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A collection of NVMe SSDs on orange.

Best cheap SSD deals for gaming today

By Jacob Ridley last updated

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

deal
The WD Black SN850X and the Lexar NM790 NVMe SSDs on a pink gradient background with the PC Gamer recommended logo in the top right

Best SSD for gaming in 2025: the speediest SSDs I personally recommend

By Jeremy Laird last updated

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

Speedy storage
A collage of M.2 SSDs from Lexar and Western Digital against a gradient blue background, with a PC Gamer Recommended logo in the corner

Best M.2 SSDs for gaming in 2025: 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.

High speed
Crucial X9 external SSD on blue background

You can pick up the 2 TB version of my favorite budget external SSD for less than $0.06 per GB, transfers 300+ GB of data in 6 minutes

By Jacob Fox published

Deal That's about as cheap as they come, pound for poun– er, GB for GB.

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

Best external SSDs for gaming in 2025: 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.

SSDs to go
A Samsung 9100 Pro SSD in both 2 TB and 4 TB sizes.

Samsung 9100 Pro 2 TB review

By Zak Storey published

Too late? Nearly two years on, and Samsung's first PCIe 5.0 drive is, well, average.

Too late?
An image of a WD_Black SN850X SSD against a teal background with a white border

The best 1 TB gaming SSD you can buy is now just $79, the cheapest it's been for a good while

By Nick Evanson published

Deal SSD prices haven't changed much for a long time so this deal is very welcome.

Deal
WD Black SN850X SSD on a gaming PC case.

Looks like we won't be seeing Western Digital SSDs in our gaming PCs as the company hands the reins back over to SanDisk

By Jacob Fox published

News The reins have officially been handed over to SanDisk.

News
A SanDisk Desk Drive external SSD on a blue background

I adore this chunky, reliable external SSD, so for a third off the 4 TB version I will absolutely recommend it in a heartbeat

By Jacob Fox published

Deal There's no more satisfying a thunk than plopping one of these on your desk.

Deal
Adata SE880 external SSD

Adata SE880 1 TB external SSD review

By Jacob Fox published

tiny drive A reasonably performant and extra-small USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 drive that faces tough competition.

tiny drive
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