Best NVMe SSDs for Gaming, Ranked by Price per TB
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The best gaming SSD deal right now is whichever NVMe offer on this page has the lowest price per TB — check for PCIe Gen4 and 5,500 MB/s+ reads if it needs to work as PS5 storage.
Modern game installs routinely pass 100 GB, so capacity per dollar matters as much as raw speed. This list ranks today's NVMe SSD offers by price per TB — NVMe only, since that's the floor for current games and consoles — refreshed with every snapshot.
Real-world game load times cluster tightly across NVMe drives: past the NVMe floor, capacity usually beats benchmark numbers. That's why a mid-range 2TB drive at a strong price per TB is often the smarter gaming buy than a flagship 1TB.
Silicon Power 2TB NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen3x4 2280 SSD Solid State Drive (SP002TBP34A60M28)
$215.97 · $107.99/TB as of Oct 19, 04:14 PM EDT
Ranks #1 at $107.99/TB — 28% below the typical 2TB SSD. New condition, NVMe, M.2.
Western Digital 4TB WD Blue SN5000 NVMe Internal Solid State Drive SSD - PCIe Gen 4.0, M.2 2280, Up to 5,500 MB/s - WDS400T4B0E [New Generation]
$449.99 · $112.50/TB as of Oct 19, 04:14 PM EDT
Ranks #2 at $112.50/TB — 25% below the typical 4TB SSD. New condition, NVMe, M.2.
Lufasnd 4TB M.2 NVMe SSD 2280 PCIe Gen4 x4, Up to 5000MB/s, 3D NAND Flash Internal Solid State Drive, Ultra-Fast Gaming Storage Upgrade for Gaming PC, Laptop & Desktop, PS5 Compatible
$469.99 · $117.50/TB as of Oct 19, 04:14 PM EDT
Ranks #3 at $117.50/TB — 22% below the typical 4TB SSD. New condition, NVMe, M.2.
Western Digital 2TB WD Green SN350 NVMe Internal SSD Solid State Drive - Gen3 PCIe, QLC, M.2 2280, Up to 3,200 MB/s - WDS200T3G0C
$246.00 · $123.00/TB as of Oct 19, 04:14 PM EDT
Ranks #4 at $123.00/TB — 18% below the typical 2TB SSD. New condition, NVMe, M.2.
Fikwot FN950 4TB NVMe SSD PCIe Gen4x4 M.2 2280,Read Up to 5000MB/s, Configure SLC Cache, Internal Solid State Drive for PS5 Laptop Desktop
$519.99 · $130.00/TB as of Oct 19, 04:14 PM EDT
Ranks #5 at $130.00/TB — 14% below the typical 4TB SSD. New condition, NVMe, M.2.
KLEVV CRAS C910 2TB M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe Gen4x4 Laptop & Desktop Internal SSD Heatsink Included, up to 5200MB/s (K02TBM2SP0-C91)
$276.99 · $138.50/TB as of Oct 19, 04:14 PM EDT
Ranks #6 at $138.50/TB — 8% below the typical 2TB SSD. New condition, NVMe, M.2.
Ediloca 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD PCIe Gen 3x4, Up to 2150MB/s Read, M.2 2280 Internal Solid State Drive, Dynamic SLC Cache, Compatible with PC, Desktop and Laptops(EN680E)
$139.99 · $139.99/TB as of Oct 19, 04:14 PM EDT
Ranks #7 at $139.99/TB — 12% below the typical 1TB SSD. New condition, NVMe, M.2.
Vansuny 1TB NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Drive PCIe 3.0 TLC M.2 SSD 3D NAND 2280 Speed up to 3400/2900MB/s Internal Solid State Hard Drive PCIe SSD
$143.44 · $143.44/TB as of Oct 19, 04:14 PM EDT
Ranks #8 at $143.44/TB — 10% below the typical 1TB SSD. New condition, NVMe, M.2.
DIGIERA LNV480 1TB PCIe Gen 4.0x4 NVMe M.2 2280 Internal SSD, Up to 5100MB/s Read 4500MB/s Write, High-Speed Storage for Gaming & Professional Workloads Laptop Desktop PC
$143.99 · $143.99/TB as of Oct 19, 04:14 PM EDT
Ranks #9 at $143.99/TB — 9% below the typical 1TB SSD. New condition, NVMe, M.2.
Kingston NV3 2TB M.2 2280 NVMe SSD | PCIe 4.0 Gen 4x4 | Up to 6000 MB/s | SNV3S/2000G
$292.95 · $146.48/TB as of Oct 19, 04:14 PM EDT
Ranks #10 at $146.48/TB — 2% below the typical 2TB SSD. New condition, NVMe, M.2.
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What to look for
For PS5 expansion, the requirements are specific: PCIe Gen4, 5,500 MB/s+ sequential reads, and physical clearance for a heatsink. Gen3 drives that top this list are PC-only in practice — check the interface details on each entry.
DirectStorage on PC shifts decompression to the GPU and rewards NVMe, but it does not require Gen5. Gen5 drives carry a price-per-TB premium and extra heat for gains games barely show yet; Gen4 is the value tier.
Watch for DRAM-less drives at the cheap end of the ranking. For a games library (mostly reads) they're genuinely fine, which makes them legitimate value picks here even though we'd steer a workstation buyer away.
FAQ
Will a cheap NVMe drive slow my games down?
Barely. Game load times are dominated by decompression and engine work, not raw drive throughput — across NVMe drives, load-time differences are typically a second or two. Buy capacity at a good price per TB first.
What SSD works in a PS5?
A PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 drive from 250 GB to 8 TB, with Sony's recommended 5,500 MB/s or faster reads and a heatsink that fits Sony's size limits — Sony requires one. Gen3 and SATA drives don't qualify; the PS5 SSD page lists only drives whose listings meet the spec.
Is NVMe better than SATA for gaming?
For load times, increasingly; for frame rates, rarely. In recent Tom's Hardware testing, SATA matched NVMe frame rates in 9 of 11 games, though PCIe drives lifted 1% lows by 22% to 51% in Forspoken. Newer titles like Ratchet & Clank loaded about five times faster on PCIe than SATA in TechSpot's testing, and DirectStorage's biggest gains need NVMe.
Do I need an SSD for gaming?
Increasingly, yes. Starfield, Baldur's Gate 3, and Cyberpunk 2077 list an SSD in their Steam minimum requirements, and CD Projekt Red warned that running Cyberpunk 2077 from a hard drive may keep new content from streaming properly. In recent tests, hard drives took over four minutes to load Kingdom Come: Deliverance II and caused visible texture pop-in.
Is a Gen5 SSD worth it for gaming?
Not yet on price per TB. Games show minimal load-time gains over Gen4, and Gen5 drives run hot enough to need serious heatsinks. They'll appear in this ranking when their prices normalize — that's the point of ranking by price.