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Best SSD deals for gaming today

By Jacob Ridley last updated

deals Cheap and speedy NVMe drives to boost your gaming PC's capacity and lower those load times.

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This photo taken on July 5, 2025 shows signage for Japanese company Kioxia, the world's third largest manufacturer of NAND flash memory chips, at their Yokohama Technology Campus in the Ofuna area of Yokohama, Kanagawa prefecture, south of Tokyo. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP) (Photo by RICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP via Getty Images)

Memory manufacturer Kioxia reveals its entire NAND flash production volume for 2026 is already 'sold out'

By Jess Kinghorn published

News And we're unlikely to see supply improve until 2027 at the earliest.

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The WD_BLACK SN850X floats in the new funky PCG deal void.

Pricing crisis, schmicing crisis: Here are 3 reasonably priced 1 TB SSDs that cost much less than $150 each

By Jess Kinghorn published

Deal There is still sensibly priced system storage out there.

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The SK Hynix Semiconductor Inc. logo is displayed at the company's plant during a media tour organized by Korea Industrial Complex Corp. (KICOX) in Cheongju, South Korea, on Friday, Nov. 23, 2012. KICOX, which develops and manages industrial complexes and support for resident enterprises as a public company under South Korea's Ministry of Knowledge Economy, held a media tour to the plant

SK Hynix's unique way of chopping cells in two is a big step in making PLC flash memory chips viable and could offer a solution to ballooning SSD prices

By Nick Evanson published

News Though we're still some way off from seeing the light at the end of the AI-induced tunnel.

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Two external SSDs on a green background with the PC Gamer recommended badge in the top right corner

Best external SSDs for gaming in 2026: These are the portable drives I'd use for backups, game libraries, and travel storage

By Jacob Fox last updated

SSDs to go Bag one of the best USB Type-C SSDs for game storage on a PC or console.

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Two of the best M.2 SSDs on a blue background with the PC Gamer recommended badge in the top right.

Best M.2 SSDs for gaming in 2026: my top picks for blazing fast storage

By Jeremy Laird last updated

High speed Our choices for the best NVMe M.2 SSDs give you blisteringly fast load times.

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WD_Black SN7100 and BiWin NV7400 SSDs on an orange background

Best SSD for gaming in 2026: the fastest and the best value solid state drives to perk up your PC

By Dave James last updated

Speedy storage Give your gaming PC a serious speed boost with the best SSD for gaming.

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Lexar NM790 SSD on a yellow background with packaging.

Unfortunately, all of that doomsaying last year was correct and SSD prices are surging as a result of the memory crisis

By Jess Kinghorn published

News The best time to buy an SSD? Yesterday.

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The Lexar NM790 SSD floats in the funky PC G deal void.

The 1 TB Lexar NM790 is the most sensibly priced SSD for gaming I've seen in weeks

By Jess Kinghorn published

Deal Hark, an almost sensibly priced SSD, milord!

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The Micron 3610 SSD rests on a reflective surface on a black background.

Micron isn't done with consumer SSDs after all, unveiling a PCIe 5.0 QLC drive that should be both affordable *and* fast

By Jess Kinghorn published

CES 2026 QLC, not QVC.

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