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A hard drive is a data storage device that stores digitally encoded data on rapidly rotating platters with magnetic surfaces. The data is accessed in a random-access manner, meaning that it can be read in any order and not only sequentially. Hard drives are the most common type of non-volatile memory used in personal computers. Browse the top-ranked list of safe drives below along with associated reviews and opinions.
SanDisk Professional - G-DRIVE 1TB External USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C (NVMe) Portable SSD - Black
Model: SDPS11A-001T-GBANBSKU: 6467101Top comment"My video mixer only records to SSD drives, so I went looking for a drive that I can recored to as well as edit off of so I made the purchase. ...Awesome solid state back up drive. Very compact and backs up data much quicker then a conventional back up drive. ...One of the best ssd drives on the market...Awesome drive"
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Store your photos and videos with this SanDisk Professional G-Drive SSD. The included USB-C to USB-A cable adapter enables backward compatibility with older devices, while the USB 3.0 interface offers data rates of up to 10 Gbps for rapid file transfer. This SanDisk G-Drive SSD boasts a 1TB storage capacity to accommodate large files, and the ultra-rugged construction offers durability.Top comment"My video mixer only records to SSD drives, so I went looking for a drive that I can recored to as well as edit off of so I made the purchase. ...Awesome solid state back up drive. Very compact and backs up data much quicker then a conventional back up drive. ...One of the best ssd drives on the market...Awesome drive"
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Store your photos and videos with this SanDisk Professional G-Drive SSD. The included USB-C to USB-A cable adapter enables backward compatibility with older devices, while the USB 3.0 interface offers data rates of up to 10 Gbps for rapid file transfer. This SanDisk G-Drive SSD boasts a 1TB storage capacity to accommodate large files, and the ultra-rugged construction offers durability.See all External SSDsYour price for this item is $129.99The previous price was $179.99
Seagate - Game Drive M.2 1TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe with Heatsink for PS5
Model: ZP1000GP3A4001SKU: 6520529Top comment"Great drive...Great drive for PS5!...I recently noticed that my PS5 drive was filling up and that I needed to fill the empty SSD slot for additional space (especially with MW2 coming out). "
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Maximize your PS5 gaming experience with the Game Drive M.2 SSD for PS5. Optimized for both the Digital and Standard Editions of PS5, this SSD installs with just a screwdriver and features a custom heatsink to keep your system running at peak performance. Grab hold of up to 7300/6000MB/s sequential read/write speeds and seamlessly bolster your gaming capacity with up to 1TB of space.Top comment"Great drive...Great drive for PS5!...I recently noticed that my PS5 drive was filling up and that I needed to fill the empty SSD slot for additional space (especially with MW2 coming out). "
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Maximize your PS5 gaming experience with the Game Drive M.2 SSD for PS5. Optimized for both the Digital and Standard Editions of PS5, this SSD installs with just a screwdriver and features a custom heatsink to keep your system running at peak performance. Grab hold of up to 7300/6000MB/s sequential read/write speeds and seamlessly bolster your gaming capacity with up to 1TB of space.See all Internal SSDsYour price for this item is $129.99The previous price was $149.99
Seagate - Game Drive M.2 4TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe with Heatsink for PS5
Model: ZP4000GP3A4001SKU: 6520526Top comment"Similar drive to Seagate’s Firecuda version...Bought this drive since the other Seagate drive, the 4TB Firecuda, was sold out. ...This drive is the FireCuda 530 rebranded specifically for the Playstation 5. "
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Maximize your PS5 gaming experience with the Game Drive M.2 SSD for PS5. Optimized for both the Digital and Standard Editions of PS5, this SSD installs with just a screwdriver and features a custom heatsink to keep your system running at peak performance. Grab hold of up to 7250/6900MB/s sequential read/write speeds and seamlessly bolster your gaming capacity with up to 4TB of space.Top comment"Similar drive to Seagate’s Firecuda version...Bought this drive since the other Seagate drive, the 4TB Firecuda, was sold out. ...This drive is the FireCuda 530 rebranded specifically for the Playstation 5. "
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Maximize your PS5 gaming experience with the Game Drive M.2 SSD for PS5. Optimized for both the Digital and Standard Editions of PS5, this SSD installs with just a screwdriver and features a custom heatsink to keep your system running at peak performance. Grab hold of up to 7250/6900MB/s sequential read/write speeds and seamlessly bolster your gaming capacity with up to 4TB of space.See all Internal SSDsYour price for this item is $539.99The previous price was $559.99
Seagate - Game Drive M.2 2TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe with Heatsink for PS5
Model: ZP2000GP3A4001SKU: 6520527Top comment"Great drive...Drive works instantly...Did not have to worry about the drive not being detected in bios. Seagate Game Drives are trustworthy. "
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Maximize your PS5 gaming experience with the Game Drive M.2 SSD for PS5. Optimized for both the Digital and Standard Editions of PS5, this SSD installs with just a screwdriver and features a custom heatsink to keep your system running at peak performance. Grab hold of up to 7300/6900MB/s sequential read/write speeds and seamlessly bolster your gaming capacity with up to 2TB of space.Top comment"Great drive...Drive works instantly...Did not have to worry about the drive not being detected in bios. Seagate Game Drives are trustworthy. "
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Maximize your PS5 gaming experience with the Game Drive M.2 SSD for PS5. Optimized for both the Digital and Standard Editions of PS5, this SSD installs with just a screwdriver and features a custom heatsink to keep your system running at peak performance. Grab hold of up to 7300/6900MB/s sequential read/write speeds and seamlessly bolster your gaming capacity with up to 2TB of space.See all Internal SSDsYour price for this item is $239.99The previous price was $259.99
WD - WD_BLACK SN850X 1TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe with Heatsink for PS5 and Desktops
Model: WDBB9H0010BNC-WRSNSKU: 6512132Top comment"Definitely worth the money especially for upgrading PlayStation 5 hard drive...Perfect Internal Drive for PS5"
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Strap in for breakneck gaming speeds with the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe internal SSD. Crush load times and slash throttling, lagging, and model pop-ins for a smooth, fast experience that lets you compete at your absolute peak. This purpose-built gaming drive comes in the capacity of 1TB with heatsink to help sustain top-end performance for more consistent gameplay. With the advanced features of Game Mode 2.0 (Windows only) plus speeds that approach the limits of the PCIe Gen4 interface, the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe SSD delivers top-tier performance to keep you playing, streaming, recording, and dominating the game.Top comment"Definitely worth the money especially for upgrading PlayStation 5 hard drive...Perfect Internal Drive for PS5"
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Strap in for breakneck gaming speeds with the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe internal SSD. Crush load times and slash throttling, lagging, and model pop-ins for a smooth, fast experience that lets you compete at your absolute peak. This purpose-built gaming drive comes in the capacity of 1TB with heatsink to help sustain top-end performance for more consistent gameplay. With the advanced features of Game Mode 2.0 (Windows only) plus speeds that approach the limits of the PCIe Gen4 interface, the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe SSD delivers top-tier performance to keep you playing, streaming, recording, and dominating the game.See all Internal SSDsYour price for this item is $109.99The previous price was $204.99
WD - BLACK SN850X 4TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe
Model: WDBB9G0040BNC-WRSNSKU: 6512129Top comment"Great drive....Great NVMe drive. Nice and fast and large enough for me to upgrade the system without having all the SSDs needed....Great drive for a good price....Using it for a dedicated gaming drive: load times are fast, and performance has been great."
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Strap in for breakneck gaming speeds with the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe internal SSD. Crush load times and slash throttling, lagging, and model pop-ins for a smooth, fast experience that lets you compete at your absolute peak. This purpose-built gaming drive comes in the capacity of 4TB. With the advanced features of Game Mode 2.0 (Windows only) plus speeds that approach the limits of the PCIe Gen43 interface, the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe SSD delivers top-tier performance to keep you playing, streaming, recording, and dominating the game.Top comment"Great drive....Great NVMe drive. Nice and fast and large enough for me to upgrade the system without having all the SSDs needed....Great drive for a good price....Using it for a dedicated gaming drive: load times are fast, and performance has been great."
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Strap in for breakneck gaming speeds with the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe internal SSD. Crush load times and slash throttling, lagging, and model pop-ins for a smooth, fast experience that lets you compete at your absolute peak. This purpose-built gaming drive comes in the capacity of 4TB. With the advanced features of Game Mode 2.0 (Windows only) plus speeds that approach the limits of the PCIe Gen43 interface, the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe SSD delivers top-tier performance to keep you playing, streaming, recording, and dominating the game.See all Internal SSDsYour price for this item is $379.99The previous price was $649.99
WD - WD_BLACK SN850X 2TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe with Heatsink for PS5 and Desktops
Model: WDBB9H0020BNC-WRSNSKU: 6512130Top comment"PS5 Drive...This drive was perfect for my PS5. Easy to install. Highly recommend....Fast drive with OEM heatsink...Fast drive with built-in heat sink for use with PS5, very responsive!"
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Strap in for breakneck gaming speeds with the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe internal SSD. Crush load times and slash throttling, lagging, and model pop-ins for a smooth, fast experience that lets you compete at your absolute peak. This purpose-built gaming drive comes in the capacity of 2TB with heatsink to help sustain top-end performance for more consistent gameplay. With the advanced features of Game Mode 2.0 (Windows only) plus speeds that approach the limits of the PCIe Gen4 interface, the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe SSD delivers top-tier performance to keep you playing, streaming, recording, and dominating the game.Top comment"PS5 Drive...This drive was perfect for my PS5. Easy to install. Highly recommend....Fast drive with OEM heatsink...Fast drive with built-in heat sink for use with PS5, very responsive!"
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Strap in for breakneck gaming speeds with the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe internal SSD. Crush load times and slash throttling, lagging, and model pop-ins for a smooth, fast experience that lets you compete at your absolute peak. This purpose-built gaming drive comes in the capacity of 2TB with heatsink to help sustain top-end performance for more consistent gameplay. With the advanced features of Game Mode 2.0 (Windows only) plus speeds that approach the limits of the PCIe Gen4 interface, the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe SSD delivers top-tier performance to keep you playing, streaming, recording, and dominating the game.See all Internal SSDsYour price for this item is $179.99The previous price was $334.99
Crucial - P3 Plus 1TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe
Model: CT1000P3PSSD8SKU: 6509715Top comment"Fast drive at a good price...I have MSFS solely on this drive and noticed it did seem to start up faster....It feels just as fast as other nvme drives ive had in laptops for a lot less."
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Valuable Gen4 performance is here. Introducing the Crucial P3 Plus Gen4 NVMe SSD, delivering impressive speed with sequential reads/writes up to 5000/4200MB/s1 while providing data protection for optimal security. Engineered by Micron with the latest Gen4 NVMe technology, the Crucial P3 Plus comes in generous capacities2 and offers flexible backward compatibility for most Gen3 systems.Top comment"Fast drive at a good price...I have MSFS solely on this drive and noticed it did seem to start up faster....It feels just as fast as other nvme drives ive had in laptops for a lot less."
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Valuable Gen4 performance is here. Introducing the Crucial P3 Plus Gen4 NVMe SSD, delivering impressive speed with sequential reads/writes up to 5000/4200MB/s1 while providing data protection for optimal security. Engineered by Micron with the latest Gen4 NVMe technology, the Crucial P3 Plus comes in generous capacities2 and offers flexible backward compatibility for most Gen3 systems.See all Internal SSDsYour price for this item is $54.99The previous price was $65.99
WD - BLACK SN850X 2TB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe
Model: WDBB9G0020BNC-WRSNSKU: 6512128Top comment"Decent drive for the price if you grab it on sale...No issues with WD Black nvme drives, this will be my 3rd and 2nd 2tb drive....Probably one of the best pcie 4 drives. The read and write speeds are insane. Pricing on these drives is really coming down too. "
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Strap in for breakneck gaming speeds with the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe internal SSD. Crush load times and slash throttling, lagging, and model pop-ins for a smooth, fast experience that lets you compete at your absolute peak. This purpose-built gaming drive comes in the capacity of 2TB. With the advanced features of Game Mode 2.0 (Windows only) plus speeds that approach the limits of the PCIe Gen43 interface, the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe SSD delivers top-tier performance to keep you playing, streaming, recording, and dominating the game.Top comment"Decent drive for the price if you grab it on sale...No issues with WD Black nvme drives, this will be my 3rd and 2nd 2tb drive....Probably one of the best pcie 4 drives. The read and write speeds are insane. Pricing on these drives is really coming down too. "
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Strap in for breakneck gaming speeds with the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe internal SSD. Crush load times and slash throttling, lagging, and model pop-ins for a smooth, fast experience that lets you compete at your absolute peak. This purpose-built gaming drive comes in the capacity of 2TB. With the advanced features of Game Mode 2.0 (Windows only) plus speeds that approach the limits of the PCIe Gen43 interface, the WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe SSD delivers top-tier performance to keep you playing, streaming, recording, and dominating the game.See all Internal SSDsYour price for this item is $159.99The previous price was $309.99
Crucial - P3 500GB Internal SSD PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe
Model: CT500P3SSD8SKU: 6509714Top comment"Upgraded the storage in my Asus netbook, very nice little drive. Opened package, and inserted it into the laptop. "
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Basic bootup speeds won’t cut it — not at work, on the go, or in the game. But the Crucial P3 SSD is anything but basic. With NVMe performance that’s more than 6x faster than SATA2 and storage capacities up to 4TB3, the P3 leaves older storage technology in the dust. Get faster bootups, downloads and file transfers, and store all your files, photos, videos, apps, and games with room to spare with the quality and dependability you expect from Crucial.Top comment"Upgraded the storage in my Asus netbook, very nice little drive. Opened package, and inserted it into the laptop. "
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Basic bootup speeds won’t cut it — not at work, on the go, or in the game. But the Crucial P3 SSD is anything but basic. With NVMe performance that’s more than 6x faster than SATA2 and storage capacities up to 4TB3, the P3 leaves older storage technology in the dust. Get faster bootups, downloads and file transfers, and store all your files, photos, videos, apps, and games with room to spare with the quality and dependability you expect from Crucial.See all Internal SSDsYour price for this item is $34.99The previous price was $36.99
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