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Best Black Friday SSD deals 2023

Let the savings begin on high-performance NVMe, SATA and external drives

Several SSDs laid out in front of a gaming keyboard.
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The best Black Friday SSD deals present a timely opportunity to drag your PC’s storage firmly into the 21st century. Yes, mechanical hard drives can provide more capacity for the money, but SSDs are almost incomparably faster – and between natural price decay and these seasonal deals, it’s never been easier to get a good one for minimal investment.

What’s more, the speed of SSDs are increasingly making them outright essentials for certain games. Starfield simply won’t run properly when it’s installed on an HDD, while the likes of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart play much smoother with an SSD to launch from. Don’t play any of these? Your PC will still boot and transfer files much, much quicker if you have Windows running off an SSD, so you’ll always benefit from making the upgrade.

Installing an SSD is dead easy as well, though before buying a new NVMe drive, be sure to check that its PCIe interface is compatible with your PC. A PCIe 3.0 SSD will work in a motherboard that supports PCIe 4.0 drives, but not vice-versa.


Best Black Friday SSD deals

With Black Friday week now in full swing, these are all the best SSD deals that have popped up so far.

Looking for a new microSD card for the Steam Deck or Steam Deck OLED? You can find some recommendations, as well as many, many more sales on all kinds of PC hardware, in our main Black Friday PC gaming deals hub.

The Crucial T500 SSD propped up against a gaming mouse.
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UK deals:

WD Blue SN570 1TB - £40 from Overclockers UK (was £93)

Crucial P3 Plus 1TB - £41 from Amazon UK (was £48)

WD Black SN850X 1TB - £65 from Box (was £104)

Samsung 990 Pro 1TB - £73 from Currys (was £109)

Crucial T500 1TB - £82 from Ebuyer (was £130)

Crucial T500 1TB (with heatsink) - £90 from Ebuyer (was £135)

Crucial P5 Plus 2TB - £105 from Amazon UK (was £218)

WD Black SN850X 2TB - £110 from Ebuyer (was £209)

Crucial T500 2TB (with heatsink) - £147 from Ebuyer (was £180)

WD Black SN850X 4TB - £220 from Overclockers UK (was £310)

Crucial BX500 1TB - £35 from Ebuyer (was £52)

Crucial BX500 2TB - £74 from Ebuyer (was £100)

Crucial MX500 2TB - £87 from Amazon UK (was £220)

Crucial X9 Pro 1TB - £63 from Ebuyer (was £83)

Kingston XS2000 1TB - £76 from Ebuyer (was £83)

Crucial X9 Pro 2TB - £95 from Ebuyer (was £150)

Samsung T7 Shield 2TB - £100 from Jessops (was £130)


US deals:

WD Blue SN570 1TB - $53 from B&H Photo Video (was $123)

Crucial T500 1TB (with heatsink) - $65 from Amazon US (was $76)

WD Black SN850X 1TB - $80 from Best Buy (was $130)

Samsung 990 Pro 1TB - $80 from Best Buy (was $130)

Crucial P5 Plus 2TB - $89 from Best Buy (was $152)

Crucial T500 2TB - $102 from B&H Photo Video (was $170)

WD Black SN850X 2TB - $120 from Amazon US (was $132)

Samsung 990 Pro 2TB - $120 from B&H Photo Video (was $190)

WD Black SN850X 4TB - $230 from Amazon US (was $290)

Crucial MX500 1TB - $60 from Amazon US (was $100)

Samsung 870 Evo 1TB - $60 from Best Buy (was $93)

Samsung 870 Evo 2TB - $130 from Best Buy (was $162)

Samsung 870 Evo 4TB - $230 from Best Buy (was $313)

Crucial X9 Pro 1TB - $60 from B&H Photo Video (was $90)

Crucial X9 Pro 2TB - $88 from B&H Photo Video (was $160)

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