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The official 512GB Switch 2 SD card is on sale, but you're better off picking up this Samsung model instead

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The official 512GB Switch 2 SD card is on sale, but you're better off picking up this Samsung model instead

Samsung's official Super Mario microSD Express Card is currently on sale, but I recommend you avoid its alluring, flashy ways. Look, I get it. As someone who adores officially licensed Nintendo tech, I understand that the cute Fire Flower art is hard to ignore. But picking it up right now means spending more than you should.

The official Super Mario SD card is currently $149.99, down from its usual $199.99 at Amazon. However, you can get the same 512GB worth of storage for your Switch 2 by paying just $99.99 at Amazon instead with Samsung's P9 alternative. With it you'd be saving $50 of your hard-earned cash, and all you need to do is set aside your "all my tech must be cute" thought processes. Easy peasy.

Samsung P9 Express microSDXC 512GB for Nintendo-Switch 2: was $149.99 now $99.99
Not only is the 512GB Samsung P9 cheaper than SanDisk's 512GB alternative today, but its current $99.99 pricing is the lowest it's been since February earlier this year.

UK: £120 at AmazonView Deal

There are actually differences besides looks between SanDisk and Samsung's 512GB-sized cards, and that's where their speeds are concerned. 99 at Amazon today, boasts it can deliver read speeds of up to 880 MB/s and write speeds up to 650 MB/s. Meanwhile, the official Samsung online store states its 512GB capacity card provides sequential read speeds of 800 MB/s instead. That means the SanDisk option is the faster option, but as someone who tests game storage, I can attest that these differences are going to be extremely minor in practice.


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