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Today is World Backup Day (March 31st), meant to remind everyone to protect their precious data. Amazon is having a large storage sale to commemorate the occasion with discounts of up to 67 percent on hard disks, memory cards, SSDs and more. Some standout deals include the WD Black 2TB NVMe SSD for PS5 consoles for $170 (43 percent off), the SanDisk 2TB Extreme Pro Portable SSD for $175 (24 percent off) and SanDisk’s 1TB Extreme microSDXC memory card for $100, a full two-thirds off the regular price.
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WD’s Black Gen4 PCIe NVMe 2TB SSD can hold up to 50 games on your PS5 and delivers read/write speeds of 7,000MB/s and 5,300MB/s respectively, allowing for seamless gameplay. It’ll work equally well for your PC, particularly for content creation. The 2TB model is an incredible deal at $170, considering the regular price is $300. But if you want to spend a bit less and don’t need as much storage, the 1TB model is also on sale for $125 for a savings of 31 percent.
If it’s backup storage you’re after, Amazon has you covered here as well. The SanDisk 2TB Extreme Pro portable SSD, with speeds up to 2,000MB/s (USB 3.2 Gen 2×2) is $175, for a savings of $24 percent. You can also pick up the 1TB version for $130 (58 percent off), and the 4TB model is $400, a whopping $500 off the regular price — though you’ll actually spend less by getting two 2TB models.
The final product of note is SanDisk’s 1TB microSDXC card, on sale for just $100, or 67 percent ($200) off the regular price. You’ll also see a stellar deal on the 512GB version, which can be found for $48 or 56 percent off (again, it’s cheaper to get two of these than a single 1TB card, though the latter may be more convenient).
You’ll find plenty of other deals, like WD’s 20TB Elements external HDD for $280 (45 percent off), Lexar’s 2TB NM800 Pro NVMe Gen 4.0 SSD for $112 (57 percent off) and Lexar’s CFexpress Type A Gold Series memory cards for Sony cameras at $272 (32 percent off). And bear in mind that a number of Samsung SSDs and memory cards are still on sale from last week with savings of up to 54 percent. The deals are just on for today, so if you’re in the market, act soon.
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