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Budget SSD:
This week I’m looking at an affordable option for fast external media, specifically a rugged, portable SSD. If you’re working with media, either audio, video, photos or graphics, your project drive speed can be a huge factor in the overall performance of your workstation.
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For more info about this SanDisk / Sabrent combo, check out the Gear Guide
If you’re recording, mixing or editing in a DAW, keeping your sample library, your projects and other large assets on a portable drive also allows you to work anywhere and take projects from one system to another seamlessly.
While modern computers are all outfitted with various flavors of USB 3, USB C or Thunderbolt these days, none of that matters much if the drives you are reading and writing to can’t take advantage of those speeds.
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