Storage Drives under $300

3 storage drives under $300 from Samsung, Western Digital, SanDisk and more. Prices run $250 to $289.

SamsungSpec score 8.8

SSD, NVMe, M.2, 1TB

+5 pcie generation: the highest pcie generation of the 27 here

+14700 read speed: only 1 of 23 here have a higher read speed

$249.99-26%List: ~~$339.99~~

as of 11/04/2026 07:07 PST - Details

CrucialSpec score 8.8

SSD, NVMe, M.2, 1TB

+PCIe Gen5 NVMe interface

+Read speeds up to 14,900MB/s

+1TB capacity for large files and applications

$289.99

as of 11/04/2026 13:11 PST - Details

KioxiaSpec score 8.5

SSD, NVMe, M.2, 1TB

+1 TB capacity for a large library of games and files

+Up to 10,000 MB/s read speed on PCIe Gen5

+Backward compatible with PCIe 4.0 slots

$262.08

as of 11/03/2026 23:46 PST - Details

Compare specs

Kind	Interface	Form	Capacity	PCIe generation	Spec score	Price
SSD	NVMe	M.2	1TB	5	8.8	$249.99 as of 11/04/2026 07:07 PST - Details
SSD	NVMe	M.2	1TB	5	8.8	$289.99 as of 11/04/2026 13:11 PST - Details
SSD	NVMe	M.2	1TB	5	8.5	$262.08 as of 11/03/2026 23:46 PST - Details

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