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All SSDs are expensive right now due to the AI-driven NANDpocalypse, but the biggest, densest drives are where you'll find the wildest prices. If you need a big drive at a reasonable cost under present conditions, you can get one for less at Woot. The WD Black SN850X, one of the fastest PCIe Gen4 drives around, is just $1199.99 right now, or about 15c/GB, which is a solid price in 2026.

WD Black SN850X 8TB Gen4x4 SSD at Woot for $1199.99

This particular SN850X comes with a heatsink included, and you can either run it as-is or remove it for use with motherboards that have their own integrated SSD cooling solutions.

In our performance testing of the SN850X 8TB, it proved itself as one of the fastest Gen4 SSDs around, only getting consistently outclassed by PCIe Gen5 drives. And its large capacity didn't result in a performance falloff, as could sometimes happen with contemporary 8TB drives.