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The World Cup officially kicks off on June 11, and many of you footie fans will likely be getting your strips prepared so you can support your favorite team. But what if you wanted to show your fandom by donning the best external drives with your colors of choice instead? Well, are you a fan of the Argentina National football team?
Lexar announced on May 19 that it has launched an official co-branded storage collection in partnership with the AFA (Argentine Football Association), which sees the team's white and blue colors decked out on a ton of portable solid-state drives. This new 'Elite Legends Series' includes three drive types in total, ranging from £59.99 at Amazon for a small flash drive to £359.99 at Amazon for 2TB worth of storage. I'm not a footie fan myself, but with SSD prices and availability continuing to spiral, witnessing the release of any new drives that are easily in stock without inflated prices is a win in my book.
External hard drives have been partially spared of the pricing debacle thanks to the RAM Storage Crisis and chip shortages, but not entirely. Some of the portable SSDs I used to regularly feature in deal round-ups like the Crucial X10 have gone from sitting at around £320 at Amazon, according to our CamelCamelCamel price checker, to reaching heights of £399.99 in the UK. That's why even though I haven't kicked a football around a field since primary school, I'm still happy to see a new line of World Cup-themed drives.
Would I have much preferred to see Scotland's colors now that we're finally part of this year's celebrations? Absolutely, but Argentina has three World Cup wins under its belt, so I get it. The team's strip is first found upon the new Lexar D500 Solid State Dual Drive, the cheapest of the set at £59.99, and one that sports dual USB-A & USB-C compatibility. Its small stature makes it ideal for transferring files between laptops and less so for gaming, but there's still 128GB worth of space in there if you need it for storing extra game screens or video clips.
The Lexar Elite Legend Series also incorporates the Air Portable SSD series, which offers up even more storage. Right now on Amazon, there's a 512GB and a 1TB model up for grabs starting from £129.99 (Amazon), which boast of up to 390MB/s read and 400MB/s write speeds. Should you be planning to play keepyups with your drive (though I don't ever recommend it), the Air Portable SSD also features Durable Drop Protection up to 2 metres, and you can easily back up its files via the Lexar app for extra protection.
The SL500 Portable SSD offers the highest capacity found from this collab. It's available in models up to 2TB, and is going to be your best option for gaming with its on-the-box 2000MB/s read, and 1800MB/s write speeds. Whether you pick up the rest of this new Elite Legend Series, each piece comes with a USB-C to C cable with a USB-C to USB-A adapter, and a collectible card as a little added bonus.
A panini sticker would have felt more on-brand, but that's just me.
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