Amazon’s Early Spring Sale Brings Savings Up to 53% Off SSD and HDD Storage

Amazon’s Spring Sale is heading our way, but deals are already popping up like spring flowers. If you’d like to start your shopping early, you’ve come to the right place. We all know storage space is important, whether you’re downloading video games, TV shows, or movies. Sometimes, you need all your content available at once, instead of struggling to decide what to keep and what to delete. Well, with more storage, you won’t have to worry. I’ll keep updating this as the week goes on, so check back in for the latest deals on SSDs and HDDs.

SanDisk 1TB Extreme PRO Portable SSD Deal

The Sandisk Extreme Pro portable SSD has up to 2000MB per second read and write speeds, delivering powerful performance. This one has up to 1TB of storage. Additionally, it’s incredibly durable, as its aluminum chassis acts like a heatsink to withstand higher temperatures while maintaining its high speeds. It can also withstand drops from up to three meters, and is rated IP65, meaning that’s both water and dust resistant. It also has a built-in carabiner loop which lets you hook it on bags, making for easy portability. And with 256-bit AES hardware encryption, you can ensure that whatever data stored inside is protected.

Contributor Rod Scher awarded it a “Good” rating. In our SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable SSD review, he said, “From its silicone-wrapped aluminum case to its blazing data transfer speeds, SanDisk’s Extreme Pro Portable SSD has a lot to offer, but it’s neither as rugged nor as well-designed as some competitors.”

SanDisk SSD Plus Deal

The SanDisk SSD Plus balances performances and reliability by catering to the everyday consumer. With read and write speeds of up to 535MB and 350MB, respectively, this SSD is ideal for the typical PC build. Applications will load faster and files will be easier to move, enhancing your workspeed. Plus, it doesn’t heat up much, leading to a quieter computer. Furthermore, the SSD is shock, vibration, and temperature resistant, able to withstand drops up to 1500G and temperatures from 0 to 70 degrees celsius.

Western Digital Blue SSD Deal

This SSD is tailored towards the workforce, including professionals, creatives, influencers, and freelancers. It has read speeds up to 560MB per second and the performance boost lets you continue being productive. Furthermore, you can clone your computer’s hard drive as a backup, and the Acronis True Image provides AI-based protection to guard you against ransomware and other online threats. You also have access to the Western Digital SSD dashboard to monitor the drive’s parameters like temperature and available space. This way, you can keep an eye out for your SDD’s health.

Contributor Matt Safford awarded a previous model an “Excellent” rating. In our WD Blue SSD review, he said, “WD’s first SSD since its acquisition of SanDisk nicely threads the performance-and-price needle. This is a solid first showing that should satisfy most consumers who aren’t obsessed with benchmarks and maximum possible speed.”

WD Black SN7100 Deal

The WD Black SN7100 is perfect for gaming, as it’s 35% faster than the previous generation. Its read speed goes up to 7,000 MB per second while the write speed goes up to 6,700 MB/s, making it incredibly efficient. Additionally, its PCIe Gen4 interface is made with laptops and handheld gaming devices in mind, so you have plenty of power, even on the go. It also contains a capacity of 4TB, giving you plenty of space for storage. If you have Windows, you can access the downloadable WD Black dashboard to ensure that your drives are optimized properly to get the most out of this SSD.

Senior hardware writer Tony Hoffman awarded its successor, the WD Black SN8100, an “Exemplary” rating. In our WD Black SN8100 review, he said, “The WD Black SN8100, the new champ of internal SSD speeds, rules in our benchmark testing while generating surprisingly little heat for a PCI Express 5.0 M.2 SSD.”

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Western Digital 4TB WD Blue SN5000 Deal

The WD Blue SN5000 SSD is another excellent option, and it can hold up to 4TB of storage. It utilizes AI with PCIe Gen 4 to reach up to 5,500 MB per second read speeds and makes your workflows more efficient. Plus, its high-end NVMe storage technology lets you switch between applications and projects smoothly, while ensuring up to 1,200TBW endurance for your work. If you need to transfer files, you can also download Acronis True Image to make sure that your data migration occurs safely. With a five-year limited warranty, you can rest easy.

Our expert awarded its successor, the SN5100, an “Excellent” rating. In our WD Blue SN5100 review, he said, “Sandisk’s WD Blue SN5100, a DRAM-less PCIe 4.0 internal SSD with QLC NAND, showed strong performance on most of our benchmarks. It’s also designed for energy efficiency (but ships without a heatsink or heat spreader). It’s well worth considering if the price is right.”

Seagate Barracuda Mobile Hard Drive 4TB Deal

The Seagate Barracuda mobile hard drive has plenty of storage options based on what you need, starting from 500GB. This particular deal is for 4TB, giving you an incredibly amount of storage for your games, music, movies, and more. At 2.5-inches, this hard drive is perfect for light laptops and smaller systems. It also sports read rates of up to 140MB per second, as well data transfer rates of up to 750 MB per second, which makes for speedy data transfers.

We’ve reviewed other Seagate Barracuda hard drives, including the XT and Green, so check them out too!

Seagate Storage Expansion Card 2TB Deal

The Seagate Storage Expansion Card for Xbox Series X|S gives you more storage to download more games on your console. The best part of it is that it doesn’t sacrifice your console’s capabilities, including graphics, load times, and frame rates. You can ensure that your games play the best they can, whether they’re original Xbox, Xbox 360, or Xbox One games. One of the most useful features of the Series X is the Quick Resume ability, which lets you swap between different games on the fly, and this expansion card lets you do so without having to touch internal storage.

Expert Will Greenwald awarded it an “Excellent” rating. In our Seagate Expansion card for Xbox Series X|S review, he said, “The Seagate Storage Expansion Card is an easy, if pricey, way to add 1TB of storage to your Xbox Series S or X, while nearly matching the internal SSD’s fast performance.” This deal is for 2TB, so you’re getting twice as much storage!

We’ll be adding more storage deals as we approach the sal, but while you wait, go ahead and check out more of our early Amazon Spring Sale coverage.