Top Black Friday Bargains on SSDs and Storage 2023

You know what goes after a Thanksgiving feast? A bunch of deals on SSD and storage on the side. The best Black Friday SSD and storage deals are here — and some are pretty juicy, too.

However, other discounts aren’t so hot. Some are downright laughable. That’s where we come in. Below is a list of the best SSD and storage deals you can grab right now, on gear that’s actually worth spending your money on. These drives are not only well-rated and popular, but they’re at or very near all-time low prices, too.

By the way, if you see a bargain you like, don’t wait. Some earlier ones have already sold out.

Best Black Friday 2.5-inch SATA SSD deals

2TB SATA SSDs

1TB SATA SSDs

500GB SATA SSDs and under

No matter what time of year you buy a SATA SSD, it’s a great upgrade—particularly when moving up from from a hard drive, but also when expanding your PC’s storage. An old favorite—the Crucial MX500—was first out the gate with decent discounts, but Team Group’s affordable CX2 wants its share of attention, too.

Best Black Friday M.2 NVMe SSD deals

4TB NVMe M.2 SSDs

2TB NVMe M.2 SSDs

1TB NVMe M.2 SSDs

The best deals are on brands that have less long-standing recognition, but have already earned positive feedback for strong performance. Prices are best (and deals most plentiful) on 2TB capacity PCIe Gen 4 SSDs, but you can snag a deal on Crucial’s T700—a fantastic deal on our top pick for a Gen 5 drive with insanely fast transfer speeds.

Best Black Friday on general PC storage

External storage

Need speedy external storage? You can once again grab the Samsung T7 Shield, our pick for the best external USB drive with high performance, at its lowest price ever. You can also pick up the Crucial X6, our pick for the best budget external SSD, at deep discount as well—or its faster sibling, the X8, for just a little more. Meanwhile, if you need just a big fat external HDD, there’s a WD 18TB model that’s on steep discount.

Note: We’ve avoided listing deals for the SanDisk Extreme Pro, SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD V2, and Western Digital MyPassport SSD external drives for now, due to earlier difficulties this year with spontaneous, unexpected data loss.

FAQ

Are Black Friday SSD and storage deals worth it?

In a word, yes. You can save a significant amount of money (sometimes hundreds of dollars on a high capacity drive) during the big Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale period. 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 at legitimately good discounts.

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