Crucial's top SSD for gaming is now the cheapest it's ever been Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Crucial's top SSD for gaming is now the cheapest it's ever been Get Digital Foundry's favourite gaming SSD for just £42. Deals by James Pickard Contributor Updated on 14 Jun 2021 6 comments The Crucial MX500 - Digital Foundry's pick for the best SSD for gaming - is now just £42. The 500GB model has been reduced to its lowest price so far according to our price tracker - and it will remain that way for the rest of the week. 500GB Crucial MX500 SSD for £41.99 from Amazon UK Why's the MX500 so highly rated, though? Well, it's excellent value for money and will give you a significant boost to loading times when used for OS or game installs. The strong read/write speeds make it superior to the cheaper BX500 series, while other drives from the likes of Samsung and Western Digital offer similar performance but at a higher cost. Granted, 500GB of storage could be a tad small in some cases, but this is a decent chunk of extra room if you have a few key games that you dip into regularly. It's also a great pick if you're after an external hard drive for PS5 - or for any other console, in fact - as you can pair it with a SATA to USB cable or an enclosure to bulk up your storage. Of course, with the PS5 and Xbox Series X, it can only be used to store current-gen games rather than play them. You will, however, gain all the performance benefits of an SSD when transferring games or playing backwards-compatible titles. Watch on YouTube This could be a small teaser of what's to come with Amazon Prime Day set to start next Monday. Offers on SSDs have regularly featured in the yearly sale, so if the MX500 at this capacity isn't exactly what you're after then you'll want to keep an eye on our best Amazon Prime Day deals page for any future bargains. You can also join us over at Jelly Deals or on Twitter where we'll be sharing all the top offers and lightning deals across both days from Amazon and any other retailers that decide to get involved! More Deals Jelly Deals Logitech's G Pro X gaming headset is its lowest-ever price during Amazon's Early Access sale Prime Members can get it for just £52. Jelly Deals Save over £500 off the retail price on this beefy ASUS TUF Dash gaming laptop from Amazon Under £1080 for an RTX 3070 laptop. Jelly Deals Samsung's premium PRO 980 1TB SSD is under £80 during Prime's Early Access sale A great PC or PS5 upgrade. 1 Jelly Deals Amazon Prime Early Access Sale 2022: best gaming deals Find the best gaming deals from the second Prime Day 2022 from PS5 controllers to Nintendo Switch bundles. Latest Articles Digital Foundry Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090: a new level in graphics performance The Digital Foundry video review - and how the new GPU champion delivers for 4K 120fps gaming. Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 3 Feature Evercore Heroes wants to wind people up the right way "There's less rage at them, because they didn't end your fun." Genshin Impact Path of Gleaming Jade dates, login event rewards Including other anniversary rewards and how to claim them. Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store