Just a couple of days ago, we covered the miracles of Walmart's clearance aisle, where someone was able to snag a $999 RTX 5090 for just $562. Today, the retailer's savings program has blessed yet another soul, this time a Redditor who scored an insane deal on a bunch of SSDs. Hidden deep within the electronics section, u/xxemox found four high-performing drives for only $210, with their current value being over $1,300.
Lucky Walmart SSD haul... from r/pcmasterrace
The haul starts with PNY's 1TB Complete Upgrade Kit that includes a PCIe 4.0 CS2241 NVMe SSD, and a USB 3.2 "Transfer Adapter" that's basically just an M.2 NVMe to USB converter. It also has Acronis software to facilitate file transfer since the kit is meant for drop-in upgrades. The drive itself is fairly well-reviewed online, and the full kit runs for $218 on Walmart separately — our lucky Redditor got it for just $35 on sale.
Next up is the T5 Evo portable SSD from Samsung in the 2TB flavor. This bad boy is currently priced at $269 on Newegg, discounted from the $309 list price, but u/xxemox only paid $45 for it. We reviewed the 8 TB variant a few years ago, where it received a positive rating, and, in general, Samsung's portable SSDs are highly regarded in the market.
Lastly, there are two WD Black SN770 2 TB drives, each acquired for $65, while they actually cost $400 a pop. So, the fortunate scavenger was able to get $800 worth of high-end SSDs for just $130. The SN770 is four years old at this point, but it's still one of the best PCIe 4.0 drives you can buy; we called it "a wolf in sheep's clothing" in our review, and it's still among our top pics for the best SSDs.
All in all, the entire collection would be valued at around $1,327 at current list prices. That means the Redditor saved about $1,117 by paying only $210 for all four. Of course, those are brand new prices, and these clearance items are often somewhat depreciated by virtue of being open-box. Regardless of their physical condition, they all clearly work as good as new since OP didn't mention otherwise.
What u/xxemox does mention, though, is how there were WD Blue SATA SSDs on clearance as well — priced at $28 for the 1 TB models and $48 for the 2 TB ones — that they wish they'd snagged, too. The post concludes with advice that we would mirror: always look out for deals at clearance sections at large retailers; you never know what you might end up finding.
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