A great deal, but only if you have deep pockets.
Amazon is offering the lowest price I’ve seen on a massive 8TB solid state drive. Today, Amazon is offering the WD Black SN850X 8TB PCIe Gen4 M.2 NVMe SSD for $533.10 shipped. That’s about $42 less than the best deal we saw during Black Friday and an excellent price for that much storage crammed into a single flash-based drive.
WD Black SN850X 8TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD for $533
WD Black SN850X 8TB PCIe Gen4 x4 M.2 SSD
The SN850X is the latest generation of WD’s flagship Black series M.2 SSDs. In terms of performance, it’s considered a top-tier SSD with sustained read speeds of up to 7,300MBps, write speeds of 6,600MBps, random read speeds of up to 1,200K IOPS, and write speeds of 1,100IOPS. It’s faster than the previous generation SN850 thanks to newer flash chips (BiCS5 vs BiCS4) and an updated firmware. The SSD comes with a five-year warranty.
If you plan to install this in your gaming PC, WD includes Game Mode 2.0 utility software that’s designed to tune the SSD for better performance during gaming sessions. 8TB is the maximum capacity I’ve seen so far in a mainstream solid state drive; for most people, this is more than enough space for your OS, apps, and just about every game you’ll ever download.
I mean, technically, the SN850X also makes for an excellent SSD for your PlayStation 5 console and the PS5 supports up to 8TB of maximum storage. It’s identical to Sony’s officially licensed WD SN850P SSD. It more than fulfills all of Sony’s PS5 recommendations, including a M.2 2280 form factor, minimum 5,500MB/s speed, and PCI-E Gen4x4 interface. A heatsink doesn’t come preinstalled, but you can get one for only $7. Still, unless you have deep pockets, spending as much on storage expansion as the PlayStation console itself is a questionable use of your money.
Samsung 990 Evo Plus 2TB PCIe Gen 4×4 M.2 SSD
Samsung’s newest SSD – the Samsung 990 Evo Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe solid state drive – is on sale today for $129.99, which is actually lower than what I saw during Black Friday. This is an excellent drive for both your gaming PC and your PlayStation 5 console, with speeds of up to 7,250 read and 6,300MB/s write. This is a much faster drive than the 990 Evo non-Pro but not quite as fast as the 990 Pro. The main difference between this drive and the more expensive 990 Pro is that this is a DRAM-less drive. Because it is a single-sided SSD, it is power efficient and doesn’t generate much heat, so you probably don’t need to stick a heatsink on it, although you certainly could for peace of mind.
WD SN5000 4TB SSD for $199.99
WD SN5000 4TB PCIe Gen 4×4 M.2 SSD
SSD prices have been trending upwards for a while now, so it’s much more difficult to find a fast 4TB M.2 SSD for under $200. Fortunately, there’s one on sale today. Amazon has dropped the price of the WD SN5000 4TB PCIe Gen4 x4 M.2 solid state drive (SSD) to only $199.99 shipped. This is a newer WD SSD that’s actually quite speedy given the low price point, with sequential read speeds of up to 5,500MBps and write speeds of up to 5,000MBps.
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Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn’t hunting for deals for other people at work, he’s hunting for deals for himself during his free time.
Originally posted:
Feb 27, 2025 4:50 am
