Cyber Monday SSD deals: pack the speediest solid state bargains into your PC
Sorry, but you missed out on a bunch of killer Black Friday SSDs deals. Better luck next year! I'm kidding! There's still an unimaginable amount of dope Cyber Monday SSD deals to get excited for.
Whether it's a top of the line NVMe drive for your high-end build or you're just upgrading from your spinning hard disk to something more reliable. The Cyber Monday deals are already here; you've got plenty of options to choose from.
Why SSDs over their HDD counterparts? For starters, SSDs are faster in almost every category when compared to an archaic HDD. Faster data streams, faster at booting windows, and decreased load times on your favorite games. A new or bigger SSD is the easiest upgrade you can make on your gaming PC that'll have a significant impact on performance. The only downside is that some premium SSDs can be pretty costly, so it's good to take advantage of some of these deep discounts or larger capacity SSDs like the Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB, currently 50% off its normal listing price.
The Best Cyber Monday SSD Deals
Jump straight to the deals you want...
1. NVMe SSD deals
2. SATA SSD deals
3. External SSD deals
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is the mightiest of all the mighty storage hogs on PC now, clocking in at 231GB. That's big enough that a 256GB boot drive wouldn't have enough space for it and a simple Windows installation. But there are loads of games that will use up to 20 or even 50GB of space. Thankfully, SSD storage has never been cheaper, and 2TB SSDs are actually a reachable goal thanks to some huge discounts from Amazon's Black Friday deals.
With a Black Friday SSD deal, you can upgrade to a faster SSD than what you already have or add a big chunk of game storage for a little cash.
Cyber Monday deals: quick links
- Amazon - Cyber Monday deals on anything and everything
- Walmart - Deals on Games, Movies, Budget Laptops
- B&H Photo - Monitors, Laptops, and PCs
- Best Buy - PCs, Laptops, and Accessories
- Target - Games, Accessories, and Laptops
- Staples - Gaming Chairs and assorted office goodies
- Lenovo - Discounts on Legion Laptops and PCs
- Razer - Laptops and Gaming Accessories
- Newegg - Components and Hardware
- Microsoft - PCs, Laptops, and Games
- Dell - Alienware PCs and Laptops
Cyber Monday NVMe SSD deals
Samsung 970 EVO Plus | 2TB | PCIe 3.0 | $299.99 $249.99 (save $50)
The 2TB version of Samsung's popular 970 EVO SSD is now $50 below its usual price (the "$250 off" listing is not accurate), and is the lowest recorded price on Amazon yet for the drive.View Deal
Samsung 980 Pro SSD | 500GB | PCIe 4.0 | $149.99 $119.99 at Amazon (save $30)
This Samsung drive is just faster than the rest, and that's down to its support of the PCIe 4.0 interface. If you have an AMD Ryzen 3000 or Ryzen 5000 CPU and a compatible B550 or X570 motherboard, you can make the most of Samsung's speeds, up to 6,900MB/s seq. Read. That's over double the speed of even some of the best PCIe 3.0 NVMe drives.View Deal
SK hynix Gold P31 SSD | 500GB | PCIe 3.0 | $74.99 at Amazon (save $47)
The 1TB SK Hynix Gold P31 SSD has already sold out, but the 500GB model is still available for its lowest Amazon price yet. The Gold P31 features blazing-fast read/write speeds up to 3,500/3,200 MB/s.View Deal
Western Digital SN750 | 500GB | PCIe 3.0 | $62.99 at Amazon
Western Digital came late to the SSD game, despite being a huge name in the hard drive market, but the SN750 appeared with its own controller and performance to match the might of Samsung's NVMe SSDs. It's still up there, and this 500GB version is a great little drive for this price.View Deal
Samsung 970 EVO SSD | 500GB | PCIe 3.0 | $99.99 $59.99 at Amazon (38% off)
You'd probably want a 1TB drive, but if you can't stretch that far, a 500GB NVMe drive is still absolutely better than not having one, especially when it's a speedy Samsung offering. This is a record low price for a half-terabyte drive, and it's not really that much slower than the slightly updated EVO Plus version.View Deal
Samsung 970 EVO Plus | 500GB| PCIe 3.0 | $129.99 $79.99 at Amazon (save $50)
We may be getting near the point where we regularly recommend a 1TB NVMe SSD as the baseline for what you should be having as a boot drive in your gaming rig, but for right now, having a speedy 500GB 970 EVO Plus on your side will do just fine. That will make Windows feel zippy, as well as your most oft-played games.View Deal
Crucial P1 | 1TB | PCIe 3.0 | $104.99 $93.99 at Amazon (10% off)
Let's be clear, while it is an NVMe SSD; the Crucial P1 is not in the same league as a Samsung version at just 2,400MB/s seq. read and 1,900MB/s seq. write, but that said, it's still hugely quicker than any SATA drive any manufacturer can offer. And at under $100, it's a whole lot of speedy storage for not a whole lot of actual cash.View Deal
Crucial P5 | 1TB | PCIe 3.0 | $149.99 $119.99 at Amazon (save $30)
There's a lot to love about the cheaper P2 model above, but it can't hold a candle to the P5. This is Crucial's fastest consumer NVMe drive today with seq. Read speeds of 3,400MB/s and seq. write of up to 3,000MB/s. That puts it right up at the top-end of PCIe 3.0 drives today and perfect for your operating system, applications, and games.View Deal
WD Black SN750 SSD | 1TB | PCIe 3.0 | $234.99 $115.99 at Best Buy (save $119)
This 1TB PCIe SSD will deliver high-end storage performance, with a serious gobbet of game storing capacity. It's not going to hit the heights of PCIe 4.0 drives, but you'll struggle to find a comparative option with space on offer to this WD SSD.View Deal
Samsung 970 EVO Plus | 1TB | PCIe 3.0 | $249.99 $149.99 at Amazon (save $100)
While we're still waiting for the newer PCIe 4.0 interface to become ubiquitous speedy PCIe 3.0 SSDs, such as this excellent Samsung 970 EVO Plus, are still absolutely worth your money. For under $150, this is a good price for a 1TB NVMe SSD, though you may find lesser-known brands hitting $120-odd around Black Friday.View Deal
Corsair MP400 | 1TB | PCIe 3.0 | $136.99 $114.99 at Newegg (save $22)
As a member of the QLC brigade, this Corsair PCIe 3.0 drive can't quite muster the write performance of something like Samsung or WD's finest, but this is still decent value for 1TB of SSD storage with performance way ahead of an equivalent SATA drive.View Deal
Cyber Monday SATA SSD deals
Samsung SSD 860 EVO | 500GB | $89.99 $53.99 at Amazon (save $36)
This 500GB version of the mighty Samsung 860 EVO will still deliver plenty of PC storage capacity for the discerning gamer, with performance ahead of anything your ol' spinner platter hard drive could dream of hitting. However, it is worth noting that you will find NVMe options for not a whole lot more if your system is compatible.
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Samsung SSD 860 EVO | 1TB | $199.99 $99.99 at Amazon (save $100)
Samsung is always reliable in the SSD world now, and at half price, this 1TB SATA drive is an outstanding value as either the base for your whole rig or just some speedy secondary Steam library storage.
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Cyber Monday External SSD deals
Samsung X5 | 2TB | Thunderbolt 3 | $699.99 $549.99 at Amazon (save $150)
Yeah, that is a lot of money to drop on some external SSD storage, but look, that's 2TB of NVMe-class data space. A somewhat rare case, maybe, but for a professional working on large data set out in the field, spending big on a high-capacity SSD makes a lot of sense. And with $150 off, the X5 is a great choice.View Deal
SanDisk Extreme | 500GB | $149.99. $89.99 at Amazon (save $60)
This isn't one of those products we're highlighting because it's an incredible saving, but the SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD is a rugged, reliable drive that we're happy to recommend because it's a quality product. $95 isn't a stellar discount, but it's still absolutely a fair price for this SSD.View Deal
Crucial X8 | 1TB | $189.95 $129.95 at Amazon (save $59.96)
What's better than external storage? Superfast external storage, that's what. And it doesn't get much faster than this chunk of aluminum and silicon—we're talking transfer rates up to 1050MB/s here. It also happens to be rugged enough to take out into the big outdoors with you. View Deal
SanDisk Extreme | 1TB | $249.99 $139.99 at Amazon (save $110)
External SSDs are becoming more and more important with the release of the next-gen consoles, but they're also vital for the professional PC crowd. Having a rugged drive such as this SanDisk, with this performance level, means working with large data sizes on the go is far easier.View Deal
Samsung T7 | 1TB | $229.99 $159.99 at Amazon (save $70)
Samsung's portable T7 SSD offers blazing fast speeds up to 1,050 MB/s read and 1,000 MB/s write. It also features fingerprint and password security to ensure your sensitive data is protected on the go.View Deal
What to look out for in a Cyber Monday SSD
The main things to watch out for are the same for Cyber Monday SSD deals as with any other technology bargain hunting you do around this November period. Go in there with an idea of what you want, and above all, what you need. It's easy to get carried away at this time of year, but if you have a notion of how much you want to spend and what sort of SSD you're after, you'll be in good stead.
Capacity is a good starting point, and at the moment, we're looking at some excellent 1TB offers, but a 512GB SSD will still afford you a lot of speed storage for a boot drive, with enough space for your most regularly played games. I mean, they're not all Call of Duty, right?
Then think about the interface. Chances are, if you're rocking a PC of the last five years, you'll have an M.2 slot in your motherboard with NVMe support. However, it's worth digging into the specifics of your motherboard to make sure that it can definitely support booting from such drives as not all can. Check out the manufacturer's pages and maybe forums too.
If you're considering making the switch to one of the latest AMD processors and 570 or 550 chipsets, then there you also have a decision to make regarding PCIe 3.0 or PCIe 4.0 SSDs. PCIe 4.0 is the newer standard, with the higher bandwidth, but is backward compatible with older boards. That means you can buy the latest SSDs now, and they'll still be lightning-fast in your existing setup, just not to the full extent you'll see when you do make the upgrade.
That said, PCIe 3.0 drives are still incredibly speedy compared to anything that has come before, so you'll be in a great place with any high-performance NVMe SSD purchase.
There are some things to look out for, however. Some budget PCIe 3.0 drives only operate at x2 speed, which means they're half as fast as the standard x4 NVMe SSDs. It's also worth ensuring your M.2 SSD actually is an NVMe drive. There are some M.2 SSDs that still operate over the SATA interface and can only reach a maximum theoretical speed of 600MB/s, while the theoretical maximum of an x4 PCIe 3.0 interface is 4,000MB/s.