WD Blue 500GB NVMe SSDs are down to $55 today

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This deal is no longer available, but since it was only $5 off the already great price of $60, perhaps you'll want to check it out anyways.

Western Digital has some of the best SSDs around, especially in the budget arena. The company's WD Blue SN550 is an excellent upgrade over normal M.2 and SATA drives, and now it's available for just $55 at Newegg. That's only $5 off the normal price, but it was already a great deal at $60.

This drive is an NVMe SSD in an M.2 2280 form-factor, with advertised sequential read speeds of up to 2,600 Mb/s. Real-world benchmarks by Tom's Guide revealed the sequential read speed is closer to 2,500 Mb/s, and writes are around 1,800 Mb/s. That's slower than most high-end NVMe drives, like the Samsung 980, but still significantly faster than any SATA-based SSD or spinning hard drive.

Due to its lack of DRAM caching, this WD Blue SN550 drive is best suited as a secondary drive for games and other files, though it can still handle a Windows installation if needed. Western Digital is also offering a 5-year warranty with the drive.

WD Blue SN550 500GB NVMe SSD | $55 (save $5)93XRB63

WD Blue SN550 500GB NVMe SSD | $55 (save $5)
This 500GB SSD from Western Digital is a great choice for a games drive, or a main drive for a budget PC build. Enter code 93XRB63 at checkout to get the full discount.

Corbin Davenport

Corbin is a tech journalist, software developer, and longtime PC Gamer freelance writer, currently based in North Carolina. He now focuses on the world of Android as a full-time writer at XDA-Developers. He plays a lot of Planet Coaster and Fallout and hosts a podcast all about forgotten stories from tech history.

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