There’s never been a better time to buy a PS5 SSD

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After almost a year and three months of the PlayStation 5 being on sale, now is the right time to buy a PS5 SSD if you’re running low on storage space.

Today, you can find some of the best PS5 SSDs available for just $150 / £150, with drives like the WD Black SN850 frequently on sale for its lowest-ever price in the UK. In the US, GameStop Pro members can get the Samsung 980 Pro 1TB with a heatsink pre-installed for just $189.99, which is a great deal on a new drive that was only announced a few months ago. 

While some might scoff at paying over a hundred bucks for more storage space, the new prices are a notable drop from the previous $290 / £220 tags that we’ve been used to seeing. These deals are superior to what we saw during Black Friday 2021, too, where the discounts weren’t enough to make any drive worthy of an impulse buy.

If 1TB isn’t enough space, higher capacity 2TB drives have also received more generous discounts recently, with the Samsung 980 Pro 2TB now just £269.95 in the UK, which is significantly cheaper than the eye-watering price of £444 (or around $592) that we saw back in December 2020. 

That’s still not exactly affordable, mind you, but it’s significantly better value than a mere 12 months ago, which shows that SSD prices are dropping at a steady rate. However, this trend might not continue as "material contamination" has affected some NAND flash production lines, which could result in a price spike of 5 to 10%.

If you really want to get the most value for your money before that happens, though, there are further savings to be had if you’re comfortable installing a heatsink yourself – which is a requirement if you want to use an NVMe SSD on PS5. 

However, I’d personally recommend the majority of people