WD_BLACK’s 2TB 7,300 MB/s SN850X SSD with heatsink hits 2024 low at $135, plus up to $320 off 4TB and 8TB models

2024 low/$135

As a part of its ongoing Black Friday sale, Walmart is offering the WD_BLACK 2TB SN850X NVMe SSD for $134.99 shipped. This particular model has fetched as much as $160 in recent months and has lately been going for $150 on Amazon. Today’s deal delivers a $15 discount on its usual going rate, knocking it $5 below its previous 2024 low from September. This is the lowest price we have tracked for this SSD this year, and you can also score its non-heatsink variant at $128.99 shipped right now, which is also the lowest we’ve tracked for it this year. If you’re looking to add more storage, then its 4TB and 8TB variants are also discounted and down to their lowest prices today at $269.99 and $609.99 shipped, respectively. Head below for more details.

The WD_BLACK SN850X SSD is available in 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, and 8TB capacities, and it can deliver speeds of up to 7,300 MB/s. This M.2 2280 Gen4 PCIe SSD can be installed fairly easily in both PlayStation 5 consoles and PCs carrying a motherboard with a compatible slot. It offers features like predictive loading, overhead balancing, and adaptive thermal management to deliver a reliable experience, and it even has an RGB light which can be controlled via the WD_BLACK Dashboard when installed in a PC. Also, this particular variant also comes with a pre-installed heatsink, so you should be able to install it in your PS5 without having to worry about any heating issues. You can check out our hands-on review of the non-heatsink model to learn more about it in detail.

If you’re looking for relatively cheaper alternatives, then Western Digital’s 4TB Blue SN5000 Gen 4 NVMe SSD is down to $200 right now. It can deliver transfer speeds of up to 5,500MB/s and is down from its usual price of $300.

WD_BLACK 2TB SN850X NVMe SSD features:

• Get the ultimate gaming edge over your competition with insane speeds up to 7,300 MB/s(1) for top-level performance and radically short load times.date transfer rate:7300.0 megabytes_per_second.Specific uses: Gaming
• A range of capacities from 1TB to 4TB(2) means you get to keep more of today’s games that can take up 200GB(2) or more of storage.
• The WD_BLACK Dashboard monitors your drive’s health, controls your RGB style and can automatically detect games to turn on Game Mode 2.0 (Windows only).
• Predictive Loading, Overhead Balancing, and Adaptive Thermal Management features come to the SN850X to juice up your gaming performance.(3)
• Supports future games developed for Microsoft’s DirectStorage technology for faster load times.