SanDisk 2TB SSD Falls to New All-Time Low, Amazon Wants All Stock Gone for Black Friday

"Solid-state drives (SSDs) eliminate mechanical parts entirely, using flash memory that reads and writes data at speeds ten times faster than traditional HDDs. The SanDisk 2TB Extreme portable SSD delivers NVMe performance in a pocket-sized package, now sitting at $162 instead of the usual $209 price tag. This marks an all-time low for this capacity, with Amazon wanting to clear inventory before Black Friday ends."

"This SanDisk SSD pushes read speeds up to 1,050MB/s and write speeds of about 1,000MB/s over its USB 3.2 Gen 2 connection. These numbers are indicative of real performance you can expect to see in the real world when transferring files, not some theoretical maximum that never materializes. A 4K movie file of roughly 25GB copies in about 25 seconds and that same transfer takes over three minutes on external hard drives."

"Inside the drive, NVMe technology delivers this performance by using direct PCIe lanes rather than the SATA bottleneck that constrains older SSDs. The controller manages data efficiently, maintaining consistent speeds even during sustained transfers that would cause cheaper drives to throttle. This you'll notice most when backing up large folders or copying entire game libraries, as the speeds keep steady rather than starting fast and degrading over time."

HDDs typically max out around 120MB/s, making large file transfers slow. SSDs use flash memory and read/write data roughly ten times faster. The SanDisk 2TB Extreme portable SSD offers NVMe-level performance in a pocket-sized unit, currently priced at $162 down from $209 as Amazon reduces inventory before Black Friday ends. The drive achieves up to 1,050MB/s read and about 1,000MB/s write over USB 3.2 Gen 2, producing real-world transfers like copying a 25GB 4K movie in about 25 seconds. NVMe uses PCIe lanes and an efficient controller to sustain speeds during long transfers. The 2TB capacity suits video editors, photographers, gamers, and fast backup targets for Mac and Windows.

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