Best SSD & storage deals: Amazon Prime Day discounts

Amazon is offering not one, but two Prime Day shopping events this year. And now the surprise fall edition of Prime Day—officially known as Prime Early Access Sale—is in its last day. Just before midnight on Oct 12, the deals will disappear.

Part of the sweet discounts include hot deals on SSDs and other PC storage, like hard disk drives. To get the best deals, you’ll need an Amazon Prime subscription, as they’re only available to members. Good news is, getting Amazon Prime for free is easy.

Best Prime Early Access Sale deals on SSDs

Some great SSD deals are available during this October Prime Day—you can snag both 2.5-inch and M.2 models for all-time lows, or for very close to the previous best price. Right now, our current and former favorite NVME Gen 4 SSDs (the Seagate FireCuda 530 and SK Hynix P41) are on sale at all-time lows. The FireCuda is the better deal, given its faster speeds, but for folks who have an aversion to Seagate, the SK Hynix is still an excellent alternative.

You can also find discounts on other capacities of these SSDs (like 500GB or 2TB), though not every option offers discounts as good as the ones listed here. In particular, check out the 2TB variant of the Crucial P5 Plus.

2.5-inch SATA SSD deals

• PNY CS900, 1TB 2.5″ SATA SSD – $58 (40% off)
• Crucial MX500, 1TB 2.5″ SATA SSD – $76 (24% off)
• Samsung 870 EVO, 2.5″ SATA SSD – $86 (43% off)

M.2 NVMe SSD deals

• Crucial P5 Plus, 500GB NVMe Gen 4 M.2 SSD – $58 (42% off)
• WD_Black SN770, 1TB NVMe Gen 4 M.2 SSD – $80 (38% off)
• SK Hynix Gold P31, 1TB NVMe Gen 3 M.2 SSD – $87 (48% off)
• Seagate FireCuda 530, 1TB NVMe Gen 4 M.2 SSD – $120 (53% off)
• SK Hynix Platinum P41, 1TB NVMe Gen 4 M.2 SSD – $120 (20% off)
• Intel 670p, 2TB NVMe Gen 3 M.2 SSD – $130 (24% off)

Best Prime Early Access Sale deals on general PC storage

Spinning-platter hard drives still have a purpose—you simply can’t beat their cost-effectiveness for huge amounts of storage. During October Prime Day, you can pick up models in a variety of sizes, either as external or internal drives. Right now, WD’s Red Plus internal hard drives (which are designed for use in network attached storage units) are at all time lows, with the exception of the 6TB model.

As for external hard drives, most of the good deals have sold out already. You can still find discounts, but they’re no longer the kind you’d expect to see during a deep discount period like Prime Day or Black Friday.

External hard drive deals

• WD_Black USB 3.0 Portable External Hard Drive, 5TB – $88 (41% off)
• WD My Book USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive, 12TB – $198 (38% off)

Internal hard drive deals

• WD Red Plus 4TB NAS Internal Hard Drive, 5400 RPM – $70 (15% off)
• WD Red Plus 8TB NAS Internal Hard Drive, 5640 RPM – $130 (48% off)
• WD Red Plus 10TB NAS Internal Hard Drive, 7200 RPM – $160 (20% off)
• WD Red Plus 12TB NAS Internal Hard Drive, 7200 RPM – $190 (49% off)
• WD Red Plus 14TB NAS Internal Hard Drive, 7200 RPM – $210 (55% off)
• WD Blue 6TB Internal Hard Drive, 5400 RPM – $80 (21% off)
• Seagate IronWolf 10TB NAS Internal Hard Drive, 7200 RPM – $160 (34% off)