Western Digital’s superfast 2TB Gen 4 WD_Black SN850X hits its lowest price since Prime Day 2023
Do you pull the trigger ahead of Amazon's Prime Day - Big Deals Days sales event?
One of the biggest sales periods of the year - Black Friday, is on the horizon, but ahead of that, we've also got the next Amazon Prime Day, or Big Deals Day event as it's named arriving on October 8 - 9, 2024 - but I'm not convinced that title is catching on, I know I still personally search for Prime Day and I don't think I'm in the minority. Today's deal is the cheapest it's been since Prime Day in 2023, not quite hitting the all-time low, but very close, it's just a case of do you pull the trigger now or hold out for a possible better deal? That choice is of course up to you to decide.
Hitting the lowest price we've seen for this SSD in well over a year, the 2TB WD Black SN850X SSD (with heatsink) has dropped to $139 at Amazon. This is a pretty decent price for the drive outside of any sales event and has the added bonus of coming equipped with a heatsink. The WD SN850X also boasts very fast read and write speeds of 7,300 and 6,600 MBps respectively - one of the fastest and best SSDs on the market.
The WD Black SN850X with the included heatsink is currently cheaper than the non-heatsink version which is of course not normally the case. Having a heatsink makes this SSD deal an ideal pick if you're looking for an upgrade for the PlayStation 5 console as the heatsink can help to keep the drive cool in the confined enclosure.
2TB WD Black SN850X SSD with Heatsink: now $139 at Amazon (was $199)
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.
We reviewed the WD Black SN850X and were suitably impressed with its excellent performance, with our test results showing it ranking almost top in our 3DMark tests for gaming performance and also very high in the charts for Transfer Rates using Diskbench. The cons of this SSD initially was the MSRP asking price, but that has dipped substantially since its release so isn't as much of an issue.
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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.
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envy14tpe Bought my 2TB XPG S70 Blade, which is same as this Black, for $95 in 2022. Two years later...comparable speeds in NVMe SSDs like it are double the price. damn that's crazy calling it a deal.Reply -
cyrusfox I bought my first 128GM Sata SSD for $140, That was ages ago, I think 13/14 years ago. This is definitely at a price I would consider, but it is still double the price I paid for 2tb ssds nearly 2 years ago(Not at this quality granted, got an Intel 670p for a steal), Looks like prices are softening, perhaps 4 and 8tb drives begin to become more common place...Reply -
Syntaximus Still mad I missed the deal where the 4TB SN850X was $230, hopefully comes back down again this holiday.Reply