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Available in capacities up to 5TB, the current ceiling for a portable hard disk drive, the Silicon Power Armor A66 combines low-cost storage with some protection from the elements.

The RGB-illuminated Lexar SL660 Blaze Game Portable SSD supports the fast USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 interface (though your PC may not) and generally performs well, though your growing game library may quickly fill its 1TB max capacity.

Samsung's Portable SSD T7 Shield is an external solid-state drive that's impervious to dust, rain, and tumbles. It's a durable and secure choice for outdoor workers and travelers, if on the slow side compared to non-rugged SSDs.

Priced below most high-performance gaming SSDs, the Silicon Power XS70 trails them in performance tests. On the plus side, it fits into a PS5 even with its attached heatsink and offers capacities up to 4TB.

With blistering throughput speeds and fine benchmark results, Acer makes a splash with its Predator GM7000, the first PCI Express 4.0 SSD in its line and every bit as lethal as its gaming laptop and monitor brandmates.

The WD Black SN770 is a nice-priced PCIe 4.0 NVMe internal SSD that aced many of our benchmarks, especially for program loading and file copy. Our only quibbles? Hardware-based encryption and a snap-on heat spreader would complete this package.

The compact, handsome Lexar SL200 comes in at a modest price and provides 256-bit AES encryption, but it's competing against much faster external SSDs that cost just a little more money.

A remake of a secure solid-state drive that Apricorn has sold since 2010, the latest Aegis Padlock SSD offers enhanced speed and security in capacities ranging up to 4TB.

The ADATA XPG Atom 50, which can be used in a laptop, desktop, or PlayStation 5, delivers stellar performance for a budget PCI Express 4.0 internal SSD.

Billed as "Made for the PS5," TeamGroup's T-Force Cardea A440 Pro Special Series SSD also works well with laptop or desktop PCs. The PCIe 4.0 drive proved fast in our testing, though its overall throughput fell a touch short of its rated speeds.