While it's true that HDDs are not dead, the best thing for a gaming PC (or any type of PC) is to allocate primary storage to SSDs; 512GB is a good place to start, but for more capacity, Newegg has a 2TB Crucial P1 NVMe SSD for $174.59.

Barring occasional price drops, this drive normally sells for $224.99; Newegg has it for $193.99, and if you enter coupon code EMCESHY22 at checkout, the price drops to $174.59, saving you just over $50!

This drive is available for $3.99.

That's a great price for this drive, and while there are even cheaper options in the realm of SATA-based SSDs, if you're looking for a faster NVMe model, this is currently the least expensive 2TB model. And even without the discount, this is one of the best SSDs for gaming when you consider the balance between price and capacity.

This drive combines Silicon Motion's SM2263 controller with Micron's 3D quad-level cell (QLC) NAND flash memory chips; TLC and MLC chips offer better performance, but when this drive delivers Rated read speeds of 2,000MB/s and write speeds of 1,700MB/s are not too shabby. To put these speeds into perspective, the highest-performing SATA SSDs typically reach about 580 MB/sec.

They are best used not as primary drives, but as secondary storage if you have a spare M.2 slot.