My favorite affordable gaming SSD is now under $60 for 1 TB in the Black Friday sales
Lexar NM790| 1 TB | NVMe | PCIe 4.0 | 7,400 MB/s read | 6,500 MB/s write | $99.99$59.99 at Amazon (save $40)
For anyone looking for a cheap, spacious drive offering serious performance, this is a genuinely brilliant SSD for the money. Our review of the 4 TB version clearly shows just how good it is.
I'll be honest right from the start here: I don't normally recommend that folks should buy a 1 TB SDD. There's absolutely nothing wrong with them, it's just that the way that games are ballooning in size, 2 TB or more is better in the long run.
The problem with such capacities, though, is that they're so popular right now, that prices haven't fallen all that much. So while the biggest SSDs offer the best bang for your buck, they can make a sizeable dent in your wallet. If you're looking to save a bit of money, you need to go down in size.
Enter stage left, the 1 TB SSD and in this particular case, welcome a favorite of mine, the Lexar NM790.
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