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These are all the Black Friday SSD deals still live going into the weekend, but we're now switching focus to what's coming up with the Cyber Monday SSD deals. That's where all the latest and greatest discounts will now be curated going forward, so come take a look.
The Black Friday SSD deals started early in the week, and they haven't dropped off now that Friday's come and gone. That's great, because a fast SSD is one of the easiest and most impactful upgrades you can make to your gaming PC. They make load times in games like Elden Ring and God of War breeze by, and will dramatically improve your overall Windows experience, too.
NVMe SSDs are what you want as primary storage inside your desktop (and even your modern gaming console). They are faster, more efficient, and more reliable than an old spinny hard drive, and they feel noticeably faster than older SATA SSDs, too. With DirectStorage coming soon, expect to see load times reduced even more. Just ensure that your motherboard has the requisite M.2 slots for an NVMe SSD—as soon as you find that out, you can take advantage of some of the really stellar Black Friday SSD deals popping up this year (if it was built in the last ~5 years, you're probably covered).
With prices where they are, there's no reason why your gaming PC shouldn't already have a shiny new PCIe Gen 4 solid state drive, the fastest around right now. Trust me: you'll see what the big fuss is once you feel it in action. You can now find top-of-the-line 1TB drives for around $100 / £100 and 2TB of SSD storage for less than $200 / £200. Anything larger than that starts to get expensive and is not worth the click unless you spot a really good deal on it, which is rare even on Black Friday. But we're watching for them.
- We'll carry on curating the best Cyber Monday PC gaming deals all the way through.
As far as size is concerned, 1TB is the least amount of storage you want when shopping around for an SSD for your desktop. It might be tempting to go with something smaller because the price is right, but you'd be surprised how fast a 256GB and 512GB can fill up after installing a handful of games. Below are the best deals for internal and external SSDs that'll fit your favorite games and media.
Where are the best Black Friday SSD deals?
In the US:
- Amazon - Up to 50% off internal and external SSDs
- Walmart - Deals on internal and external SSDs
- B&H Photo - Save up to $50 on NVMe SSDs
- Best Buy - Great prices on Samsung SSDs
- Staples - Save up to 30% on a range of SSDs, USB sticks, and external SSDs
- Newegg - Plenty of NVMe SSDs
- 1TB SSD - Solidigm P41 Plus |
$89.99$59.99 at Amazon (save $30) - 1TB SSD - Samsung 980 SSD |
$139.99$79.99 at Amazon (save $60) - 2TB SSD - SK Hynix Platinum P41 |
$259.99$169.99 at Amazon (save $90)
In the UK:
- Amazon UK - Save on HDDs, SDDs, and external drives
- Scan - SATA drives as low as £21
- Box - Save up to £82 on Western Digital SN750 NVMe SSDs
- Ebuyer - 500GB SSDs starting from £34.98
- Overclockers - Save up to £51 on Samsung SSDs
- Currys - Save £33.00 on WD Black SN750
- Laptops Direct - Save on SSDs for your laptop
- 1TB SSD - WD_BLACK SN850X |
£149.99£89.99 at Overclockers (save £60)
BLACK FRIDAY INTERNAL SSD DEALS IN THE US
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BLACK FRIDAY EXTERNAL SSD DEALS IN THE US
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BLACK FRIDAY INTERNAL SSD DEALS IN THE UK
Our state-of-the-art price-searching bots are all over the web, tracking down the best prices all the time. That means this list will be regularly curated multiple times each day.
BLACK FRIDAY EXTERNAL SSD DEALS IN THE UK
Our state-of-the-art price-searching bots are all over the web, tracking down the best prices all the time. That means this list will be regularly curated multiple times each day.
What should I look for in a Black Friday SSD deal?
The main things to watch out for are the same for Black Friday SSD deals as with any other technology bargain hunting you do around this week. Go in there with an idea of what you want and, above all, what you need. It's easy to get carried away at this time of year, but if you know how much you want to spend and what sort of SSD you're after, you'll be in good stead.
Capacity is a good starting point, and at the moment, we're looking at some excellent 1TB offers, but a 512GB SSD will still afford you a lot of speed storage for a boot drive, with enough space for your most regularly played games. I mean, they're not all Call of Duty, right?
Then think about the interface. Chances are, if you've been rocking a PC for the last five years, you'll have an M.2 slot in your motherboard with NVMe support. However, it's worth digging into the specifics of your motherboard to ensure it can support booting from such drives as not all can. Check out the manufacturer's pages and maybe forums too.
It's also worth thinking about which version of the PCIe interface your storage slots operate on. On the AMD side, from the Ryzen 3000-series and up you should expect to have PCIe 4.0 slots on your motherboard, and from Intel's 11th Gen Rocket Lake chips the same should be true. PCIe 4.0 drives are the current fastest (until Gen 5 drives drop, that is), but they still demand something of a premium.
That said, PCIe 3.0 drives are still incredibly speedy compared to anything that has come before, so you'll be in a great place with any high-performance NVMe SSD purchase.
There are some things to look out for, however. Some budget PCIe 3.0 drives only operate at x2 speed, which means they're half as fast as the standard x4 NVMe SSDs. It's also worth ensuring your M.2 SSD is an NVMe drive. There are some M.2 SSDs that still operate over the SATA interface and can only reach a maximum theoretical speed of 600MB/s, while the theoretical maximum of an x4 PCIe 3.0 interface is 4,000MB/s.