Best SSDs: March 2021

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Anandtech published Best SSDs: March 2021

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A solid state drive is often the most important component for making a PC feel fast and responsive; any PC still using a mechanical hard drive as its primary storage is long overdue for an upgrade. The SSD market is broader than ever, with a wide range prices, performance and form factors.

SSD prices are trending up this month as the semiconductor shortages have begun to noticeably affect the retail SSD market. This is a little different from other shortages that have hit the SSD market in recent years: NAND flash memory is not whats in short supply but rather SSD controllers, PMICs and other chips that are fighting for limited fab capacity; NAND flash is manufactured in its own special-purpose fabs. Fortunately the effects are minor so far: increases of a few dollars here and there. Many of the affected products are showing limited supply but not major price increases. Weve tried to avoid listing prices for products that are backordered by more than a week or two.
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