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Buying an SSD is one of the fastest and most effective ways to add performance to your system, especially if you don’t have one already. Performance in booting your OS and running games can be drastically improved by moving to a solid state drive.
Be alert when choosing SSDs, as not every drive is born equal and worthy of your money or a place of honor in your PC. We select deals based on our in-depth knowledge gained from thorough reviews, expansive benchmarks, and extensive experience in this category. Differences in controllers, QLC, or TLC NAND, with or without DRAM, can all affect the performance of your drive. That’s why we’ve listed the best SSD deals below.
We select deals based on our in-depth knowledge, gained from thorough reviews, expansive benchmarks, and extensive historical price analysis.
Many of these drives are listed on ourSSD Benchmark hierarchy,so you can see how they stack up to the competition. You can also track thelatest SSD prices, even if they are not on sale. We also have a list of thebest hard drive deals you can get.
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With 14,900MB/s read and 14,000MB/s write speeds, you’ll struggle to find faster at this price with 41% off the SN8100.
Ideal for gaming or workstations, this 9100 Pro from Samsung has read speeds of up to 14,800MB/s and is a hefty $150 off, down to its lowest-ever price of $399.
The SN850X is a speedy PCIe 4.0 SSD for PCs, laptops, and the PlayStation 5. The drive boasts a sequential performance that peaks at 7,300 MB/s reads and 6,600 MB/s writes. See our review of theWD Black SN850Xfor more information.
Perfect for a PS5 upgrade (or your PC), this superfast Gen 4 PCIe 4.0 SSD boasts rated read and write speeds of 7,300 and 6,600 MBps for blistering performance in gaming and programs that can make use of the drive’s high bandwidth. This particular version comes with an included heatsink to help keep the SSD cool and reduce the chances of thermal throttling when under consistently high loads.
The Samsung 990 Pro 4TB is among the fastest SSDs currently available on the market, with read and write speeds of up to 7450/6900 MB/s, maxing out the Gen 4 bandwidth.
The Samsung 990 EVO Plus 4TB is now available at an all-time low price, boasting speeds of up to 7,250 MB/s, a five-year warranty that covers an impressive 2,400 TB of writes, and PCIe Gen 5x2/4x4 hybrid functionality.
The nippy Crucial P310 1TB is now just $59.99 at Amazon, replete with Gen speeds of up to 7,100MB/s. This would be the perfect drive as the storage module in a budget build, a quick M2 upgrade for booting your OS, or even for housing in a PS5.
With $110 off the price, this is the ideal SSD for gamers on a budget. It offers the same performance as other 9100 Pro drives, but with a hefty chunk off money off the MSRP.
The fastest PCIe 4.0 SSD you can get, the Samsung 990 Pro offers sequential read and write speeds of 7,450 and 6,900 MB/s, respectively, along with 1.4 and 1.55 million IOPS. See ourSamsung 990 Pro Reviewfor more details.
Our benchmarks show the WD Black to be one of the fastest SSDs you can buy for your Steam Deck or ROG Ally, and now the 1TB model is 29% off. This drive delivers up to 5,150 / 4,900 MB/s of read/write throughput and 8 million Random write IOPS, along with a five-year warranty that covers 600 terabytes of endurance.
2TB of fast storage for $89 represents the best of both worlds. Low price and high capacity storage. The SN850X is a speedy PCIe 4.0 SSD for PCs, laptops, and the PlayStation 5. The drive boasts a sequential performance that peaks at 7,300 MB/s reads and 6,600 MB/s writes. See our review of theWD Black SN850Xfor more information.
This SSD is notably fast and can reach read/write speeds as high as 7300 / 6300 Mbps. It uses a WD Proprietary controller and connects using a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface.
Samsung has a great reputation for quality SSDs, and the Samsung 980 SSD continues that legacy. It lacks DRAM but packs extremely fast NAND and generally outpaces similarly priced budget SSDs. The 980 delivers sequential speeds of 3,500MB/s read and 3,000MB/s write.
The Samsung T9 portable SSD 4TB edition is available right now for its lowest price to date. This SSD can reach read/write speeds as high as 2000 Mbps.
The Crucial P3 Plus is in a crowded market for budget PCIe 4.0 drives, managing to stand out by offering higher capacities. This is an efficient, capable drive but not without its caveats. The Crucial P3 Plus comes with up to 5000MB/s sequential reads and a random read/write performance of 650K/900K IOPS.
The QLC-based drive boasts excellent performance of up to 7,100 MB/s. Equipped with the Phison E27T controller, the drive also has excellent thermals and won’t be in danger of throttling, making it excellent for usage in a multitude of systems.
This large-capacity 4TB SSD is perfect for gaming use. It has a large storage capacity for your game library and impressive read/write speeds of 5000 / 4800 Mbps. It uses a PCIe NVMe M.2 Gen 4 interface with a 4TB storage capacity.
This SSD is suitable for casual and gaming use with impressively high speeds capping out at 5000 / 4800 Mbps. It uses an NVMe Gen 4 interface and has a 2TB storage capacity.
This is a more affordable SSD with moderate read/write speeds of 2200 / 1600 Mbps. It uses a PCIe 3.0 x4 interface and has a 2TB storage capacity.
When we reviewed the MP34 back in 2019, it was an excellent value, offering solid performance (it’s rated to 3,500/2,900 MB/s sequential reads/writes) and high endurance at competitive pricing.
Best External SSD Deals
The 2TB Seagate Expansion Card is a great way to expand your Xbox’s storage and all more games to be installed on your console for easy access.
The Crucial X10 Pro 2TB dishes out up to 2,100 / 2,000 MB/s of sequential read/write throughput over the USB 3.2 2x2 interface. It also supports 256-bit AES encryption and comes with a USB Type-C to Type-C cable.
This drive uses speedy CMR magnetic recording tech and spins at 5,400 RPM. This is a ‘Shuckable’ drive, meaning it can be popped out of the enclosure and used in a PC, but that does void the warranty.
The Samsung T7 Shield 1TB features up to 1,050/1,000 of sequential read/write throughput and connects using a USB-C or USB Gen 3 connection. It also has an IP65 shock, dust, and water resistance rating.
This 1 TB SSD comes in three colors grey, blue, and red. It has read/write speeds as fast as 1050/1000 MB/s and connects using a USB 3.2 interface.
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Stewart Bendle is a deals and coupon writer at Tom’s Hardware. A firm believer in “Bang for the buck” Stewart likes to research the best prices and coupon codes for hardware and build PCs that have a great price for performance ratio.
