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I'm gonna be blunt here. Amazon Prime Day is incoming, and the Prime Day gaming deals are starting to unfurl, but you aren't going to see discounts on the best SSDs for gaming any time soon. At least, not in the traditional sense.
The ongoing effects of the RAM storage are still taking their toll on drives, to the point where Nelson Duann, a vice president at Silicon Motion, told Tom's Hardware that "the retail SSD market has almost disappeared."
It definitely feels that way, as stock is dwindling, and any remaining SSDs on Amazon are listed for prices far beyond their MSRPs. Any 'discounts' you spot now and during this week's Prime Day shenanigans aren't proper savings off the drive's original prices. Instead, they're just marked down from whatever ridiculous price the SSD was just days before, which is as frustrating as it is demoralising. That being said, if you are desperate for some extra storage for your desktop gaming rig either way, these are the SSDs you need to look out for - and, while you're at it, keep your fingers crossed that they're as close to their launch prices as possible.
Remember, if you're looking for one of the best SSDs for PS5 in particular, you'll need to grab a 2280 form factor, Gen 4 drive with a compatible heatsink to fit into the console's M.2 slot.
I've also rounded up the best Nintendo Switch 2 microSD Express Cards, the best external hard drives, and the best Xbox Series X hard drives if you're on the hunt for more storage for your gaming platform of choice.
