An SSD can be a great upgrade to a previously slow system, allowing gamers to load into programs and transfer files faster than ever before.
While most South African gamers might be looking for affordable solid state drives (here), some look for the best performance, and we’ve ranked the fastest consumers SSDs gamers can buy in South Africa by their effective speed on UserBenchmark.
UserBenchmark lists comprehensive consumer SSD benchmarks, although it does include some products that are not readily available in South Africa.
We have therefore excluded any solid state drives that are not available in South Africa and ranked qualifying devices by effective speed.
Check out the fastest solid state drives you can buy in South Africa below:
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB – R7,450
Read: 550MB/s
Write: 520MB/s
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB – R4,039
Read: 550MB/s
Write: 520MB/s
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB – R2,281
Read: 550MB/s
Write: 520MB/s
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB – R2,899
Read Speed: 540MB/s
Write Speed: 520MB/s

Samsung 850 Evo 250GB – R1,629
Read Speed: 540MB/s
Write Speed: 520MB/s

Samsung 850 Evo 1TB – R5,599
Read Speed: 540MB/s
Write Speed: 520MB/s

Intel 730 Series 480GB – R8,264
Read Speed: 550MB/s
Write Speed: 470MB/s
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB – R1,299
Read Speed: 540MB/s
Write Speed: 520MB/s

Samsung 850 Pro 128GB – R1,664
Read Speed: 550MB/s
Write Speed: 470MB/s
OCZ Vector 150 240GB – R1,549
Read Speed: 550MB/s
Write Speed: 450MB/s
OCZ Vector 180 480GB – R5,529
Read Speed: 550MB/s
Write Speed: 530MB/s





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