If you want enough storage capacity to install all your favorite games, experiment with local AI or just have enough GBs free so you never have to worry about running out of space, 4TB is the ideal SSD size. Sure, 2TB is a lot cheaper in most cases, but 4TB is worth every penny if you can afford it.
Now, with Cyber Monday deals season upon us, you can get a 4TB SSD for as little as $0.05 per GB. As of now, the cheapest 4TB SSD we’ve seen isjust $189in the form of the Silicon Power UD90 and the good news is that, even for that price, you don’t have to settle for poor performance. The UD90 itself is rated for 5,000 MB/s sequential reads, but we’d spend at least another $10 for the Silicon Power US75, which promises 7,000 MB/s reads forjust $199.
On the bright side, both Silicon Power drives use TLC NAND rather than the slower QLC NAND many budget drives employ. However, neither has a DRAM cache, which means that they can’t sustain this performance for long.
The best 4TB combination of performance and value is the WD Black SN850Xfor $249. It’s rated for 7,300 MB/s reads and boasts a sizable DDR4 DRAM cache. If you want a PCIe 5 drive, the best 4TB deal is on the Crucial T700 w/ heatsink, which is just$0.08 per GBand boasts read speeds up to 12,400 MB/s.
Silicon Power US75 (4TB):was $204, now $199 at AmazonThis DRAMless drive boasts read speeds of up to 7,000 MB/s and uses TLC NAND flash.
WD Black SN850X (4TB):was $299, now $259 at Best BuyThis drive promises read speeds of up to 7,300 MB/s and uses a sizable DRAM cache to keep the performance flowing.
Acer Predator GM7000 (4TB):was $269, now $219 at AmazonThis isn’t the fastest PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD, but the GM7000 performed well overall in our testing, doesn’t use a lot of power, and at the 4TB capacity it will save you $30-$50 over competing drives from Samsung and WD.
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Avram Piltch is Managing Editor: Special Projects. When he’s not playing with the latest gadgets at work or putting on VR helmets at trade shows, you’ll find him rooting his phone, taking apart his PC, or coding plugins. With his technical knowledge and passion for testing, Avram developed many real-world benchmarks, including our laptop battery test.
