For October Prime Day 2023, Amazon is offering some great deals on WD Black SN850X PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSDs: the 2TB is on sale for only $99.99 and the 4TB is only $259.99. The SN850X would make an exceptional storage expansion drive for your PS5 console or a blazing fast boot drive for your gaming rig.
WD Black SN850X PCIe Gen4 M.2 PCIe NVMe SSDs Are on Sale
The SN850X is the latest generation of WD's flagship Black series M.2 SSDs. It's easily one of the fastest SSDs on the market and any other 4TB SSD with comparable speed would run you well over $300. There are only a few SSDs out right now that can match its speed. Off the top of my head, the only SSDs I can think of are the new Samsung 990 Pro and the SK Hynix P41 Platinum.
The SN850X's upgrades over the SN850 include newer flash chips (BiCS5 vs BiCS4) and an updated firmware, both of which offer improved sequential and random read/write speeds. What this all means is that the SN850X will perform exceedingly well as a boot drive for a gaming PC. For PC gamers, there's also an updated Game Mode 2.0 utility that's designed to tune the SSD for better performance during gaming sessions. The 4TB capacity means you won't have to worry as much about overfilling your drive full of games and apps. With that much storage you might not even need another drive.
The SN850X also makes for an excellent PS5 SSD. It is identical to the SN850P, which is the only officially licensed PS5 SSD on the market. It fulfills almost all of Sony's requirements, like a minimum read speed of 5,500MB/s and a PCI-Express Gen4x4 interface. The only caveat is that this particular model doesn't include a built-in heatsink. That is easily remedied by picking up a cheap PS5 heatsink off Amazon for about $9.
See our larger list of the best Prime Day PS5 deals for more discounts.
If you're looking for more SSD storage upgrade options for your PS5 console, check out our best PS5 SSD deals of 2023. There are even less expensive options if you're not married to any brand.
