2TB SanDisk memory card card surfaces for eye-watering $2,000 — top-tier Extreme Pro UHS-II SD promises more than 300 MB/s sequential read and write performance

What's the News?

SanDisk has unveiled a new 2TB Extreme Pro UHS-II SD card, priced at an eye-watering $2,000. This top-tier memory card promises sequential read and write speeds exceeding 300 MB/s. At this price point, it works out to nearly $1 per GB, making it considerably more expensive – over four times, in fact – than "much faster" microSD Express cards currently available.

Why This Matters for Your PC Build

For the vast majority of Indian gamers and PC builders, this new SanDisk SD card is almost entirely irrelevant for their primary PC storage needs. When you're building a gaming rig, your focus for storage is on high-performance NVMe SSDs for your operating system and games, or SATA SSDs/HDDs for bulk storage. An internal NVMe drive, even a mid-range one, offers speeds well into the thousands of MB/s for significantly less cost per GB than this SD card. For instance, a 2TB NVMe SSD for your PC can be purchased for a fraction of $2,000 and deliver speeds many times faster than 300 MB/s.

The "Extreme Pro" designation and UHS-II standard point to this card being designed for professional use in high-end cameras, drones, or other devices that demand fast offloading of large media files. While many PCs have SD card readers, using an SD card as primary or even secondary internal storage for a PC build is impractical, inefficient, and wildly overpriced compared to dedicated internal storage solutions. Its existence doesn't affect the pricing or availability of PC components like SSDs or RAM; it's a niche product for a different ecosystem.

Indian Pricing & Availability

Converting the $2,000 price point at an approximate exchange rate of ₹86 to $1, this 2TB SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II SD card would likely launch in India for around ₹1,72,000. This is an astronomical sum for a memory card, especially when considering its performance relative to internal PC storage options. Availability might be limited initially to specialized photography and videography stores, rather than mainstream PC hardware retailers, given its target audience.

PCBuilderHub Verdict

Pass. For any Indian PC builder, especially gamers, this is a definite pass. The 2TB SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II SD card offers entirely unsuitable performance and value for a PC build's primary storage. Your money is far better spent on a high-speed NVMe SSD for blazing fast game loads and system responsiveness. Even for professionals considering high-speed storage, the news summary itself indicates that "much faster microSD Express cards" are available for significantly less money, making even professional applications for this particular card questionable from a value perspective.