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Three Crucial SSDs are discounted at Scan in the UKTwo portable X6 SSDs and the PC/PS5-compatible P5 Plus 2TB.

Two portable X6 SSDs and the PC/PS5-compatible P5 Plus 2TB.

a photo of a crucial p5 plus nvme ssd on a computer motherboard, highlighted in blue light

Crucial make some of the highest-performance and best value SSDs on the market, and today in the UK three of their best offerings are discounted at Scan. These are the Crucial X6, a 540MB/s portable SSD in 1TB and 2TB sizes, and the Crucial P5 Plus 2TB, a PC and PS5-compatible PCIe 4.0 internal SSD that offers blistering read speeds of up to 6600MB/s.

Get the Crucial X6 1TB for £72(£75 on Amazon, was £108)

Get the Crucial X6 2TB for £138(£142 on Amazon, was £192)

Get the Crucial P5 Plus 2TB for £216(£225 on Amazon, was £288)

All three are available for less than the current Amazon price, and if you prefer a non-Amazon retailer then there are plenty of other models in theirCrucial May 2022 saleavailable that are price-matched to Amazon as well.

The Crucial P5 Plus is another highly useful option, a high-end PCIe 4.0 NVMe storage solution that slots into the PS5 or PC without a second worry. (For PS5 use, aheatsink like this oneis recommended.) These sorts of drives are great right now as your main OS drive or for content creation tasks, due to their very high sequential speeds and competitive random I/O, and should become even more useful for fast game load times asDirectStorage slowly becomes a thing. This 2TB size is particularly handy if you’re perpetually running out of space, as I am!