*
1937°
Posted 24 January 2024
A round up of the best SSD deals 2024 (Megathread)
Shared by
KITTYBOTS Deal editor
Joined in 2005
1,324
3,686
About this deal
Update 2
19/04/2024 Update
Hope everyone is having a nice day today!
People might be noticing SSDs rising up in price during the last few months. Last year had a massive oversupply of NAND due to overproduction and as a consequence Micron/Samsung/Hynix cut back NAND production by 30% to 50% in 2H 2023 here,here and here.This is primarily affecting TLC NAND right now but will start to affect the cheaper QLC NAND in due course. Chinese maker YMTC also is entering production headwinds due to tech sanctions mentioned here.
In April 2024,further price increase have been announced by Samsung here in the order of around 20% and Western Digital is also increasing prices due to supply chain problems as mentioned here.
So I thought it would be a good idea to make an SSD thread, to make it easier for people to find the best SSD deals on the site. This will be updated as time progresses.
SSDs are grouped by functionality,not price so scroll down the list.
19/04/2024 Update
Removed(price increase more than 10% or out of stock)
Crucial P3 2TB - £79.99(limited time Ebay App deal using code APP20)
Crucial P3 2TB - £84.99
Crucial P3 4TB - £159.99(limited time Ebay App deal using code APP20)
Crucial P3 4TB - £174.99
Kingston KC3000 2TB - £114.99
Western Digital SN850X 2TB - £111.99
Western Digital SN850X 2TB - £129.99
Crucial T500 2TB - £135.99
Crucial T500 2TB with heatsink - £147.99
Change
ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE 1TB - £66.99 - price increase to £72.99
ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE 4TB - £249.99 - price increase to £259.98
Patriot P210 2TB SATA SSD - £84.99 - price increase to £89.99
WD Blue SA510 1TB M.2 SATA SSD -£67.48 - price increase to £67.99
WD Blue SA510 2TB M.2 SATA SSD - £103.99 - price increase to £125.99
Corsair MP600 CORE MINI 1TB - £67.99 - price increase to £69.98
WD PC SN740 512GB - £45.46(sisqoboy) - price decrease to £39.98
WD PC SN740 1TB - £81.38(@sisqoboy) - price decrease to £77.98
Crucial X6 2TB - £99.99 - price decrease to £99.89
PS5 Compatibility and Upgrades(Please Read)
PS5 users need to go for Gen4 drives at a minimum,and those which are single sided.Preferably in the mid/high tiers as a minimum of 5500MB/s read speed is required. A heatsink is also suggested. Some lists worth looking at are here,here and here. These are not hard and fast guides as new models get launched all the time. The officially licensed SSD is the Western Digital SN850P but this is pricey.
Linus Tech Tips makes an informative video about upgrading the storage in the PS5 here and the Sony official installation video is here and guide is here.
You can also use an external SSD too as detailed here. USB extended storage requirements on PS5 console:
Each SSD category will indicate PS5 suitability. Suggested heatsinks(if not included with the drive) are at the bottom of the guide.
19/04/2024 List
Please note: PCIe 4 drives will work in PCIe 3 systems but at PCIe 3 performance.
Entry level QLC M2(NVMe Gen3/Dramless) #not recommended for PS5
Basic storage and boot drives for older systems with no PCIe 4.
Mid level TLC M2(NVMe Gen4/Dramless)
High performance storage for gaming and work. Requires PCIe 4.The NM790 and NV7000-t are single sided and one of the most efficient high speed Gen4 SSDs.
Netac NV7000-t - £107.99#recommended for PS5/included heatspreader
Lexar NM790 4TB+Xclio M.2 SSD iCold-007 Pro Stealth Edition heatsink -£239.99#recommended for PS5/included heatsink
Mid level TLC M2(NVMe Gen4/Dram)
High performance storage for gaming and work. Requires PCIe 4. SSDs with DRAM have more consistent write performance as the drive fills up.
Silicon Power 1TB XS70 - £71.99(dave111)#recommended for PS5/included heatsink
Silicon Power 2TB XS70 - £117.99#recommended for PS5/included heatsink
Silicon Power 4TB XS70 - £224.95#recommended for PS5/included heatsink
Installation in PS5 is covered here.
ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE 1TB - £72.99#recommended for PS5/heatspreader
ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE 2TB - £115.49#recommended for PS5/heatspreader
ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE 4TB - £259.98#recommended for PS5/heatspreader
Netac NV7000 2TB - £116.36#recommended for PS5/included heatsink
Installation in PS5 covered here.
High level TLC M2(NVMe Gen4/Dram)
Very high performance storage for gaming and work. Requires PCIe 4.SSDs with DRAM have more consistent write performance as the drive fills up.
SATA 2.5" SSD(TLC/Dramless)
Patriot P210 2TB SATA SSD - £89.99
PNY CS900 2TB - £75.59
SATA M2 SSD(TLC/Dramless)
WD Blue SA510 1TB M.2 SATA SSD -£67.99
WD Blue SA510 2TB M.2 SATA SSD - £125.99
Steam Deck SSD(M2 2230/TLC)
Integral 1TB NVMe M2 2230 - £69.95#Gen3
Corsair MP600 CORE MINI 1TB - £69.99#Gen4
WD PC SN740 512GB - £39.98(sisqoboy)#Gen4
WD PC SN740 1TB - £77.98#Gen4
External SSD
Crucial X6 2TB - £99.89
PS5 SSD heatsinks
Lexar LPAH100 PS5 Compatible M.2 2280 SSD Heatsink - £11.99
Xclio M.2 SSD iCold-007 Pro Stealth Edition -£9.98
QIVYNSRY M.2 Heatsink NVME 2280 -£7.99
ELUTENG M.2 SSD NVMe Heatsink for PS5-£6.99
Glossary
QLC: Quad Level Cell. A lower cost NAND.
TLC: Triple Level Cell. Faster and more wear resistant NAND.
NAND: A type of flash memory used in storage.
NVMe: Non-Volatile Memory Express. Uses PCIe for faster speeds. Cableless.
SATA:Serial Advanced Technology Attachment.Older legacy standard which requires cables.
DRAM/DRAMLESS: Drives with DRAM use it to buffer writes so are better for write heavy scenarios.
HMB:Host Buffer Memory. Used in DRAMLESS drives,part of the storage is allocated as a cache to keep write speeds consistent. Used as a substitute for DRAM.
People might be noticing SSDs rising up in price during the last few months. Last year had a massive oversupply of NAND due to overproduction and as a consequence Micron/Samsung/Hynix cut back NAND production by 30% to 50% in 2H 2023 here,here and here.This is primarily affecting TLC NAND right now but will start to affect the cheaper QLC NAND in due course. Chinese maker YMTC also is entering production headwinds due to tech sanctions mentioned here.
In April 2024,further price increase have been announced by Samsung here in the order of around 20% and Western Digital is also increasing prices due to supply chain problems as mentioned here.
So I thought it would be a good idea to make an SSD thread, to make it easier for people to find the best SSD deals on the site. This will be updated as time progresses.
SSDs are grouped by functionality,not price so scroll down the list.
19/04/2024 Update
Removed(price increase more than 10% or out of stock)
Crucial P3 2TB - £79.99(limited time Ebay App deal using code APP20)
Crucial P3 2TB - £84.99
Crucial P3 4TB - £159.99(limited time Ebay App deal using code APP20)
Crucial P3 4TB - £174.99
Kingston KC3000 2TB - £114.99
Western Digital SN850X 2TB - £111.99
Western Digital SN850X 2TB - £129.99
Crucial T500 2TB - £135.99
Crucial T500 2TB with heatsink - £147.99
Change
ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE 1TB - £66.99 - price increase to £72.99
ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE 4TB - £249.99 - price increase to £259.98
Patriot P210 2TB SATA SSD - £84.99 - price increase to £89.99
WD Blue SA510 1TB M.2 SATA SSD -£67.48 - price increase to £67.99
WD Blue SA510 2TB M.2 SATA SSD - £103.99 - price increase to £125.99
Corsair MP600 CORE MINI 1TB - £67.99 - price increase to £69.98
WD PC SN740 512GB - £45.46(sisqoboy) - price decrease to £39.98
WD PC SN740 1TB - £81.38(@sisqoboy) - price decrease to £77.98
Crucial X6 2TB - £99.99 - price decrease to £99.89
PS5 Compatibility and Upgrades(Please Read)
PS5 users need to go for Gen4 drives at a minimum,and those which are single sided.Preferably in the mid/high tiers as a minimum of 5500MB/s read speed is required. A heatsink is also suggested. Some lists worth looking at are here,here and here. These are not hard and fast guides as new models get launched all the time. The officially licensed SSD is the Western Digital SN850P but this is pricey.
Linus Tech Tips makes an informative video about upgrading the storage in the PS5 here and the Sony official installation video is here and guide is here.
You can also use an external SSD too as detailed here. USB extended storage requirements on PS5 console:
- SuperSpeed USB 5 Gbps or later.
- 250 GB minimum, 8 TB maximum capacity.
- Not all devices are guaranteed to work with the PS5 console.
- You can't connect the drive through a USB hub.
- Two or more USB extended storage drives can't be connected at the same time. You can connect multiple USB drives to your console, but you can use only one at a time.
Each SSD category will indicate PS5 suitability. Suggested heatsinks(if not included with the drive) are at the bottom of the guide.
19/04/2024 List
Please note: PCIe 4 drives will work in PCIe 3 systems but at PCIe 3 performance.
Entry level QLC M2(NVMe Gen3/Dramless) #not recommended for PS5
Basic storage and boot drives for older systems with no PCIe 4.
Mid level TLC M2(NVMe Gen4/Dramless)
High performance storage for gaming and work. Requires PCIe 4.The NM790 and NV7000-t are single sided and one of the most efficient high speed Gen4 SSDs.
Netac NV7000-t - £107.99#recommended for PS5/included heatspreader
Lexar NM790 4TB+Xclio M.2 SSD iCold-007 Pro Stealth Edition heatsink -£239.99#recommended for PS5/included heatsink
Mid level TLC M2(NVMe Gen4/Dram)
High performance storage for gaming and work. Requires PCIe 4. SSDs with DRAM have more consistent write performance as the drive fills up.
Silicon Power 1TB XS70 - £71.99(dave111)#recommended for PS5/included heatsink
Silicon Power 2TB XS70 - £117.99#recommended for PS5/included heatsink
Silicon Power 4TB XS70 - £224.95#recommended for PS5/included heatsink
Installation in PS5 is covered here.
ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE 1TB - £72.99#recommended for PS5/heatspreader
ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE 2TB - £115.49#recommended for PS5/heatspreader
ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE 4TB - £259.98#recommended for PS5/heatspreader
Netac NV7000 2TB - £116.36#recommended for PS5/included heatsink
Installation in PS5 covered here.
High level TLC M2(NVMe Gen4/Dram)
Very high performance storage for gaming and work. Requires PCIe 4.SSDs with DRAM have more consistent write performance as the drive fills up.
SATA 2.5" SSD(TLC/Dramless)
Patriot P210 2TB SATA SSD - £89.99
PNY CS900 2TB - £75.59
SATA M2 SSD(TLC/Dramless)
WD Blue SA510 1TB M.2 SATA SSD -£67.99
WD Blue SA510 2TB M.2 SATA SSD - £125.99
Steam Deck SSD(M2 2230/TLC)
Integral 1TB NVMe M2 2230 - £69.95#Gen3
Corsair MP600 CORE MINI 1TB - £69.99#Gen4
WD PC SN740 512GB - £39.98(sisqoboy)#Gen4
WD PC SN740 1TB - £77.98#Gen4
External SSD
Crucial X6 2TB - £99.89
PS5 SSD heatsinks
Lexar LPAH100 PS5 Compatible M.2 2280 SSD Heatsink - £11.99
Xclio M.2 SSD iCold-007 Pro Stealth Edition -£9.98
QIVYNSRY M.2 Heatsink NVME 2280 -£7.99
ELUTENG M.2 SSD NVMe Heatsink for PS5-£6.99
Glossary
QLC: Quad Level Cell. A lower cost NAND.
TLC: Triple Level Cell. Faster and more wear resistant NAND.
NAND: A type of flash memory used in storage.
NVMe: Non-Volatile Memory Express. Uses PCIe for faster speeds. Cableless.
SATA:Serial Advanced Technology Attachment.Older legacy standard which requires cables.
DRAM/DRAMLESS: Drives with DRAM use it to buffer writes so are better for write heavy scenarios.
HMB:Host Buffer Memory. Used in DRAMLESS drives,part of the storage is allocated as a cache to keep write speeds consistent. Used as a substitute for DRAM.
More details at
Community Updates
Update 1
Update.
Edited by KITTYBOTS, 59 seconds ago
You may also like
Related Discussions
Related Categories
371 Comments
sorted bydocs.google.com/spr…dit
blocksandfiles.com/202…rs/ (https://blocksandfiles.com/2023/09/28/microns-muted-revenues-set-for-generative-ai-boost-over-next-two-years/)
frontiertec.net/en/…ai/ (https://frontiertec.net/en/2024/01/03/samsung-loses-tens-of-billions-of-dollars-in-chip-losses-and-hopes-to-turn-around-this-year-with-ai/)
Between them,at least $12 billion due to overproduction of NAND/DRAM so were dumping it last year. So they cut output of NAND by 30% to 50% in 2H 2023 and will continue cuts in production until 2H 2024:
digitimes.com/new…tml (https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20231031PD205/chips+components-dram-east-asia-memory-chips-nand-flash-sk-hynix-south-korea.html)
reuters.com/tec…30/ (https://www.reuters.com/technology/samsung-electronics-q3-profit-falls-78-chip-loss-narrows-2023-10-30/)
The companies are betting on the AI boom to increase NAND and DRAM demand.
YMTC which is the main Chinese NAND maker,was going to supply Apple,but the US government stopped them,so there is some oversupply of that.This is why some other SSDs(such as the NM790) are reasonably cheap.
But as the months progress,the oversupply will dry up. (edited)
techpowerup.com/rev…tml
The SN580 is also at the top. P31 is definitely very low in absolute power draw. (edited)
Really happy with it as my main PC game drive. My storage drive is still a HDD... I figured I could just copy stuff across when I want to do video editing etc but I've realised I'm really lazy so need to upgrade and bin the HDD!
Patriot P220 P220S2TB25 on amazon £93.99
amazon.co.uk/Pat…75Z
TypeSolid State Drive (SSD)
shape factor2.5"
InterfaceSATA 6Gb/s
Read550MB/s
Write500MB/s
IOPS 4K read/Write50k/50k
memory modules3D-NAND TLC, Micron, 64 Layer (Generation 2)
TBW960TB
controllerPhison PS3110-S12, 8 channels
ProtocolAHCI
Power consumptionnot specified (maximum), not specified (operation), not specified (idle), not specified (Sleep mode)
Dimensions100x70x7mm
Warrantythree years (edited)
support-en.wd.com/app…web
Added
WD PC SN740 512GB - £45.46(sisqoboy)
Kingston 1TB NV2 - £50.05(sisqoboy)
Change(price increase but still best in class)
P3 Plus 4TB - £169.99 - price increase to £179.99
Change(price decrease)
Crucial P3 2TB - £89.93 - price decrease to £89.43
Removed
Solidigm P41 Plus 512GB -£34.53 - sold out
Change
Western Digital SN770 2TB Gen4 PCIe NVME SSD - £109.98 - price drop to £94.69
ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE 2TB - £124.98 - price drop to £115.98
Added
Netac NV7000-t - £95.99
Corsair MP600 Pro NH 2TB - £102.99
Corsair MP600 PRO LPX 2TB M2 SSD with heatsink - £124.98
Crucial P3 2TB - £85.99
Crucial P3 4TB - £159.99
Integral 2TB V Series v2 2.5" SSD - £76.45
hotukdeals.com/dea…841
hotukdeals.com/dea…244
hotukdeals.com/dea…668
£127+ for 1TB when it gets there it's back to a 2020 prices (gen 3x4) (edited)
hotukdeals.com/dea…554
For the people wanting a SATA 4TB disk it might be something to look at,although I know it won't do well on here but at least it's £80 per TB which is reasonable for a SATA drive. (edited)
Removed:
NM610 Pro 2TB (expired)
Adata Ultimate SU630 960GB(expired)
Added:
Solidigm P41 Plus 512GB
Crucial P3 Plus 500GB
Lexar NM790 M2 1TB
Integral Advantage PRO-1 1TB
Silicon Power 2TB XS70
Crucial T500 heatsink edition 2TB
Corsair MP600 CORE MINI 2TB
Expanded PS5 compatability guide
Added PS5 compatability tags (edited)
Added:
SN850X 2TB Game Drive -£119.99
Crucial P3 Plus 500GB - £35.06(price drop)
Lexar NM790 2TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 M.2 Solid State Drive with Heatsink -£118.94
WD Blue SA510 2TB M.2 SATA SSD -£103.99
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro 1TB M.2 -£49.99
WD Blue SA510 1TB M.2 SATA SSD - £35.99
WD Blue SA510 1TB M.2 SATA SSD -£67.99
WD Blue SA510 2TB M.2 SATA SSD -£103.99
Crucial BX500 2TB -£94.01
PS5 heatsink list
Removed:
SN850X 2TB Game Drive -£119.99(expired) (edited)
ebay.co.uk/itm…SMS (edited)
£5 voucher for T500 1TB No Heatsink , taking down it from £79.99 to £74.99
£10 voucher for T500 2TB No Heatsink, taking down it from £139.99 to £129.99
£10 voucher for T500 1TB With a Heatsink, taking down it from £89.99 to £79.99
£15 voucher for T500 2TB With a Heatsink, taking down it from £149.99 to £134.99
If anyone is feeling adventurous, I checked Amazon.de for the same product and I managed to get a T500 1TB version with a heatsink with £69.89 via a fee free card payment.
amazon.de/-/e…h=1 (edited)
Change(price reduction)
Crucial T500 2TB - £129.99 - price drop from £139.99
Crucial T500 2TB heatsink edition -£134.99 - price drop from £149.99
Crucial P3 Plus 4TB -£169.99 - price drop from £189.99
Change(price increase but still best in class)
Seagate Game Drive 1TB -£73.98 - price increase to £78.97
Added
QIVYNSRY M.2 Heatsink NVME 2280 -£7.99 Thank you for commenting here.
Crucial P3 2TB - £88.79
Intel 670p 2TB - £89.99
Removed
Crucial P3 Plus 2TB - £98.99(@sikiliza69) - price rise to £103.99
2X2TB WD Red SN700 -£228.78(@sisqoboy) - out of stock
ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE 2TB -£119.99 - out of stock (edited)
£115
Crucial P3 Plus 1TB M.2 PCIe Gen4 NVMe Internal SSD - Up to 5000MB/s - CT1000P3PSSD801 (Acronis Edition) amzn.eu/d/5zhgNkC
£69
Crucial P3 2TB M.2 PCIe Gen3 NVMe Internal SSD - Up to 3500MB/s - CT2000P3SSD801 (Acronis Edition) amzn.eu/d/4lJ6JSI
£88.79 with 10.00 discount from £98.79
fanxiang 1TB SSD - NVMe SSD M.2 PCIe Gen3x4 2280 Internal Solid State Drives, Up To 3500MB/s, with Graphene Cooling Sticker, SLC Cache 3D NAND TLC, Compatible with Laptop PC amzn.eu/d/9…2Ie
£50.50 with 5% discount available via app (edited)
Firecuda 530 2TB £109.99 Amazon (edited)
Change
SABRENT M.2 NVMe PS5 heatsink-£12.99(ah1512 ) - price reduced from £16.99 to £12.99
Crucial P3 4TB -£154.99(@Fagan) - price increase to £179.99
Crucial P3 Plus 4TB - £179.99 - price increase to £199.99
Lexar NM790 4TB - £209.99 - price increase to £219.99
Removed
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro 512GB - £32.99(Abrew) - price increase to £69.99
Crucial T500 2TB heatsink edition -£134.99 - price increase to £169.99
Added
SN770 2TB - £104.40(Tacavas)
If you want to spend less,the Lexar NM790 or Silicon Power XS70 4TB(check the Megathread for pricing).
Change
Seagate Game Drive 1TB - £73.48 - price drop to £69.99 and retailer change to Ebuyer
Crucial P3 2TB - £91.43(Tacavas) - price drop to £86.58
WD Blue SA510 1TB M.2 SATA SSD -£67.99 - price drop to £67.48 and retailer change to Amazon
WD Blue SA510 2TB M.2 SATA SSD - £114.99 - price increase to £121.99
Added
Kingston 1TB NV2 - £50.87
Samsung 980 PRO 2TB - £128.10 (edited)
Change
Crucial P3 1TB - £52.02 - price decrease to £51.92
community.acer.com/en/…2GL
amazon.co.uk/UGR…427
Removed
Corsair MP600 CORE MINI 2TB - £134.58 - price increase to £199.99
Kingston KC3000 2TB - £122.97 - out of stock
Crucial P5 Plus 2TB - £123 - out of stock
Change
Silicon Power 2TB XS70 - £114.99 - price increase to £116.99
Silicon Power 1TB XS70 - £69.99(dave111) - price increase to £71.99
Added
Western Digital SN770 2TB Gen4 PCIe NVME SSD - £109.98
ADATA XPG GAMMIX S70 BLADE 2TB - £124.98
WD Black SN850X 2TB - £134.99 (edited)