[STEAM] SSD discounts are almost nonexistent, but these are the drives to watch if you're desperate for extra storage this week

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I'm gonna be blunt here.

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Prime Day is incoming, and the

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are starting to unfurl, but you aren't going to see discounts on the

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any time soon. At least, not in the traditional sense.

The ongoing effects of the

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are still taking their toll on drives, to the point where Nelson Duann, a vice president at Silicon Motion, told

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that "the retail SSD market has almost disappeared."

It definitely feels that way, as stock is dwindling, and any remaining SSDs on

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are listed for prices far beyond their MSRPs. Any 'discounts' you spot now and during this week's Prime Day shenanigans aren't proper savings off the drive's original prices. Instead, they're just marked down from whatever ridiculous price the SSD was just days before, which is as frustrating as it is demoralising. That being said, if you are desperate for some extra storage for your desktop gaming rig either way, these are the SSDs you need to look out for - and, while you're at it, keep your fingers crossed that they're as close to their launch prices as possible.

Remember, if you're looking for one of the

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in particular, you'll need to grab a 2280 form factor, Gen 4 drive with a compatible heatsink to fit into the console's M.2 slot.

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Samsung Samsung 990 Pro SSD - 1TB

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SanDisk WD ****** SN850X SSD - 1TB

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Crucial T700 Gen5 SSD - 1TB

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Seagate Firecuda 530R SSD With Heatsink - 2TB

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Samsung Samsung 990 Pro SSSD - 2TB

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Lexar NM790 SSSD With Heatsink - 1TB

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fanxiang S770 1TB SSD for Ps5 - With Heatsink

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WD ****** SN850P SSD - 1TB

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WD_BLACK P40 Game Drive SSD - 1TB

I've also rounded up the

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, the

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, and the

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if you're on the hunt for more storage for your gaming platform of choice.

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