Samsung T7 1TB Portable SSD
The plain T7: small, fast, and the default external drive for OBS recordings.
Tracked 2026-10-19. The retailer listing is the price you pay.
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Our take on the Samsung T7 1TB Portable SSD
The Samsung T7 1TB is a portable SSD with aluminum build and speeds up to 1,050MB/s, a solid place to dump long stream recordings. At a tracked $229.78 it sits in a $189.99 to $246.91 range that spans June 26 to October 19, 2026, so $39.79 above the low.
Samsung lists protection for falls up to 6 feet. USB Type C-to-C and Type C-to-A cables are in the box, which saves buying one. It supports 4K 60fps recording to the drive from compatible cameras and phones. With 18 tracked points, the history is long enough to trust: this price has been lower, so a wait-for-a-sale buy makes sense.
- USB C-to-C and C-to-A cables included
- Aluminum build with 6 foot fall protection
- 4.7 across 12,211 retailer ratings
- Tracked price is $39.79 above its low
- Drop protection is lower than the Shield version
Where it fits in a build
Local recording as a backup of the live feed in case the signal drops. See every storage pick
| Capacity | 1TB |
| Speed | Up to 1050MB/s, USB 3.2 |
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Samsung T7 1TB Portable SSD
$229.78Tracked 2026-10-19
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We do not lab-test hardware. Ratings and review counts come from the retailer listing and are labelled as such; stream-quality figures are conservative planning budgets from our published model. Prices are tracked at build time, not live, and were last refreshed 2026-10-22. How the numbers are derived: methodology. How picks are chosen: editorial policy.