Best SSD Deals: Samsung 1TB Drives, M.2 NVMe and External USB-C Drives

Upgrading from a traditional hard drive to an SSD can remarkably improve the speed and response time of your PC. These blazing fast storage devices cost more than their outdated counterparts, but buying one on sale doesn’t have to break the bank. The SSDs listed in this article are all on sale and marked down from their original retail price into a more palatable price range. Without further ado, let’s have a look at the SSDs.

Featured Deals

Samsung 970 Evo 1TB M.2 NVMe V-NAND SSD for $169.99 at Amazon (list price $299.99).Samsung 970 Evo SSDs are some of the fastest currently on the market with read/write speeds of 3,500/2,500MB/s.
Samsung 970 Evo SSDs are some of the fastest currently on the market with read/write speeds of 3,500/2,500MB/s.
Adata XPG Gammix S11 Pro 1TB M.2 NVMe 3D NAND SSD for $137.99 at Amazon with $10 coupon (list price $219.99).Adata’s high-end line of NVMe SSDs offers faster performance than Samsung’s 970 Evo and it carries a less expensive price tag.
Adata’s high-end line of NVMe SSDs offers faster performance than Samsung’s 970 Evo and it carries a less expensive price tag.
Western Digital SN500 500GB M.2 NVMe 3D NAND SSD for $64.99 at Amazon (list price $77.99).The SN500 is one of the slower NVMe SSDs on the market with read/write speeds of 1,700/1,450MB/s, but offers three times the performance of a SATA-III drive at a price that’s just slightly higher.
The SN500 is one of the slower NVMe SSDs on the market with read/write speeds of 1,700/1,450MB/s, but offers three times the performance of a SATA-III drive at a price that’s just slightly higher.
PNY CS900 480GB 2.5-Inch SATA-III SSD for $49.99 at Amazon (list price $89.99).PNY’s SC900 is one of the least expensive 480GB SSDs on the market. It offers a significant performance boost over any HDD though and can transfer data at up to 550MB/s.
PNY’s SC900 is one of the least expensive 480GB SSDs on the market. It offers a significant performance boost over any HDD though and can transfer data at up to 550MB/s.
SanDisk 1TB Extreme Portable External USB 3.1 Type-C SSD for $166.40 at Amazon (list price $349.99).This external SSD uses the USB 3.1 Type-C interface and can transfer data at up to 550MB/s. It’s also portable, durable, water resistant and shock resistant, which makes it easy to take with you anywhere you go.
This external SSD uses the USB 3.1 Type-C interface and can transfer data at up to 550MB/s. It’s also portable, durable, water resistant and shock resistant, which makes it easy to take with you anywhere you go.

M.2 NVMe SSDs

Samsung 970 Evo 1TB M.2 NVMe V-NAND SSD for $169.99 at Amazon (list price $299.99).
Adata XPG Gammix S11 Pro 1TB M.2 NVMe 3D NAND SSD for $137.99 at Amazon with $10 coupon (list price $219.99).
Western Digital SN500 500GB M.2 NVMe 3D NAND SSD for $64.99 at Amazon (list price $77.99).
Intel 660p Series 512GB M.2 NVMe 3D NAND SSD for $59.99 at Amazon (list price $99.00).
Adata SU800 512GB M.2 SATA-III 3D NAND SSD for $58.99 at Amazon (list price $149.99).

2.5-Inch SSDs

PNY CS900 480GB 2.5-Inch SATA-III SSD for $49.99 at Amazon (list price $89.99).
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB 2.5-Inch SATA-III SSD for $139.99 at Amazon (list price $199.99).
PNY CS900 120GB 2.5-Inch SATA-III SSD for $21.99 at Amazon (list price $29.99).

External Drives

SanDisk 1TB Extreme Portable External USB 3.1 Type-C SSD for $166.40 at Amazon (list price $349.99).
SanDisk 500GB Extreme Portable External USB 3.1 Type-C SSD for $89.99 at Amazon (list price $169.99).

Important Differences Between SATA-III and NVMe

Before you actually buy any of these deals, it’s important that you first understand the difference between SATA-III and NVMe SSDs, as this can have an enormous impact on drive performance. SATA-III SSDs are the slower SSDs that support transfer speeds up to 560MB/s. NVMe SSDs are significantly faster with the slowest models offering twice the performance of SATA-III drives and the fastest models currently on the market transferring data at speeds up to 3,500MB/s.

It’s often easy to tell the two apart just by looking at them. All NVMe SSDs use the M.2 interface and these are almost entirely flat and exceptionally small. SATA-III drives are typically larger and use the 2.5-inch form factor first standardized for compact hard drives. This isn’t always the case, however, and some SATA-III SSDs may use the M.2 form factor and appear identical to M.2 NVMe SSDs but transfer data at SATA-III speeds. You should read the description of each drive careful to ensure that you buy the correct drive you want.

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