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22 Nov, 2025
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AI-generated summary
At £803.58 ex-VAT for a 4TB external SSD, the SanDisk Desk Drive is “good hardware, serious money.” The main reason you’d buy it is if you want a large, fast USB-C external drive that stays sensible for day-to-day business use—think moving project folders between machines, doing reliable backups, or storing active datasets that you don’t want on spinning disks. SanDisk’s Desk Drive line is generally built for practicality rather than gimmicks, and if your team needs a straightforward, durable external with decent transfer performance, it can be a solid fit.
That said, I’d pause and sanity-check the value depending on your exact workflow. For that price, many buyers can get similar or better performance/per‑pound by going internal (and adding a decent enclosure) or by choosing a more cost-competitive external from competing brands—especially if you don’t strictly need it to be external. Also, if you’re buying for long-term “set and forget” storage, an external premium can be wasted versus cheaper bulk storage options.
**Who should buy:** teams that need a reliable, USB-C external for daily file transfer and portable workloads, and who value convenience and time over absolute cost efficiency. **Who shouldn’t:** anyone trying to maximise storage value or performance per £, or anyone using it purely for cold storage/backups where cheaper options would do the job.

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