As we continue our year-end awards and sales guides, we’ve come to SSDs. Thus far, our others guides have covered RAM, various Black Friday picks, monitors, 1080 Tis, and laptops. Below, we’ll look at the best SSDs of 2017, and any resultant sales for Black Friday/Cyber Monday/Holidays. We use the word “sale” loosely: much like DRAM, NAND has spent much of the year suffering from undersupply and insatiable demand, and thus the ensuing price hike. Most manufacturers are transitioning to 64-layer 3D-NAND, and it is progressing slowly. So, new product releases have been few and far between, supply on other NAND types have been constricted, and prices have remained high. It’s likely CES in January will bring news or announcements.

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Form factor Read A measure of how quickly large files can be read from a device. Seq-Mixed SusWrite A measure of how quickly large files can be written to a device. 4k Read A measure of how quickly multiple small files can be read from a device. 4k Write A measure of how quickly multiple small files can be written to a device. 4k Mixed DQ-R A server orientated measure of a drives ability to. Intel certainly was the most visible innovator in the SSD space in 2017, but the price for the Intel Optane SSD 900P is out of reach for any bargain minded user; at well over $1/GB, such a drive. Welcome to our 2.5' and M.2 SSD comparison. We calculate effective speed for both SATA and NVMe drives based on real world performance then adjust by current prices per GB to yield a value for money rating. Our calculated values are checked against thousands of individual user ratings.The customizable table below combines these factors to bring you the definitive list of top SSDs.

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That said, storage is still a glaring bottleneck for many, and there’s not a more tangible difference in response than upgrading to a modern SSD from a mechanical drive. This holiday season should be a good time to pick up an SSD on sale—or at least at a slightly less rapacious price.