An NVMe SSD is an essential part of the best gaming PCs in 2021, particularly as an increasing number of developers recommend their games be installed on a solid state drive to cut down the time you spend on loading screens. Now is the perfect time to upgrade to the best SSD for gaming, too, as you can get Samsung's PCIe 4.0-powered 980 Pro for a fraction of the price.
If you're just looking for a boot drive to make your operating system load quicker, you can save $20 on the 500GB 980 Pro, as it currently costs $130 on Samsung's store. 1TB offers you the best bang for your buck, affording you more room to download your Steam library for $190, which is down $40 from its original price tag. The flagship 2TB model is also discounted by $60, bringing the price down to $370 for those that need the space.
These drives will work with most modern systems, but you'll need the best gaming motherboard with PCIe 4.0 support to make the most of them. The fourth generation connection is around twice as fast as the current common PCIe 3.0 standard, and a whopping 12 times faster than SATA models, making them a significant upgrade.
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