Price change: ➖ WD Black SN850X | 1 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,300 MB/s read | 6,300 MB/s write | $93.99$79.99 at Amazon (save $14) This is still our favorite SSD for gaming, despite the strong competition and volatile prices.
Unlike the cheaper SN770, the SN850X encapsulates the best PCIe 4.0 offers in terms of performance (check out our review). That makes it a great fit for a boot drive with space to spare for your game library, which is exactly what I need from a new NVMe drive. Price check: Best Buy $129.99 | Newegg $79.99 The time has once again come for a Black Friday SSD deal to hopefully help me survive another year in the neverending war of attrition between the file size of my favorite games and the storage space in my PC.
This year I'm looking at my game library drive with dread as I total up the nearly 700GB worth of games I was really hoping to play this holiday.
Unlike in past years when I would be eyeing a 512GB drive and counting my pennies, this year I think I'll score a roomy new NVMe for under $100.