SK Hynix promotes its teeny-tiny portable SSD with a golden sheen as a “Beetle.” But surely I can’t be the only one who thinks it looks like the scarabs from the 1999 Mummy film?
Ah, I digress. What’s important here is that the SK Hynix Beetle X31 fits in your pocket and in your budget — right now the 1TB version of this portable SSD is on sale for just $64.99 on Amazon, which prices it as significantly cheaper than even the 512GB version. (And it won’t burrow under your skin and into your brain. I’m almost sure of it.)
All joking aside, the Beetle X31 drive is a nice little gadget that comes with a protective silicone case and a USB-C cable in the box. It’s also way faster than your typical flash drive, with read and write speeds topping out at 1GB/s. That would let you transfer an entire Blu-ray in under a minute, assuming your USB port is up to 3.2 snuff.
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It’s tough, too. SK Hynix says the aluminum housing and silicone case can protect this bug’s guts from up to a 6.5-feet drop (or two meters). For more details, check out PCWorld’s review of this drive in which it earned a rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars.
This is a Prime Big Deal, so this golden discount is only available to Amazon Prime members. But if you don’t have Prime, you have three options: sign up for a 30-day free trial to get this special price on Amazon, or get it on Newegg for almost the same price, or get it on eBay from this vendor who’s matching Amazon’s sale price.
Whatever you do, order it fast if you want this. The price is unbeatable and unlikely to survive until tomorrow.
Get this tiny 1TB portable SSD for 31% offAuthor: Michael Crider, Staff Writer, PCWorld
Michael is a 10-year veteran of technology journalism, covering everything from Apple to ZTE. On PCWorld he's the resident keyboard nut, always using a new one for a review and building a new mechanical board or expanding his desktop "battlestation" in his off hours. Michael's previous bylines include Android Police, Digital Trends, Wired, Lifehacker, and How-To Geek, and he's covered events like CES and Mobile World Congress live. Michael lives in Pennsylvania where he's always looking forward to his next kayaking trip.