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A full terabyte of reliable, long-lasting solid-state storage for your next PC build or laptop-upgrade project...for as little as $150? That's no longer a pipe dream. Thanks to ever-evolving solid state drive (SSD) technology, it's now possible for manufacturers to offer 1TB or larger SSDs without blowing your budget into the stratosphere. SSD prices have been dropping hard, but the price slashing is hitting gritty new lows due to moves by Samsung, one of the biggest flash-memory players. The Samsung SSD 860 QVO, a Serial ATA (SATA) drive, is available in capacities of 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB. The 1TB version we tested will retail for an eye-poppingly low $149 when it goes on sale later this month, making it one of the least expensive internal SSDs that PCMag has tested at this—or any—capacity on a cost-per-gigabyte basis. For value-minded upgraders, it's a winner in our book, by almost every measure.