For one day only, this super-speedy external SSD has nearly 50% hacked off its RAMpocalypse price

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With the RAMpocalypse doing its very best to make PC gaming less affordable by the week, you need to keep an eye out for great deals to help your pennies go further. While this isn't a return to the days of super-cheap SSDs, less than a year ago, you can't say no to a massive 47% discount on a 1 TB Lexar SL500, just $140 at B&H. And if that's not enough storage for you, then how about a 49% saving on the 2 TB version, for $215 at B&H?

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That's pretty much it for downsides, fortunately, as the Lexar SL500 is a really solid portable SSD, and thanks to its USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (20 Gbps) interface, it's an ideal way for expanding the storage of any gaming PC. This is especially true if your rig is a laptop or handheld device, as these often come with just one M.2 slot for an NVMe drive.

It's important to note that you'll only see those impressive read/write speeds if the SL500 is plugged into a USB port that's rated to 20 Gbps or faster. Lots of PCs claim to have 'USB 3.2' sockets, but they're often just 10 Gbps or even just 5 Gbps. It won't harm the drive in anyway; it just won't be able to shift data around at full speed.

A pair of promotional images highlighting some of the features of the Lexar SL500 external SSD — (Image credit: Lexar)

With an IP54 rating for dust and water, and a supplied rubber case to help it survive drops of up to six feet, six inches, the Lexar SL500 is a tough little cookie, too. Plus, it's MagSafe compatible, so you can slap it onto the rear of your iPhone 12 or newer (or even a laptop, if it has a metal body), and use it to store any 4K videos you've just taken.

Alas, after today, this deal will be no more, but where there's one, you know there will be others, and as soon as we spot them, we'll be sure to flag them up.

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Nick, gaming, and computers all first met in the early 1980s. After leaving university, he became a physics and IT teacher and started writing about tech in the late 1990s. That resulted in him working with MadOnion to write the help files for 3DMark and PCMark. After a short stint working at Beyond3D.com, Nick joined Futuremark (MadOnion rebranded) full-time, as editor-in-chief for its PC gaming section, YouGamers. After the site shutdown, he became an engineering and computing lecturer for many years, but missed the writing bug. Cue four years at TechSpot.com covering everything and anything to do with tech and PCs. He freely admits to being far too obsessed with GPUs and open-world grindy RPGs, but who isn't these days?