[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-early-prime-day-deals-cut-storage-prices-amid-ramageddon":10,"sections":45},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":34,"tags":35,"sources":40,"feedback":44,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":44,"total_tokens":44},7183,"early-prime-day-deals-cut-storage-prices-amid-ramageddon","Early Prime Day Deals Cut Storage Prices Amid RAMageddon","Amazon has slashed prices on SSDs, microSD cards, and hard drives weeks before Prime Day, a rare dip during a memory market squeeze.","Amazon is running Prime Day discounts on storage weeks before the sale even starts, cutting prices across SSDs, microSD cards, and hard drives.\n\nWe found more than 20 early Prime Day deals live on Amazon now, weeks ahead of October's official sale. The headline cuts are steep: a Samsung 990 PRO 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD drops to $389.99 from $639.99, a $250 savings, and a SanDisk 512GB microSD Express card falls to $129.99. Portable drives get discounts too, including a SanDisk 1TB Extreme Portable SSD at $265.99 and a Samsung T7 2TB at $449.99. Hard drive deals span a wide range - a $37.46 UnionSine 500GB external drive at the low end, and Seagate and Western Digital drives from 1TB (the WD Blue internal) up to 6TB (the WD Elements portable) at the high end.\n\nThese discounts land in the middle of what the industry is calling RAMageddon, a memory supply crunch where enterprise AI demand is squeezing consumer stock and pushing storage prices up for months. That makes any real discount cycle - even a retailer-timed one - worth checking against historical lows before you buy.\n\nEarly Prime Day markdowns are also a preview of what Amazon wants to move fastest in October, so treat this list as a starting point for comparison shopping, not a guarantee you're seeing this year's best price.","[\"prime-day\",\"storage-deals\",\"ssd\",\"hard-drives\"]","2026-09-22T10:40:46.000Z","2026-09-22T11:39:45.488Z","2026-09-22T11:39:57.394Z","published",null,[24,30],{"id":25,"reviewer":26,"round":27,"reason":28,"status":29},"editor-r1","editor",1,"Fix the deal count: the source lists ~20 total Prime Day deals (5 headline picks plus 15 additional microSD\u002FSSD\u002FHDD deals), so 'More than 20 other deals' overstates the count beyond the 5 named in the piece — correct it to roughly 15 additional deals or clarify '20+ deals in total'.","resolved",{"id":31,"reviewer":26,"round":32,"reason":33,"status":29},"editor-r2",2,"The deal count fix works, but the claim 'hard drives from Seagate and Western Digital ranging from 500GB to 6TB' is inaccurate against the source — the only 500GB drive is a UnionSine model, not Seagate or WD; the actual Seagate\u002FWD range starts at 1TB (WD Blue internal), so correct the range or attribute the 500GB drive correctly.","deals",[36,37,38,39],"prime-day","storage-deals","ssd","hard-drives",[41],{"name":42,"url":43},"Mashable","https:\u002F\u002Fmashable.com\u002Ftech\u002Fbest-early-amazon-october-prime-day-ssd-deals-2026",0,{"sections":46},[47,52,57,62,66,71,76,81,86,90,94,99,104,108],{"name":48,"slug":49,"count":50,"latest_published_at":51},"AI","ai",4184,"2026-09-22T13:52:15.000Z",{"name":53,"slug":54,"count":55,"latest_published_at":56},"Security","security",690,"2026-09-22T14:00:00.000Z",{"name":58,"slug":59,"count":60,"latest_published_at":61},"Policy","policy",364,"2026-09-22T12:37:38.000Z",{"name":63,"slug":34,"count":64,"latest_published_at":65},"Deals",192,"2026-09-22T13:37:13.000Z",{"name":67,"slug":68,"count":69,"latest_published_at":70},"Hardware","hardware",163,"2026-09-22T13:20:00.000Z",{"name":72,"slug":73,"count":74,"latest_published_at":75},"Science","science",130,"2026-09-20T13:48:11.000Z",{"name":77,"slug":78,"count":79,"latest_published_at":80},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",104,"2026-09-22T13:00:00.000Z",{"name":82,"slug":83,"count":84,"latest_published_at":85},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",78,"2026-09-18T04:00:00.000Z",{"name":87,"slug":88,"count":89,"latest_published_at":80},"Software","software",77,{"name":91,"slug":92,"count":93,"latest_published_at":80},"Startups","startups",61,{"name":95,"slug":96,"count":97,"latest_published_at":98},"Gaming","gaming",44,"2026-09-22T14:01:16.000Z",{"name":100,"slug":101,"count":102,"latest_published_at":103},"General","general",43,"2026-09-21T23:48:56.000Z",{"name":105,"slug":106,"count":107,"latest_published_at":80},"Reviews","reviews",27,{"name":109,"slug":110,"count":111,"latest_published_at":112},"How-To","how-to",6,"2026-06-16T09:00:00.000Z"]