5 best-value budget SSDs for gaming in South Africa

PC gaming is a constantly growing market on the cutting-edge of computing technology, with hardware requirements continuously rising.

A great example of cutting-edge PC gaming hardware is the solid state drive.

Many PC gamers use SSDs in their high-end gaming rigs, as OS performance, load times, and general performance all benefit from fast storage.

In fact, if you have a choice between upgrading your 8GB of RAM to 16GB or upgrading your HDD to an SSD, the latter would be the better choice for gaming performance.

We’ve rounded up five of the best gaming SSDs you can buy in South Africa, selecting products that provide good performance along with great value.

Check out 5 of the best-value gaming SSDs you can buy in South Africa right now:

Adata SP550 120GB – R711

Specifications
Controller	Silicon Motion SM2256
NAND Flash	SK Hynix 16nm TLC
Sequential Read	560MB/s
Sequential Write	410MB/s
Random IOPS Read	60K
Random IOPS Write	70K
Price	R711

Transcend 370 128GB – R914

Specifications
Controller	Transcend TS6500
NAND Flash	Micron 128Gbit 20nm MLC
Sequential Read	550MB/s
Sequential Write	170MB/s
Random IOPS Read	70K IOPS
Random IOPS Write	40K IOPS
Price	R914

Samsung 850 EVO 120GB – R1,199

Specifications
Controller	Samsung MGX
NAND Flash	Samsung 128Gbit 40nm TLC V-NAND
Sequential Read	540MB/s
Sequential Write	520MB/s
Random IOPS Read	94K IOPS
Random IOPS Write	88K IOPS
Price	R1,199

SanDisk X400 256GB – R1,455

Specifications
Controller	NAND Controller Marvell
NAND Flash	SanDisk 15nm TLC
Sequential Read	540 MB/s
Sequential Write	520 MB/s
Random IOPS Read	93.5k
Random IOPS Write	60k
Price	R1,455

Samsung 850 Pro R128GB – R1,525

Specifications
Controller	Samsung MEX
NAND Flash	Samsung 2nd Gen 86Gbit 40nm MLC V-NAND
Sequential Read	550MB/s
Sequential Write	520MB/s
Random IOPS Read	100K
Random IOPS Write	90K
Price	R1,525