In this digital era, everything is turning into digital format, from physical photos to photos in social media, from paper documents to documents in a shared drive, from hand-written or printed warranty cards to digital warranty cards, etc. Hence, we always need more storage space to store our documents, videos, and photos.
That is why we will always face the issue of insufficient storage space. Therefore, organising our documents, videos, and photos is important. If there is no sufficient storage space in your computer or phone, I strongly recommend you buy an external SSD to ease your work. With this, you can easily find your documents without worrying about a lagging computer.
What is the difference between SSD and HDD?
HDD, namely hard disk drive, and SSD, namely solid-state drive, are both storage devices. However, they have different characteristics as the systems being used are different. Hence, the prices differ too. Hence, consumers are always confused on buying which type of storage device.
As SSDs use memory chips to access data, their speed is faster than HDDs. Anyhow, SSDs are more expensive than HDDs. As for HDDs, they have a longer lifespan, but they are more fragile. If you drop your HDDs accidentally, there is a high possibility that you will lose your data. This is due to HDDs use mechanical or moving parts to function.
Top 8 External SSDs In Malaysia 2025
1. SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD
SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD is one of the SSDs with the best selling as the brand has good word of mouth in the country. Besides, it looks simple and trendy. The most advanced series of SanDisk Portable SSD, E81, has up to 2000 MB/s of data-reading and data-writing speeds. You can choose from two storage capacities, including 1TB and 2TB.
EXCLUSIVE PRICE ON SHOPEE2. Samsung T5 USB 3.1 Gen 2 External SSD
Aside from that, Samsung T5 Portable SSD is popular among consumers too, as it is one of the thinnest and lightest SSDs on the market. In addition, they are different from other SSDs since there are four colour options, including blue, black, red, and gold. How would you refuse to use this light and compact SSD?
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Seagate One Touch Portable External SSD can be directly connected to computer and Android phone. It targets phone-photographic lovers as buyers can get a one-year Mylio Create plan to organise their photos and videos. Besides, with every purchase, you are entitled to get a 4-month Adobe Creative Cloud Photography plan.
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Kingston XS2000 High Performance USB-C External Portable Drive SSD is one of the all-rounded SSDs available in the Malaysian market. Can you imagine that this 28.9g SSD can store up to 2TB of data and read data with speed up to 2000mb/s? Besides, when you buy it with MONO DIGITAL, you can get 5 + 2 years warranty. That’s really worth it!
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From the era of HDD, Western Digital (WD) has been a well-known brand for storage device. Nowadays, many people will still choose WD for SSDs. It is very valuable to buy WD My Passport SSD now as you can get RM 10 TnG reload pin and a case for your SSD. MAC users, take note! This SSD is compatible with MacBook.
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If you are a consumer who values brand a lot, you may consider the HP P500 Portable 4 Colors USB Type-C External SSD, as they are one of the well-trusted computer manufacturer brands. Besides, the price of this SSD is slightly lower than other big brands. Just choose one from black, red, blue and silver colour, and you will get a mouse for free now.
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The size of Transcend ESD270C External SSD 3D NAND Type-C is compact as it can fit in a wallet. In addition, it provides you with both type-c to type-c and type-c to type-a cables to ease the documents transfer across different devices. However, transfer speed is quite slow when compared to other SSDs because the speed can only be up to 520 mb/s.
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ORICO External SSD Fingerprint Encryption stands out from other SSDs as it uses fingerprint encryption. This is significantly different from other SSDs because there is only password protection for other SSDs. Hence, if you want to store data that needs high privacy, you should consider this SSD model.
PRICE ON SHOPEEDisclosure: This list was compiled by the team at My Weekend Plan after extensive research and shared opinions to suggest helpful recommendations for the public. The sequence of brands is in no particular order so if you have any other great suggestions too, please email us support@myweekendplan.com.my. For more information, kindly refer to our copyright, privacy & disclosure policy.
