These days, there's just no reason to be booting off of an old-school, mechanical hard drive. Nor do you have to settle for a low-capacity SSD or one with poor performance. With Black Friday tech deals season in full swing and the price of Flash memory dropping like a rock, you can find a low-end, 500GB SSD for well under $50 or some of the best SSDs in 1TB capacity for under $150.
SSDs aren't the only devices dropping in price. High capacity external hard drives, memory cards and USB flash drives are all at or near record level price lows. The best part is that each week we notice storage prices continue to plummet.
Below, we're rounding up today's best Black Friday SSD and storage deals.
SSD Deals
SanDisk Ultra 2TB SATA SSD: was $249 now $179
You must be signed into a BestBuy account (free to register) to see this price. This is a high-performance SATA SSD with a cost of 8.7 cents per GB. You rarely see 2TB drives this cheap, particularly from a reputable brand. View Deal
Adata 2TB SU800 SSD: was $249 now $184 .
The SU800 is a great solution for big SSD storage at a great price.It can be a budget-friendly upgrade for an older slowing laptop that still runs on a 2.5” hard drive, or you can plop it into a modern laptop’s 2.5” slot for mass storage and continue running your OS and programs from the M.2 drive. View Deal
Hyundai 120GB 2.5" SSD: was $42, now $14
If you've got a little machine need of an SSD, check out this deal on the Hyundai 120 GB Internal SSD. It uses a Serial ATA-600 interface and measures in at 5.43" x 0.78" x 4.25". View Deal
XPG 256GB PCIe SSD: was $49, now $29
This is a smaller PCIe SSD, storing only up to 256 GB. This is ideal for a smaller machine or compact build with simple storage needs. It uses a PCI-Express 3.0 x4 interface.
XPG Gammix S5 1TB PCIe: was $129, now $89
This 1TB PCIe card from XPG has a read/write speed of 2100/1500 MB/s. It uses a PCI-Express 3.0 x4 interface. Right now, you can buy one on Newegg for more than 30% off.
Sabrent 1TB Rocket PCIe 4.0 SSD: was $199 now $169
One of the first drives to support PCIe 4.0 speeds, the Rocket boasts read / writes of up to 5000 MBps. It also comes with a copy of Acronis True Image for cloning. View Deal
Orico 512GB SATA 3 SSD: was $99, now $65
You can pick up this 512 GB Orico SSD at 30% off for a total of $69. It might not be the biggest SSD on the market, but it's good-sized internal SSD for the price. It uses a standard SATA 3.0 interface. Use code MKTCGX to get an additional 3.99 off. View Deal
HDD Deals
WD 4TB Passport Portable Red Hard Drive: was $129, now $107
This hard drive has a USB 3.0 port (backwards compatible with USB 2.0). It holds up to 4TB of data and measures in at 0.85" x 3.21" x 4.33".
WD 2TB Elements USB HDD: was $61 now $59
This USB 3.0 hard drive gives you enough capacity to back up even a large system and to hold a ton of media files. View Deal
WD 8TB Elements Desktop Hard Drive : was $140 now $129
If you need a metric ton of storage, this USB 3.0 drive delivers.
View Deal
WD 5TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive: was $169, now $89
For massive quantities of storage on the go, check out this deal on a WD 5TB external hard drive from Best Buy. This deal is only available for a day. View Deal
Memory Cards
Team 32GB MicroSD card: was $5, now $3
You can never have too many microSD cards—this is an excellent time to stock up. These Team brand 32GB microSD cards are on sale for more than 30% off. View Deal
SanDisk 1TB MicroSD Card: was $449, now $299
For micro storage solutions, SanDisk is offering its 1TB Extreme MicroSD card with more than 30% off. SanDisk boasts up to 160MB/s read speeds—ideal for high-resolution images and 4K video storage. View Deal
SanDisk 128GB Extreme SD Card: was $29, now $23
Amazon currently has this 128 GB SanDiskSD card at a 20% discount. It has transfer speeds up to 150 MBs and shot speeds up to 70 MBs. This card is ideal for 4K video storage and photography. View Deal
They are "affiliate links". Is that the correct term? Tom's is getting kick back Im sure, look at the URL. Advertisements, nothing more.
Although I believe that should be made a bit more clear....