The 2TB Crucial MX500 is 37% off and going for just £134 this Black Friday Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. The 2TB Crucial MX500 is 37% off and going for just £134 this Black Friday One of our favourite SATA SSDs of all time. Deals by Prasad Naik Contributor Updated on 29 Nov 2021 4 comments The Crucial MX500 is one of our favourite SATA SSDs here at Digital Foundry. It has made its way through several of our recommendation guides and continues to be a good option even in these modern times where M.2 drives are starting to make some serious inroads. Now thanks to some amazing Black Friday discounts, you can have this all-time great SSD for an even better price. If you make your way down to Amazon, you can now find the 2TB model of the Crucial MX500 selling for just £134, a considerable 37 percent discount over its usual price of £214. This makes it just a bit more expensive than the 1TB model of most M.2 SSDs. The Crucial MX500 is a typical SATA SSD, with a standard 2.5-inch form factor. This makes it compatible with practically every computer made in the last decade, some of which may not have the modern M.2 slot. This makes it a great way to upgrade not just the storage but overall performance of an aging computer and further extend its lifespan. A 2.5-inch SATA SSD also has other applications, besides being used in a PC. If you have a PS4 or PS4 Pro console, you can replace the mechanical hard drive that came with the console with the MX500. While these older consoles and their games aren't designed to fully utilize the bandwidth of an SSD, they can still see notable improvements in loading times, which is again a good way to extend the lifespan of the machine. Watch on YouTube Another good use for a SATA SSD is to just get a cheap USB 3.0 to SATA adapter, like this Benfei model selling on Amazon for £5.5, and convert the SSD into a portable external drive. This can then be used with a computer for transferring data or with a previous or current generation console for archiving unused games and even running them directly off the drive for older games. Even with the cost of the adapter, you still save several pounds over buying a proper 2TB portable SSD. Regardless of how you use it, the Crucial MX500 still makes for a great purchase. If you're looking for an SSD specifically for your PlayStation 5, check out our buyer's guide. If you want more deals on SSDs, check our Black Friday deals guide. With Cyber Monday on the way, you'd also want to stick around for a new wave of deals that will be coming in shortly. And don't forget to follow us @dealsfoundry for more amazing deals. 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. Feature Evercore Heroes wants to wind people up the right way "There's less rage at them, because they didn't end your fun." Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 4 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