Snag this premium WD Black SN850 2TB for a mere $199 while it lasts — 2TB SSD hits lowest price in months

Due to the ongoing global memory shortage, SSD pricing has also risen gradually over the past few months, particularly for models with onboard DRAM cache. That said, if you are looking to add high-performance storage to your PC, the WD Black SN850 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD is currently available for under $200 on Amazon. This is the lowest price we’ve seen for the drive in the past six months, except for a brief period in September when the SSD dropped to $191.47.

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The slightly faster SN850X has succeeded the WD Black SN850, yet it remains a solid choice for anyone seeking a fast and reliable PCIe 4.0 SSD. The drive is designed for high-performance PCs and consoles, including official PS5 support, and includes a heatsink to improve thermal performance. Featuring WD’s proprietary controller with a BiCS4 96-layer TLC NAND and a Micron DDR4 DRAM cache, it offers sequential read speeds of up to 7,000 MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 5,100 MB/s on the 2TB storage model.

(Image credit: Tom's Hardware)

(Image credit: Tom's Hardware)

Even random performance is strong, with 1,000,000 IOPS for reads and 710,000 IOPS for writes, supporting responsiveness in real-world tasks such as game loading, file copying, and multitasking. Additionally, the drive offers a high endurance rating of 1,200 TBW (terabytes written) and a five-year warranty.

The drive also includes WD’s advanced SLC caching system (nCache 4.0), which aims to improve sustained performance by dynamically allocating portions of the TLC NAND as a faster cache during heavy workloads. This makes it suitable not only for gaming but also for content creation, large file transfers, and professional workflows. There is no hardware-based AES-256 encryption, but it supports standard features like Trim, S.M.A.R.T., and low-power states.

If you have been waiting for a good deal on a high-end SSD, now is a strong time to grab the WD Black SN850 2TB for $199 before prices may rise again.

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