The best flash drive we tested has dropped to its lowest price ever

If you’ve been using the same flash drive for a decade and are looking for something that’s much faster and more capacious, now is an excellent time to upgrade to SSD speeds. Our favorite flash drive, the SK Hynix Tube T31, dropped to its lowest price ever of $61 for Prime Day in October.

Although it takes the form of a somewhat bulky flash drive, the Tube T31 actually houses an M.2 SSD within its plastic casing, which is connected to its USB Type-A port via a small circuit board. The result is one of the fastest stick storage drives you can buy, delivering top performance in our benchmark tests.

As a 10Gbps drive, the Tube T31 isn’t the fastest external storage option available, but 20Gbps USB ports are still quite rare, and the SK Hynix drive is capable of more than 1000 MB/s to read and write, which will also blow away every flash drive you’ve carried around in your pocket or purse for the past few years.

As we noted in our review of the SK hynix Tube T31, the drive is the fastest external storage option available without having to deal with a cable and features a simple, solid plastic casing. The main drawbacks are that the company doesn’t make a roomier 2TB model and that it’s a bit bulky, so it may block nearby ports.

If you’re ready to trade in your old flash drive for a device that offers true SSD speeds and a capacious 1TB capacity, the SK Hynix Tube T31 is one of the best drives you can buy. And with the new low price for Prime Day in October, now is the best time to pick up a copy.

Save 41% on this Samsung G9 Series 49-inch curved OLED gaming monitor, now $949 at Amazon

It’s clearly not a “budget” monitor, but if you have the money and desk space for this massive 49-inch gaming monitor, then this is a great deal. We have checked a model in this series that won the Tom’s Hardware Editor’s Choice Award. We found the image quality to be stunning, with deep contrast and rich colors. No calibration was required and the integrated speakers delivered excellent sound. The build quality also felt premium, which is to be expected given the original list price of $1,600.

This OLED display with a refresh rate of 240 Hz and a response time of 0.03 Ms (GTG) offers a large 49-inch display in 32:9 format with a dual QHD ultra-wide resolution (5120 x 1440 Pixel) and is ideal for games. Because it’s an OLED display, you get deep, rich colors and the display offers HDR True Black 400 for deep blacks and reproduction of dark colors without light leakage.

There are two micro HDMI 2.1 ports, DisplayPort and a USB hub for the many USB devices we own. The display can also be used with multiple devices via a picture-in-picture and picture-by-picture sub-screen feature to connect your desktop and laptop to a single screen. With picture-in-picture, the second display appears like a popup in the main window. With the picture-by-picture function, the large display is divided into two areas so that two people can work on one display.

This is a beautiful premium gaming monitor for the lucky few who aren’t on a budget and have a desk large enough to accommodate.