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We’ve been following SSD prices closely over the past few weeks, months, years even… during which there have been some really bad times, some good times, and some middling times. We’re in the middling times now—some NVMe SSDs can be found for decent prices today, though you’ll need to spend more than you would have last year to get the same thing. The 4th of July sales haven’t really done much to change that, either.
I’ve been looking around to see if there’s anything around worth shouting about for PC gamers, and the frank answer is, no, not massively.
SSDs have been floating a little above where they were this time last year—a likely symptom of lower production levels to mediate slow demand. ThisWD Black SN850Xis a good example. It’s one of ourfavorite SSDstoday for PCIe 4.0 storage needs.
Over on Amazon, the SN850X is down from $190 to$150—a 21% saving. Except that’s not much of a discount at all. This drive has been sitting at $150 or thereabouts since… 2023. It was July last year when this drive dropped down to $90—right around Prime Day.
WD Black SN850X | 2 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,300 MB/s read | 6,300 MB/s write |$189.99$149.99 at Amazon (save $40)Our favorite SSD for gaming right now encapsulates the best PCIe 4.0 offers in terms of performance (check out our review). That makes it a great fit for a boot drive with space to spare for your game library, and at this price, we’re happy to pay the premium for its higher speed.Price check:Newegg $156.54|Best Buy $179.99View Deal
WD Black SN850X | 2 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,300 MB/s read | 6,300 MB/s write |$189.99$149.99 at Amazon (save $40)Our favorite SSD for gaming right now encapsulates the best PCIe 4.0 offers in terms of performance (check out our review). That makes it a great fit for a boot drive with space to spare for your game library, and at this price, we’re happy to pay the premium for its higher speed.Price check:Newegg $156.54|Best Buy $179.99View Deal
WD Black SN850X | 2 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,300 MB/s read | 6,300 MB/s write |$189.99$149.99 at Amazon (save $40)Our favorite SSD for gaming right now encapsulates the best PCIe 4.0 offers in terms of performance (check out our review). That makes it a great fit for a boot drive with space to spare for your game library, and at this price, we’re happy to pay the premium for its higher speed.Price check:Newegg $156.54|Best Buy $179.99View Deal
WD Black SN850X | 2 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,300 MB/s read | 6,300 MB/s write |$189.99$149.99 at Amazon (save $40)Our favorite SSD for gaming right now encapsulates the best PCIe 4.0 offers in terms of performance (check out our review). That makes it a great fit for a boot drive with space to spare for your game library, and at this price, we’re happy to pay the premium for its higher speed.Price check:Newegg $156.54|Best Buy $179.99
WD Black SN850X | 2 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,300 MB/s read | 6,300 MB/s write |$189.99$149.99 at Amazon (save $40)Our favorite SSD for gaming right now encapsulates the best PCIe 4.0 offers in terms of performance (check out our review). That makes it a great fit for a boot drive with space to spare for your game library, and at this price, we’re happy to pay the premium for its higher speed.Price check:Newegg $156.54|Best Buy $179.99
WD Black SN850X | 2 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,300 MB/s read | 6,300 MB/s write |$189.99$149.99 at Amazon (save $40)Our favorite SSD for gaming right now encapsulates the best PCIe 4.0 offers in terms of performance (check out our review). That makes it a great fit for a boot drive with space to spare for your game library, and at this price, we’re happy to pay the premium for its higher speed.
Price check:Newegg $156.54|Best Buy $179.99
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Another from WD, the SN770, is down to$78for 1TB of decently quick PCIe 4.0 storage. That seems pretty great, though looking through previous pricing we’ve covered for this drive, it’s not worth shouting about. You could’ve grabbed this drive for thesuperb price of $43last July.
You may be noticing a trend here: besides November, when Black Friday rolls around, one of the better months to buy PC hardware is July.
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If you were hoping to get ahead of the Prime Day sales with a quick deal on July 4th, I don’t think that’s happening. Instead, I’d wait a bit longer until Prime Day hits us proper. I still have reservations about whether we’ll see any deals quite as good as 2023, namely because the SSD market has generally stifled further price reductions and lower production has kept prices more buoyant than before. Though we should at least see a bit more competition for competitive prices than retailers.
Right now, one of the better deals I can find is this Nextorage 1 TB drive with a heatsink included. It’s a regular star for us, as it’s frequently discounted, but its$80 sticker priceis nothing special. That’s pretty much par for the course. Otherwise, Newegg’s independence day sale hasn’t hugely inspired me for storage, as I’m usually looking for 2 TB or more. Best Buy’s current sale stock also doesn’t appeal.
Price check:Amazon $99.99
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Another reason to stave off your worst capitalist desires for at least another week or two is because we’re seeing some prices increase, before likely decreasing again during the major sales event. That’s one of the oldest tricks in the book, and a sucky one at that. It’s done to make deals look better than they are, and while technically you’re paying no more for that product in the sale than you would have a few weeks prior, you might think it’s a better deal than it actually is.
We’ve had this same drive oncheap SSD dealspage for a while from a different seller, down to $135.
Lexar NM790 | 2 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,400 MB/s read | 6,500 MB/s write |$146.66$134.75 at Amazon (save $11.94)This SSD is a great deal right now, compared to slimmer sales elsewhere, and Lexar has put together a superb SSD in the NM790. Thanks to high-layer NAND and a low-power controller, you can get tons of storage here on an energy-efficient and great-performing drive for not much cash. Often much less cash than the competition, even. Read ourLexar NM790 (4 TB) reviewfor more.Price check:Newegg $149.99View Deal
Lexar NM790 | 2 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,400 MB/s read | 6,500 MB/s write |$146.66$134.75 at Amazon (save $11.94)This SSD is a great deal right now, compared to slimmer sales elsewhere, and Lexar has put together a superb SSD in the NM790. Thanks to high-layer NAND and a low-power controller, you can get tons of storage here on an energy-efficient and great-performing drive for not much cash. Often much less cash than the competition, even. Read ourLexar NM790 (4 TB) reviewfor more.Price check:Newegg $149.99View Deal
Lexar NM790 | 2 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,400 MB/s read | 6,500 MB/s write |$146.66$134.75 at Amazon (save $11.94)This SSD is a great deal right now, compared to slimmer sales elsewhere, and Lexar has put together a superb SSD in the NM790. Thanks to high-layer NAND and a low-power controller, you can get tons of storage here on an energy-efficient and great-performing drive for not much cash. Often much less cash than the competition, even. Read ourLexar NM790 (4 TB) reviewfor more.Price check:Newegg $149.99View Deal
Lexar NM790 | 2 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,400 MB/s read | 6,500 MB/s write |$146.66$134.75 at Amazon (save $11.94)This SSD is a great deal right now, compared to slimmer sales elsewhere, and Lexar has put together a superb SSD in the NM790. Thanks to high-layer NAND and a low-power controller, you can get tons of storage here on an energy-efficient and great-performing drive for not much cash. Often much less cash than the competition, even. Read ourLexar NM790 (4 TB) reviewfor more.Price check:Newegg $149.99
Lexar NM790 | 2 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,400 MB/s read | 6,500 MB/s write |$146.66$134.75 at Amazon (save $11.94)This SSD is a great deal right now, compared to slimmer sales elsewhere, and Lexar has put together a superb SSD in the NM790. Thanks to high-layer NAND and a low-power controller, you can get tons of storage here on an energy-efficient and great-performing drive for not much cash. Often much less cash than the competition, even. Read ourLexar NM790 (4 TB) reviewfor more.Price check:Newegg $149.99
Lexar NM790 | 2 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,400 MB/s read | 6,500 MB/s write |$146.66$134.75 at Amazon (save $11.94)This SSD is a great deal right now, compared to slimmer sales elsewhere, and Lexar has put together a superb SSD in the NM790. Thanks to high-layer NAND and a low-power controller, you can get tons of storage here on an energy-efficient and great-performing drive for not much cash. Often much less cash than the competition, even. Read ourLexar NM790 (4 TB) reviewfor more.
Price check:Newegg $149.99
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Prices fluctuate, that’s a given. Retailers are within their rights to increase and decrease prices at will. Though increasing a price only to make deals appear better than they are later on is a frustrating practice we do see from time to time. That’s why we always recommend checking out products on price comparison sites, such asCamelCamelCamel.
Or PC Gamer, of course, as we’re doing all that work for ya. Stay tuned to ourPrime Day SSD dealspage for the best of the event when it rolls around.
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