You’re better off just putting together your own external SSD. And don’t worry! It’s not even that difficult. Here’s why you should give it a shot and how to put one together yourself.

Crucial X9 2 TB external SSD review A smart, surprisingly performant portable USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 drive.

SanDisk Desk Drive 8 TB external SSD review Not the most portable drive but great for system backups, giant game libraries, and media storage.

The best external drives are compact solid-state drives (SSDs for short) that use flash memory and don’t have any moving parts like larger traditional hard drives, which are equipped with ...