One of the easiest and cheapest ways to extend the life of your existing laptop or desktop is to upgrade your system’s memory and storage. If your computer is slow, adding more RAM and additional or faster internal memory can speed up the process. These simple upgrades are often easy to do and won’t break the bank, especially if you’re not ready to upgrade to a brand new computer.
For productivity users, the best deal we’ve found to upgrade your storage is Western Digital’s WD Black SN850X. This NVMe SSD was originally listed for $180, but has now been discounted by $70, bringing the price down to $110 for 1TB of durable storage. If you need more storage, the 4TB Seagate FireCuda NVMe drive is now on sale for up to $530. There are also smaller offerings for 1TB drives if you don’t need that much capacity.
In terms of memory, the Corsair Vengeance LPX desktop RAM kit is currently 25 percent off. There are also other small discounts on DDR4 and DDR5 memory for both laptops and desktops. You can check out our full list of RAM and SSD deals below.
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Recommended SSD Deals
- $130 WD BLACK SN850X NVMe SSD (1TB) (
$180) on Amazon | $110 ($180) at Best Buy - SAMSUNG 980 PRO SSD 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe Gen 4 Gaming M.2 Internal SSD Memory Card for $129 (
$210) on Amazon - Seagate FireCuda 530 4TB Internal SSD – M.2 PCIe Gen4 ×4 NVMe 1.4, PS5 Internal SSD, up to 7300MB/s with heatsink for $530 (
$560) on Amazon - $52 PNY CS1030 1TB M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 Internal SSD (
$110) on Amazon - Patriot P310 960GB Internal SSD – NVMe PCIe M.2 Gen3 x 4 for $50 at Amazon
- $125 Crucial P3 Plus 2TB PCIe Gen4 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD (
$190) on Amazon - Crucial P2 1TB 3D NAND NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD for $83 at Amazon
- $183 Kingston FURY Renegade M.2 2280 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe (
$204) in Newegg - $75 Western Digital WD Blue SN570 1TB NVMe Gen3 x4 PCIe SSD (
$110) on Amazon - $70 WD BLACK SN770 1TB NVMe Gen4 PCIe M.2 2280 SSD (
$130) on Amazon - $90 Crucial P5 Plus 1TB PCIe Gen4 3D NAND NVMe M.2 Gaming SSD (
$160) on Amazon - We hynix Gold P31 1TB PCIe NVMe Gen3 M.2 2280 SSD for $135 and Extra 20% Coupon (
$167) on Amazon - $180 Samsung 980 PRO 2TB PCIe NVMe Gen 4 Gaming M.2 SSD (
$380) on Amazon - $114 WD BLACK SN750 1TB SE NVMe Gaming SSD (
$130) on Amazon