At time of writing, I have about 80GB of space left on the 1TB SSD plugged into my motherboard. Once, that would have been a very comfortable amount of space: A vast and fertile field to sow the seeds of, well, a load of games I'm probably not going to play. But these days it's barely enough room to breathe.
The answer? Hit the Cyber Monday SSD deals (opens in new tab) to bag a bigger, faster, cooler (in both senses of the word) SSD; one that doubles the paltry single terabyte I'm currently working with. A drive like the WD Black SN850X (opens in new tab), which you can currently pick up for an impressive $149.99 at Best Buy (opens in new tab).
- We're curating all the best Black Friday PC gaming deals right here.
The SN850X is a revision of the original SN850—itself a great SSD—that runs a lot cooler than its predecessor. That means blistering read/write speeds that won't cause actual blisters, and two whole terabytes of space to fill up with all of CoD's rasterized beards and high-res pantaloons or whatever it is that's ballooning game sizes these days.
But if the SN850X is a bit over budget, there's always its little brother to consider. The WD Black SN770 (opens in new tab) is a reliable performer whose read and write speeds are probably still more than enough to handle whatever you can throw at it. It gets a little toasty from time to time, but at $149.99 for 2TB (opens in new tab), I think we can forgive a charming quirk like that. Besides, it's winter, keep warm.
You won't go wrong with either of these drives, and hey, we're in the middle of a Steam sale (opens in new tab) (with another approaching in December). You're gonna need all the space you can get to install all those games you're definitely gonna play. Soon. One day. Maybe tomorrow.
Where are the best Cyber Monday SSD deals?
In the US:
- Amazon - Up to 50% off internal and external SSDs (opens in new tab)
- Walmart - Deals on internal and external SSDs (opens in new tab)
- B&H Photo - Save up to $50 on NVMe SSDs (opens in new tab)
- Best Buy - Great prices on Samsung SSDs (opens in new tab)
- Staples - Save up to 30% on a range of SSDs, USB sticks, and external SSDs (opens in new tab)
- Newegg - Plenty of NVMe SSDs (opens in new tab)
- 1TB SSD - Solidigm P41 Plus |
$89.99$59.99 at Newegg (save $30) (opens in new tab) - 1TB SSD - Samsung 980 SSD |
$139.99$79.99 at Amazon (save $60) (opens in new tab) - 2TB SSD - WD_BLACK SN770 |
$239.99$149.99 at Best Buy (save $90) (opens in new tab) - 2TB SSD - WD_BLACK SN850X |
$334.99$179.99 at Best Buy (save $155) (opens in new tab)