Best Black Friday SSD and storage deals  | amznusa.com

Yes! You can save a significant amount of money during Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales—sometimes hundreds of dollars on a high-capacity drive. The trick is to know what’s a good deal, and what’s not. That’s where we come in: We’ve scoured reputable online retailers, looking for demonstrably good hardware with legitimately solid discounts.

Prices depend on the usual street or retail price of the SSD model—so type of drive, its capacity, and its speed are all factors. (The only caveat: Those street prices have risen in this past year, due to the AI datacenter boom. Demand from those businesses has been that high.)

This year, expect to pay around $100 to $110 for a 1TB NVMe Gen 4 drive, and $130 to $170 for a 2TB NVMe Gen 4 drive. But the easier guideline is to just look for discounts of at least 10 to 15 percent or more, depending on the model.

Nope! Unlike other products, storage vendors don’t produce special models for sale periods like Black Friday/Cyber Monday. These are the same models you’d find on a retail shelf or available on a website throughout the rest of the year.

The best Black Friday/Cyber Monday deals drop prices on SSDs and HDDs from reliable brands. A good discount starts around 15 to 20 percent—and a great deal will be 30 percent or more. Typically, the bigger bargains are higher-capacity SSDs.

For the specific brands to watch, stick with known names like Samsung, Crucial, Corsair, SK Hynix, and Western Digital. Kingston, Solidigm, and TeamGroup are also options. The further afield you go, the more likely you’ll end up with underperforming (aka slow) drives.

Pay attention to the model, as well. You can often find multiple drives from a single vendor on sale. The usual sweet spots are discounts on high-performing drives rarely on sale and steep price cuts on budget models.

This is the big question. If you’re on a budget, and have a laptop or a PC that has space for a 2.5-inch drive, a humble SATA SSD will already feel like a lightning-fast upgrade from a spinning-platter (HDD) boot drive. SATA SSDs also exist in the gumstick M.2 form factor, but they’re rare now that faster NVMe SSDs are common.

For those trying to decide between NVMe Gen 4 and NVMe Gen 5 drives, you can buy a Gen 4 drive and still get excellent speed. However, if you need the absolute fastest speeds because you move around large files, then a Gen 5 drive will help better futureproof you. Generally, if you’re building a PC for gaming or light office work, a Gen 4 drive is a fine investment.

Still having trouble deciding? You can check out our guide on choosing an SSD for more details about each type of solid-state drive.

PCWorld tests and reviews new SSDs every month, so if you’re looking to see what we recommend without regard to deal prices, check our rankings of the best SSDs of 2025. But it’s not an either/or situation: Sometimes our top picks go on sale during November!