Best Deal of 1 TB SSDs NVME

Manufacturers of laptops usually place 256 or 512 GB of storage to new mid-end models. This is clearly not enough to run the OS (for example Windows 11 requires 64 Gb of storage, that is significant for 256 GB systems) and use it comfortably with an office package. When you install modern games that can weigh more than 100 GB it’s obvious that you have not enough space. There is still time for the upgrade, and 1 TB is not so expensive in 2023.

So the first step in finding the best 1 terabyte storage for upgrade is to learn your system requirements. There are 3 main connector types now: SATA cable (slowest one, working on SATA 3 up to 560 Mbps), NVMe PCIe (M.2 slot) or PCIe on the motherboard. M.2 slot works on PCIe 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0 extension bus. The most modern equipment supports fifth generation that can run on speeds up to 14Gb/s.Next is the endurance and warranty research. Most reliable brands now are Samsung, Western Digital and Intel. Many SSD have MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures), that predict how much time the product will work before failing. We strongly recommend to backup SSD regularly to HDD or cloud.

Best deal for its price is the Samsung 970 Evo Plus (less than $80), but it works only on the PCIe 3.0x4 expansion slot, which is two times slower than its PCIe 4.0 devices. If you want something faster and reliable choose between Samsung 990 PRO and Western Digital SN850X, that works in PS5 too by the way.

List of 1 TB SSD to buy in 2024

There is 194 SSD in our database. Links to reviewed models of storage with detailed characteristics listed in table below.

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