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Everyone needs fast storage and a solid state drive (SSD) provides just that. You can get internal SSDs for your laptop or PC to reduce boot up times, or you could pick a good external SSD for high-speed backups. Either way, Black Friday is a great time to find good deals on SSDs—I've highlighted a few of the best options for you below.
The Samsung 990 PRO is a high-performance SSD and it's one of the best ones you can buy right now. The 2TB variant is discounted this Black Friday and it sits at the sweet spot for internal SSDs where you get a good amount of storage for not too much money. There are two versions of this Samsung 990 PRO—one with a heatsink and one without. Ideally, you should get the one with the heatsink ($179.99, down from $264.99) for improved cooling and longer life, but if you are among those whose case can't fit an SSD with a heatsink or if you live in colder climates, then you can get the one without it ($159.99, down from $249.99).
If you're looking for a fast, high-capacity boot drive, the MSI Spatium 2TB ($84.99, down from $119.99) is a great pick. It's a PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD and it ensures blazing fast speeds for your laptop or PC. 2TB is enough space for a boot drive for almost everyone, and you could pair it with a larger hard drive to complete your build. That way, you could easily install a few large games on the SSD and store your photos, movies, music, and other files on the hard drive. For Black Friday, the MSI Spatium 2TB is 30% off.
Samsung's got a good reputation in the SSD space and the 1TB 990 EVO ($69.99, down from $119.99) is a decent option for the price. You could use this as a primary boot drive, and since it's 42% off for Black Friday, the price makes it worth considering.
For those of us who need a fast drive to backup and transfer files between different computers, Crucial's X9 Pro 2TB ($119.99, down from $179.99) is a great option at 33% off this Black Friday. It's also water- and dust- resistant, which makes it useful for people who carry their SSDs outdoors.
There are a few ways to expand the storage on your Xbox Series X|S, but the most convenient option is to buy an expansion card for it. Unlike the PS5, which supports storage expansion via a standard internal SSD, Microsoft has opted for proprietary storage, which means that it's really expensive in comparison. Having said that, you can get a 2TB Seagate Expansion Card for 44% off this Black Friday ($199.99, down from $359.99), making it one of the few times it's easier to justify buying.
If the 2TB Xbox Series X|S storage expansion card is too expensive for you, then you can consider getting a 1TB option for half the price. The SanDisk 1TB Storage Expansion card is 33% off for Black Friday ($99.99, down from $149.99) and it's a decent option to increase the storage capacity of your Xbox.
