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Samsung T9 4TB Portable SSD $485.19 Delivered @ Amazon US via AU

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Pfareseru on 05/10/2024 - 10:16 amazon.com.au (1348 clicks)
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Hi all!

Second post so go easy on me!

Posting this Samsung T9 4TB, delivered via Amazon US, as the price is pretty damn good.

According to Camel, the lowest price ever was $467.75, way back in February. The average is $571.39, and it's going for $949 at JB and $969 at Officeworks, some places are $800 to $900.

So $485.19 delivered is, in my mind, a good price, if you are after a traditional (non-NVMe) SSD that is pretty fast (transfer speeds up to 2,000MB/s) and shock-proof up to three metres (rounded up slightly from 9.8 feet).

Less than $20 off the lowest-ever price! Someone did post this SSD for around $450 at the start of the year, though (bundled with something else). I personally have this SSD and it's a dream to use.

Hope that someone finds this useful.

EDIT - adding a cheap item brings this item down by 6%, as per the deal on the Amazon page. So, for example, adding this book brings the total down to $464.44, making this very slightly the best deal ever.

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  • GenerallyClumsy on 05/10/2024 - 10:22
    +8

    Considering it's over $800 on static ice. Good find for a 2nd post!

    • fareseru on 05/10/2024 - 10:49
      +4

      Thank you! Yeah, it's a very decent price, I'm tempted to pick up a second. Not as fast as NVMe, but again, many people just want a straightforward SSD, and for that purpose, this is a good option. I also have the T7 Shield - which generally works very well - but the damn port is loose. No matter which cable I use (thunderbolt 3, thunderbolt 4, USB 3.2, whatever it may be, Satechi, Cable Matters, Anker, UGREEN) it is always loose. Once it fell out when I was transferring data, lost everything. Not an issue with the T9, or even the traditional T7.

      • Cu5ter on 05/10/2024 - 11:06
        +1

        Not an issue with either of my T7 Shields, might be some port damage. Still, this is a solid price on an even faster drive! I use these as edit disks before transferring to cold-storage spinning drives. Apple storage prices can get in the bin.

        • fareseru on 06/10/2024 - 11:36
          +1

          I think it's a known problem - example 1 example 2. It's an absolute pain, both my 2TB T7 and 4TB T7 have the issue, and they had it from day one. My 1TB T7 is fine. I have found cables that fit - but only just.

          You can pull the hard drive with a slight amount of resistance, with those two cables I mean, and it won't disconnect. But the with the vast majority of cables, the slightest movement and it disconnects. You'll see in the first example - many people have reported the same issue! For my 4TB I'm going to try my luck with Amazon, but it came from the UK (got it for $380) and is beyond the 30-day returns period (but I work in the legal field, I'm sure there's some way I can spin the consumer guarantees - need to look into it properly).

          If I had my time again, I'd just get the standard T7 or - even better - would've waited until a deal like this (back then, a T9 was something like $700 no matter where I looked, and the T5 - which apparently doesn't have the problem - is too slow for my needs). Honestly, it's almost like the port on the T7 Shield can just be a little "too recessed" on some batches.

          The two cables I have that work… the connecter "pins", however you call them, are longer (only slightly, but still) than the others, and they're the ones that work. I have other external SSDs - for example, my Kingston, which nicely clicks into place with every single cable I have, no issues at all. It's just such a frustrating pain.

          I hope that I can get a refund or partial refund from Amazon - I haven't attempted to do so for a while, for various reasons including the death of a close friend. In my mind, it may count as a major issue with the product - in which case I should be offered the option of a replacement or a full refund - given that a) I wouldn't have bought it, had I known about the issue, and b) it renders the drive unusable, to an extent, with the risk of losing a lot of data.

          It surely can't be fixed in a reasonable time, if it has to go all the way to the UK (and I just don't know that Amazon will be persistent enough to go down that road, in any event). Best case scenario, I get back my $380 or so and put it towards something like this, or ditch it and get an NVMe enclosure + drive.

          • Cu5ter on 06/10/2024 - 12:06
            +1

            @fareseru: That’s terrible, and super unlucky! I think I got my shields in the same deal given the price you paid too. I’m sure there are other reports, they’re a popular drive and it’s a big pool of users. I have two shields and four standard t7s and all of them have super solid connectors (and I’m pretty vigilant about connector reliability, don’t start me on the 3/4 depth hdmi port on MacBook Pros younger than 2021). After your write up I’m starting to think I was just lucky with all of mine. Sorry to hear about yours, friend, sounds like a major pita dealing with international Amazon returns. Best of luck!

            • fareseru on 06/10/2024 - 13:05
              +1

              @Cu5ter: Yeah, it's a real shame, it really, really annoys me. I love Samsung - I have an OLED from them that I love, many other drives I have I love, home appliances, the list goes on. But for whatever reason, there's a quality control/design issue. Given how many people it's happened to, and especially given the price - I didn't pay $380 for the T7 Shield just to have something that's so fragile.

              One tiny slip, if I grab my laptop when it's plugged in and it gets momentarily caught on something as I move the laptop… yeah. You know what can happen to a drive when it's suddenly ejected! Anyway. I'll try my luck with Amazon, hoping I can at least get my money back (and hopefully keep the drive anyway, purely for backups etc). We'll see. They make so much damn money, you'd think that for them, refunding me for the T7 Shield would be a drop in the ocean. So I hope that's the case!

              Otherwise, I have no complaints about the T7 Shield at all. Great drive, super speedy, holds everything I could need and I still have 1TB free (the 4TB is pretty much just full of movies etc that I stream to my TV using Emby or Plex). Love the feel, overall build quality, size, and, of course, the shock/water/dust element.

      • DangerNoodle on 05/10/2024 - 14:06

        You can always get a shell or USB to sata cable and just open up the shell for the t7 shield.

    • WowBargain on 05/10/2024 - 11:25
      +15

      You must be fun at parties

    • whyisave on 05/10/2024 - 12:08
      -6

      I didn't neg you

    • edfoo on 05/10/2024 - 13:48
      +1

      Did you wake up at the wrong of the bed this morning?

  • dogsryummy on 05/10/2024 - 11:59
    +8

    Just an FYI that very few PCs can achieve the 2,000 MB/s transfer speeds, you need a USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port which only high-end motherboards have. It's a dead-end protocol too.

    • Agret on 05/10/2024 - 13:22

      Crazy that USB-C is a dead protocol already, guess it's all thunderbolt now?

      • kingarthur on 05/10/2024 - 13:33
        +3

        Nope
        New standard is USB 4 40Gbps which is not backward compatible with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 20Gbps and can only achive 10Gbps on USB 3

        But solid drive if your machine support that

        Otherwise no difference with T7 for other machines

        • eecan on 06/10/2024 - 14:11
          +2

          I agree that the advertised max speed is basically not achievable for 99% of people. However my machine doesn't support USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (has USB 4.0 ports) but I have found that for transferring photos (500GB-1TB+) the 4TB T9 has noticeably faster sustained speeds than my 4TB T7 shields.

  • AFM7 on 05/10/2024 - 12:42
    +3

    If you add this: https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/1441334386/ref=ox_sc_ac… it brings it down to $463.30…

  • davidtse916 on 05/10/2024 - 13:28
    +3

    Great price for T9! T7 is $458.17 @ Amazon AU via Amazon Germany: https://amazon.com.au/dp/B0BKPV953L/?coliid=I3CJXF38SPHUEZ&c…

  • Roe Jogan on 05/10/2024 - 14:13
    +4

    at this price id rather get a m.2 4tb and an enclosure, its gonna be cheaper, much faster, and smaller

    • fareseru on 05/10/2024 - 14:16
      +2

      That's all well and good, but some people don't want to mess around setting up an NVMe setup.

      Hence me stating in my comment

      a good price, if you are after a traditional (non-NVMe) SSD

      • Roe Jogan on 05/10/2024 - 14:16
        +4

        its literally buying the m.2 and buying the case, putting m2 in case, its like tool-less you just pop it in like u do a memory card

        • fareseru on 05/10/2024 - 19:17
          +4

          Fair enough. For you and I, and anyone else who can be bothered + knows about NVMe + has a little geek in them, doing that is a cheaper option. But with this, you get a) the convenience, b) a decent amount of shock protection, c) a reputable brand and d) it has pretty damn good reviews.

          Many people just want to click "buy", have it delivered, and plug + play. There are various pages for the T9, but the Australian "version" lists this as 4.8 stars out of 5, from 21,000 reviews. Let alone added to all of the other versions (e.g. this US version). So seemingly a lot of people agree with me!

          • Roe Jogan on 06/10/2024 - 08:42
            +1

            @fareseru: anyone who has enough geek to even use an external ssd storage device should have more than enough geek to insert an m2 stick into a Tool-less m2 enclosure and call it a day, you can do it in 10 seconds literally lol

    • jalu on 05/10/2024 - 16:32

      Thanks for this comment! Forgot that was an option. Going to do this instead

  • coolndeep on 05/10/2024 - 17:17
    +3

    Thanks OP! Just got one from Officeworks for $460 after price beat!

    • whyisave on 05/10/2024 - 19:59
      +1

      …but for those with discounted Amazon gift cards,
      Amazon could be cheaper :-)

    • AL008 on 06/10/2024 - 01:12

      How can you get price beat for overseas purchase?

  • diviCe on 06/10/2024 - 00:37
    +1

    Thanks OP,
    Needed 1.

  • jpmelb7 on 06/10/2024 - 09:08

    Any chance will be cheaper on Prime Day?

    • fareseru on 06/10/2024 - 11:50
      +1

      I honestly don't know that it will be - it is very rarely below $500: see here. So I'd say this is as good as it gets. I need to edit my post, but adding a kid's book brings it down to $464: this is the book I may use.

      Good luck! Perhaps I'm wrong, and it will be cheaper when the Prime sale happens, but you never know. Someone here managed to get Officeworks to price match, perhaps that's also an option for you? Then you'd get 5% off the matched price + you would obviously get it either on the spot or very quickly, this one naturally has to come from the US.

    • whyisave on 10/10/2024 - 21:36

      AU$ 497 now (but US import).

      https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0CHFSZX9W

      AU$ 569 for this SSD, during Prime Day deals
      (and from Amazon AU)

      https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0CGHDGPYJ/

  • Hogg on 07/10/2024 - 16:59

    Thanks! Just bought one and a book :) Great find for your 2nd post

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