Crucial’s 2TB BX500 SSD is currently under £160 at Amazon UK
Crucial’s 2TB BX500 SSD is currently under £160 at Amazon UK
SSD storage is a must these days for PC builders, offering users fast system/application boot times alongside lower power draw and reduced system noise. In every practical sense, solid-state storage is better than mechanical storage, at least when it comes to the consumer market.
NVMe SSDs are popular on the high-end, but when it comes to price/capacity, SATA is often king. Beyond that, most PCs have a limited number of M.2 slots, limiting the number of NVMe SSDs that can be connected at once. This means that most systems could still benefit from a fast SATA drive, either as an affordable boot drive, or as a secondary storage medium.
With modern AAA games taking up over 100GB of storage, it is easy to see why large 1TB and 2TB SSDs are in high demand, especially when the next generation of games consoles calls for SSD-grade storage. HDDs may be considered slow today, but soon they may not even be considered viable for gaming.
Below are links to Crucial’s BX500 deals on Amazon UK.
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