External SSDs have rapidly overtaken HDDs as the preferred choice when it comes to mobile storage solutions for Macs and Windows PCs. Not only are they more durable compared to portable HDDs, but also competitively priced for their speeds and capacity. In this round-up, we have included five USB 3.2 SSDs from Crucial, Kingston, ORICO, Samsung, and Sandisk. These 1TB USB 3.2 SSDs offer universal compatibility with every Type-A and Type-C port. At the same time, they deliver a combination of stellar performance and affordability unrivaled even by high-end thumb drives .

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Between these USB 3.2 SSDs, we have to pick Crucial X9 Pro for its exceptional performance consistency and its miniature size. The drive outperformed the rest of the pack in our stress test when other SSDs struggled once their respective SLC cache was saturated.…