Save a huge $130 on our favorite WD Black gaming SSD, if you're quick

It's always a good idea to keep an eye on your storage when you've got a gaming PC, and now is a great time for a high-speed upgrade, thanks to this brilliant gaming SSD deal on Amazon Prime Day. For just $189.99, you can treat yourself to a 2TB WD Black SN8100 SSD, one of the fastest SSDs on the market right now, and saving you a huge 41% in the process.

There's no doubt about it - this Western Digital drive is a performance beast. As our WD Black SN8100 review shows, this is the fastest gaming SSD that we've tested to date, easily making it the top-speed drive on our guide to the best gaming SSD. While it wasn't the best option for budget gamers initially, this big Prime Day deal discount makes it a much more tempting option.

Speed is the WD Black SN8100's biggest appeal, because as our review benchmarks show, this PCIe 5.0 drive was able to hit sequential read and write speeds of 14,897MB/s and 14,088MB/s apiece. In fact, the SN8100 was able to top all of our benchmark speed tests, bar one.

There aren't many drives that can get close to it on speed right now, and as our Samsung 9100 Pro review shows, while that drive was the undisputed SSD speed king, the SN8100 was able to dethrone it just one month later.

Thermal performance is the only area where the WD Black drive struggles compared to the competition, running up to a peak 73°C during our tests. If you're running this drive hard, make sure you use a chunky PCIe 5.0 SSD heatsink with it, just to keep those PC temperatures down.

All in all, if you're looking for the fastest SSD out there right now, then this WD Black SN8100 drive is the one for you. The 2TB model offers the best discount for gamers right now, and you can pick it up for just $189.99 from Amazon using this link here, down from $319.99 originally. UK gamers, meanwhile, can use this Amazon link to pick it up for a more modest 15% discount, costing £198.98, using this link instead.

Thinking about further upgrades to your PC? While you're switching out your storage, a RAM upgrade could offer a performance boost too. You can check out our best gaming RAM guide for some solid options from decent brands to increase your gaming PC's memory.

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