This external SSD looks like a flash driv,e but performs like an SSD, and it's turned into a jack-of-all-trades for my gaming needs.
This is easily the nerdiest thing I’ve ever written, but I’m a sucker for external SSDs. Seriously. I love the idea of tiny devices that can store a massive amount of data. They’re so versatile for gamers, allowing you to set up portable emulation, take your Steam library on the go, or even just expand the storage of your consoles. That’s exactly what the SK Hynix Tube T31 offers, and to make things even nerdier, the latest drives are adorned with the unique artwork from Lies of P.
As someone who played through Lies of P three times — and is constantly looking for an excuse to dive back in — it’s incredible seeing the renditions of these two Legion Arms spread out across the SSD. It’s completely original artwork, combining the design of the arm itself with a flood of the element it carries. I’m partial to the Fulminis design — that Legion Arm helped me out a lot in the game — but both look stunning.
It doesn’t take much for a company like SK Hynix to do a collaboration. The Tube T31 isn’t a new product, so all it needed to do was figure out the revenue split with the publisher and grab a couple pieces of original artwork. The packaging and stickers really make this feel like a special product, though. The goodies aren’t much, but for someone who’s a fan of the game like myself, I was giddy as I took these two SSDs out of their box.
I’ve called the Tube T31 an SSD up to this point, but you’d probably think of it more as a flash drive. It’s a stick with a USB-A connector on one end, typical of what you’d see with a flash drive. The difference is that it’s much larger, and SK Hynix packs a 1TB SSD inside. The Tube T31 straddles the line between an external hard drive and a flash drive.
You don’t need to worry about speed here, either. You can see that from my results in CrystalDiskMark above. As advertised, the Tube T31 can hit up to 1,000MB/s for both sequential reads and write speeds. That’s not NVMe SSD fast, but it’s on the level of an external hard drive like the Samsung T7. It’s plenty fast for something like your Steam library. You can load all of your games up on the Tube T31 and take them between PCs.
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