Early Black Friday SSD Deals Roundup
Early Black Friday SSD Deals Roundup
Most newcomers to PC building and gaming should know that an SSD of any form can deliver a deliver a significant improvement to PC responsiveness when they are used as boot drives. Game/software load times can be significantly reduced by using faster storage solutions, making SSDs a must-have item for most modern PCs, even if it is just to act as a bootable OS drive.
Thanks to this week’s early Black Friday deals, PC enthusiasts can now enjoy some spectacular SSD offers, with 240GB drives shipping for as little as £29. At these prices, no system should be without solid-state storage.
To start off, let’s have a look at Intel’s QLC-based 660p SSD, which offers a neat balance between value-for-money and high-end performance, utilising the NVMe protocol to deliver sequential read/write speeds of 1,500MB/s and 1,000MB/s (higher for 1TB or larger drives) while offering a price tag that is much lower than most SATA drives.
At Overclockers UK, these SSDs are currently available for bargain prices, making them worth considering if you demand performance that exceeds SATA drives but don’t want to break the bank by purchasing higher-end NVMe offerings.
– Intel 660p QLC NVMe SSD 512GB – £89.99
– Intel 660p QLC NVMe SSD 1TB – £169.99
– Intel 660p QLC NVMe SSD 2TB – £299.99
For the high-end NVMe SSD market, we have drives from both Samsung and Western Digital, both of which offer sequential read speeds in excess of 3,000MB/s.
– Samsung 970 EVO 256GB – via Overclockers UK – £68.99
– Western Digital Black M.2 NVMe SSD 500GB – via ebuyer – £103.97
For the entry-level SATA SSD market, we have drives that range from 120GB to 1TB, offering price tags that would be considered stupidly low when compared to equivalent models from yesteryear.
– Kingston A400 120GB SATA SSD – via Amazon – £21.51
– Sandisk SSD PLUS 240GB SSD – via Amazon – £31.99
– Sandisk SSD PLUS 480GB SSD – via Amazon – £50.99
– Crucial MX500 1TB SATA SSD- via ebuyer – £136.20
– Samsung 860 EVO 1TB SSD – via ebuyer – £159.99 – Includes Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Game
What do you think of these SSD prices? You can join the discussion on these Early Black Friday SSD deals on the OC3D Forums.