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WD's super-fast SN850X 2TB SSD can be yours for just £129 from Amazon

One of our top recommendations for PC and PS5.

an example of a pcie4 ssd (wd sn850x, specifically)
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WD's SN850X is one of the briskest SSDs available for both PC and PS5, and from Amazon at the moment, it's down to £129 for a 2TB model, complete with heatsink. That's one of the best prices we've seen on such a capable drive that's got it all in terms of speed, performance, and convenience.

The SN850X makes for one of the fastest gaming SSDs out there, with maximum sequential read and write speeds of 7300MB/s and 6600MB/s. Its random performance, a better indicator of real-world game load times, is also intense - up to 1.2M IOPS for reads and 1.1M IOPS for writes. For context, the best PCIe 4.0 SSDs before the SN850x were in the 0.7 to 0.8M IOPS region, making this a significant step forward even compared to other PCIe 4.0 SSDs. The only way to get anything quicker is to go for a PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD, which at the moment are few and far between, as well as being hilariously expensive at this capacity.

With those speeds in mind, the SN850X also smashes Sony's requirements for PS5 SSDs, and this is one of the best options available there, too. You are also fetting a heatsink with this drive, making it fully PS5-proof. The fact also remains you're getting 2TB of storage, giving you a lot of additional space compared to the 666GB of internal storage that the standard PS5 has, and even against the 1TB of the newer Slim model.

PC peeps will just have to make sure that you've got a PCIe 4.0 capable motherboard in order for the SN850X to work at its full whack. To save you the hassle of looking, anything from the last three to four years should be OK. Installing the drive is easy too, with plenty of YouTube tutorials to follow along with and only requiring the drive to be inserted and a single screw inserted to secure it.

£129 for a 2TB NVMe SSD as quick as this in the current climate is a great deal, and if you've been wanting to upgrade your PC or PS5 storage for some time but have waited for a better price, this is a solid option.

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