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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 our SSD Benchmark hierarchy, so you can see how they stack up to the competition. You can also track the latest SSD prices, even if they are not on sale. We also have a list of the best hard drive deals you can get.
Best SSD Deals: Quick Links
- Amazon: Save up to 34% on Crucial SSDs
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SSD Deals: What to Look For
- SATA or NVMe: SSDs either use the SATA or NVMe interface, with the latter being as much as six times faster (or more). All 2.5-inch drives are SATA, but M.2 drives could be either NVMe or SATA interface, though the latter is now rare. If you have a desktop or laptop that was built in the last 5 years, it almost certainly supports NVMe, which is faster. As SATA is old news, most of the best SSD deals are on NVMe drives.
- 2.5-inch or M.2: Most internal SSDs are either 2.5-inch or M.2 form factor. 2.5-inch drives connect to SATA ports and can replace old-school mechanical hard drives. M.2 drives look like RAM sticks and plug into dedicated M.2 ports. You won't find that many deals on 2.5-inch drives, but they can be useful for bulk storage as many motherboards have a ton of SATA ports but only two M.2 slots.
- PCIe 3, 4 or 5: If you're buying an NVMe SSD, you can choose among PCIe 3, 4 or 5 interfaces with speeds increasing from a maximum of around 3,500 MBps sequential reads and writes to 8,000 MBps and 14,000 MBps. At this point, PCIe 4 drives are mainstream and offer the best value. PCIe 5 drives are extraordinarily expensive, require a newer-gen platform that supports them, and also generate a fair amount of heat. We're seeing the best SSD deals on PCIe 4 drives which is the best standard for most people.
- Capacity: 2TB seems to be the sweet spot for price and performance, with decent 2TB, PCIe 4 NVMe drives going for around $89 or less and high-performance ones in the sub $170 range. If you can splurge, go for a 4TB drive, which could cost anywhere from $150 for a low-end drive, up to $300 for a high-end one. If you really need to save money, a decent 1TB drive can cost $70 or less. However, the top SSD deals this year are definitely on 2 and 4TB capacities.
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