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By Rob Dwiar published 2 July 2022

The Crucial X8 in its 2TB form has equaled its record low price and is an absolute bargain in the early 4th of July PS5 deal offerings

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This early 4th of July PS5 deal is a sure-fire way to solve any storage concerns you have in one fell swoop - and do it for a lowest ever price. 

Right now, you can grab the Crucial X8 2TB external PS5 SSD for $189.99 at Amazon (was $220). This equals the drive's lowest ever price that we've only ever seen three times since the product launched back in 2020, and so represents the best possible opportunity to pick it up and store all your PS5 games, and store and play your PS4 games. For full disclosure, the drive has hung around at this price for a bit, but it was only back in late March that it was nearly $200, and in February that it was at its full price.

Given the size and remaining relevance - and attraction, of course - of that latter library, a PS5 external hard drive is the perfect solution to having multiple games within arms reach, while also having a safe place to store the PS5 games you want to be able to play when you're ready to.

While it might not match the performance of those internal drives vying to be the best PS5 SSD money can buy, a drive like the Crucial X8 is one of the closest solutions you can get, offering speeds of around the 1,000MB/s mark.

Today's best early 4th of July PS5 SSD deal

Crucial X8 SSD | 2TB | $219.99 $189.99 at Amazon
Save $30

Crucial X8 SSD | 2TB | $219.99 $189.99 at Amazon
Save $30 - This robust PS5 external hard drive is one of the best ways you can back up your PS5 library, and keep your PS4 library to hand. It's sleek, sturdy, and spacious, and it's at its lowest ever price right now.

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Crucial X6 SSD | 1TB | $110 $99.99 at Amazon
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Crucial X6 SSD | 1TB | $110 $99.99 at Amazon
Save $10 - However, if you're only after a 1TB drive, then the X8's sister SSD, the X6, offers great value and keeps you below the three-figure mark for a full 1TB-worth of external storage.

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