Portable storage has improved in leaps and ... one that you can upgrade in the future by swapping in a different NVMe drive. OWC states that the Express 1M2 can move files at up to 3,151 MB ...
Despite its small size of 2.07 x 3.97 inches, the Extreme Portable still packs a punch. Thanks to the NVMe drive under the hood, it’s capable of swift sequential read and write speeds of 1,050MB ...
Now, the Raspberry Pi 5 has a lovely new PCIe port right on board, and [Jeff Geerling] has gone right ahead and slammed in an NVMe SSD as a boot drive. [Jeff] explains that to use an NVMe to boot ...
If you don't have one, or your PC is a bit older, you can still find a great deal on a SATA SSD. These are slower than NVMe drives but they're still a huge improvement on a traditional hard drive.
SK Hynix has slashed prices on its popular portable SSDs to their lowest ... expect to pay about $45 to $50 for a good 1TB SATA or NVMe Gen 3 drive, and $70 to $75 for a 1TB NVMe Gen 4 drive.