang to your buck. Right this moment Amazon has a pint-sized SanDisk 512GB flash drive, utilizing a crazy-fast USB 3.2 connection, for simply $38.99 — a value matched by Greatest Purchase. That’s an enormous 57 % off the unique $90 MSRP.

512GB is a big quantity of storage for detachable media, however you’ll find it cheaper elsewhere. What makes this deal so interesting to me is the pace. When inserted right into a suitable USB 3.2 port, this factor can learn at as much as 130 megabytes per second. That’ll allow you to copy, say, your whole 122-gigabyte Baldur’s Gate III set up off the drive in about 16 minutes.

It’s greater than thrice quicker than a USB 3.0 flash drive (which can be a lot bigger) going for across the identical value. Throw within the teeny-tiny measurement, and it’s a improbable deal — severely, make use of that lanyard loop otherwise you may simply lose this factor in your bag.

Additionally observe that whereas the learn speeds are nice, the write speeds are significantly slower, round 44 megabytes per second in response to the consumer evaluations. In case you want one thing quicker and extra capacious, you may wish to step as much as a devoted moveable SSD just like the Samsung T7 Protect (which is on sale for 35 % off itself).