Deal: WD just slashed 50% off one of the fastest Gen-4 M.2 SSDs for PC and PS5

Western Digital SN850X SSD
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Ebuyer in the UK is currently offering 50% off this amazing SSD, which is one of the fastest upgrades you can currently get for your PC and PS5 (Xbox has left the chat). We set out to find a similar deal for our US readers and can happily report back that Amazon US is also shaving a juicy 45% off, offering the Western Digital Black SN850X 2TB SSD for $159.99.

WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD $289.99 $159.99 at Amazon (US)

WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD $289.99 $159.99 at Amazon (US)
Boost your rig with this SSD built to load games at lightning speeds. The WD_BLACK SN850X NVMe SSD has read speeds of up to 7,300 MB/s.

WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD£299.99£149.99 at Ebuyer (UK)

WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD £299.99 £149.99 at Ebuyer (UK)
PC Gaming at its speediest, enjoy breakneck read/write speeds and crush loading times with this small but powerful upgrade for your gaming setup. 

The WD Black SN850X is well known for its incredible read/write speeds, clocking as high as 7300MN/s but if you want the full lowdown on the specs of this particular model, look no further: 

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FormM.2 2280
Capacity2TB
InterfacePCIe Gen4 x4 (NVMe)
Durability1,200 TB
Read Speed7,300MB/s
Write Speed6,600MB/s
WarrantyFive years

The WD Black SN850X always scores impressively highly in stress tests and promises to minimize loading times, throttling and load-in environment textures quicker than you can blink. It's purpose-built to improve your gaming experience, and more importantly with 2TB of space, you'll have more room to store those all-important titles.

It's worth noting that if you wish to purchase one of these SSD specifically for use in a PlayStation 5 console then you will need to purchase the 'with Heatsink' version, which is at a higher cost but still discounted. If only it was as cheap to upgrade our Xbox Series X|S, with which upgrading the SSD still comes at a premium. 

Jennifer Young
Contributor, Gaming

Jen is a News Writer for Windows Central, focused on all things gaming and Microsoft. Anything slaying monsters with magical weapons will get a thumbs up such as Dark Souls, Dragon Age, Diablo, and Monster Hunter. When not playing games, she'll be watching a horror or trash reality TV show, she hasn't decided which of those categories the Kardashians fit into. You can follow Jen on Twitter @Jenbox360 for more Diablo fangirling and general moaning about British weather.