The 1TB Xbox Series X expansion card is back down to its lowest price ever

It’s World Backup Day, which to the makers of storage devices means driving home the urgency of protecting the files you hold dear. So obviously, there are deals on all sorts of storage today, including SSDs and microSD cards. B&H Photo is making a big thing out of its deals, and with this being the final day of Amazon’s Big Spring Sale, there are many discounts happening there, too.

The one that popped out to me immediately as being exemplary is a 26 percent discount on the 1TB WD Black C50 expansion card that can fit in an Xbox Series X or Series S console. It typically hovers around $150, which is criminal for 1TB of storage, but you can snag it now at Amazon and Best Buy for a much more reasonable $109.99. It’s never a bad idea to snag one of these. You don’t need me to remind you that game install sizes are getting huge, and with Grand Theft Auto VI set to come out sometime this year, you’ll likely want the extra space.

Given that Amazon’s Big Spring Sale is about to conclude, we want to highlight one of the most attractive deals on an equally appealing device. Anker’s 25,000mAh Laptop Power Bank, which has two handy, retractable USB-C cables (with 100W charging speeds, to boot), is 20 percent off at Amazon, costing $87.99 (from $109.99). It might not sound like much of a deal, but this is the most sizable discount we’ve spotted yet on this charger.

In addition to being able to charge multiple devices without the need to buy extra cables, it’s worth pointing out that this battery supports passthrough charging, letting it quickly charge a device while being charged itself. Its USB-C ports support up to 165W of power when just two devices are plugged in, or 130W when three or four are tapping into its juice.

More deals and discounts

• The Neat Microphone Bumblebee II desktop USB microphone is just $16.99 at Woot. It’s a running deal, so Woot must have plenty of stock, but I like to point readers to this discount occasionally. Whether you’re dipping into podcasting, or just want to sound good while gaming and during video calls, there’s no reason to spend over $100 without first seeing if this mic under $20 can suit your needs. I’ve been using one since around the time the company (founded by Blue Mic veterans before Logitech acquired it) was purchased by Turtle Beach in 2021, and it still gets the job done.
• Back to it being World Backup Day, Amazon has a good deal on SanDisk’s 1TB Extreme M2 PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD. It’s listed as normally having a $99.49 MSRP, but you can get one for a very reasonable $69.99. While it lacks a built-in heatsink, making it a plug-and-play affair with PS5, you can buy a heatsink for about $10 (here’s one of many examples) and easily add it on yourself with next to no technical knowledge required.
• We’ve covered this deal before, but it bears repeating: you can get a good 48-inch OLED TV for just $549.99 at Best Buy. This deal is on the LG B4, which unlike the previous generation B3 has four HDMI 2.1 ports instead of two. It also supports nearly all of the same gaming-savvy features found in the pricier LG C4, including a fast refresh rate (120Hz versus 144Hz in the C4), variable refresh rate, and Nvidia G-Sync support. It just doesn’t get as bright as the C4 with its HDR or SDR modes, which is, I feel, the most notable difference among the list compiled by the folks at RTINGS.