Sandisk Optimus GX PRO 8100 PCIe 5.0 drops to $2149.99 in latest price cut

Save $1850 on this price drop.

SANDISK Optimus GX PRO 8100 PCIe 5.0 drops to $2149.99 - save $1850. That's 46% off the original $3999.99 list price, putting this 8TB PCIe 5.0 drive at its lowest recorded price. The 30-day average sits at $2792.73, so today's cut undercuts recent pricing by roughly $640.

THE DEAL

SANDISK Optimus GX PRO 8100 PCIe 5.0

$2149.99 (was $3999.99) - Save $1850 (46% off)

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Get This Price

This is the lowest price on record for the 8TB variant. The 180-day average of $3136.48 makes the current $2149.99 tag a genuine outlier.

PCIe 5.0 SSDs at this capacity rarely see discounts this deep outside of major seasonal sales, and this one beats the 90-day average of $2793.86 by a wide margin.

What You're Getting

The Optimus GX PRO 8100 delivers sequential read/write speeds up to 14,900/14,000 MB/s, making it one of the fastest consumer SSDs on the market. Random read/write hits 2.3M/2.4M IOPS, backed by Sandisk nCache 4.0 technology for sustained throughput. The 8TB capacity uses 8th-gen Sandisk BiCS TLC 3D CBA NAND on an M.2 2280 form factor. Power efficiency is rated at over 2x higher than PCIe Gen 4 drives, and the endurance rating tops out at 4,800 TBW for the 8TB model.

Who This Is For

Best for: video editors, AI workflow engineers, and storage-heavy gamers who need 8TB of PCIe 5.0 speed without compromise. If you regularly move large project files or run local LLM datasets, this drive cuts load times dramatically.

Skip it if you don't need 8TB capacity or if your motherboard lacks a Gen 5 M.2 slot.

Final Verdict

At $2149.99, this undercuts the 180-day average by nearly $1000 and matches the all-time low. If you need an 8TB Gen 5 drive for professional workloads. This is the price to lock in.