Storage Drives under $500

2 storage drives under $500 from Samsung, Corsair, Kingston and more. Prices run $415 to $449.

Western DigitalSpec score 7.7

SSD, SATA, M.2, 2TB

+2TB capacity for a large library of games and files

+M.2 2280 form factor fits compact motherboard slots

+Read speeds up to 560 MB/s

−Read speed is limited by the SATA interface compared to NVMe drives

$415.24

as of 11/04/2026 08:10 PST - Details

SamsungSpec score 7.7

SSD, SATA, 2.5 Form, 2TB

+2TB capacity: only 3 of 33 here have a higher capacity

−560 read speed: 18 of the 20 here have a higher read speed

$449.99

as of 11/04/2026 07:06 PST - Details

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storage drive	Kind	Interface	Form	Capacity	PCIe generation	Spec score	Price
	SSD	SATA	M.2	2TB		7.7	$415.24 as of 11/04/2026 08:10 PST - Details
	SSD	SATA	2.5	2TB		7.7	$449.99 as of 11/04/2026 07:06 PST - Details

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