2TB SSDs

NVMe or SATA at 2TB?

Both are listed here because a 2TB SSD comes in both kinds. Right now a typical 2TB NVMe drive costs $0.175/GB and a typical SATA drive $0.172/GB. An NVMe drive is several times faster on paper and plugs straight into an M.2 slot. A SATA drive is capped at about 550 MB/s by its connection, and is the one to buy when a machine has no free M.2 slot or no M.2 slot at all. Use the Interface filter to show one kind.

What to check at 2TB

Sort by price per gigabyte first, then look at the Cache column: a drive with its own DRAM holds up better when it is busy or nearly full, which matters more on a boot drive than any headline speed. TLC memory lasts longer and slows down less on long writes than QLC. Endurance (TBW) usually rises with capacity, so a 2TB drive is rated for more total writing than the smaller sizes of the same family.

Every row is one drive at exactly this size. For every size of a drive family, open its line page from the name; for everything else, the NVMe and SATA hubs list every capacity.

2TB SSDs: price, size and what to pick

What it costs. A 2TB SSD runs $149.35 to $546.90 today across the 119 we have prices for, a typical $0.175/GB, with the ADATA LEGEND 860 2TB the cheapest space at $0.075/GB. Prices come from several retailers and update daily.

Is 2TB the right size? 2TB is the size most gaming builds settle on: roughly 16 large games installed at once, with room for Windows and everything else.

How long it lasts. Endurance at 2TB runs around 1,200 TBW, typically under a 5-year warranty. A gaming PC writes a few tens of terabytes a year, so the drive will outlast the build it goes into.

Which one to pick. On specs alone the Corsair MP600 PRO 2TB leads the table at 100/100, while the ADATA LEGEND 860 2TB gives you the most space for the money. Sort by value above to weigh the two against each other.