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Amazon has cut the 2TB Samsung 990 Pro to $389, a near-record low that undercuts most 1TB competitors on price per terabyte. The drive remains one of the fastest Gen4 NVMe SSDs with 7,450 MB/s read and 6,900 MB/s write, and Samsung’s end-to-end design supports steady performance under load and better power efficiency, making it a strong value for gaming, content creation, or laptops.
The Samsung 990 Pro 2TB SSD is praised for its exceptional speed, particularly in large file transfers, making it one of the fastest PCIe 4.0 SSDs available. While it offers features like a heatsink and Samsung Magician software, the heatsink is deemed unnecessary for most users, especially for gaming on the PS5, where its speed advantage is minimal. The drive is best suited for applications requiring high-speed data transfers rather than gaming, where cheaper alternatives offer similar performance.
Samsung has discounted its 990 PRO high-performance SSDs, offering savings of up to $50 on the 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB variants, with or without a heatsink. The heatsink model is recommended for use as a storage expansion for the Sony PlayStation 5 console due to its limited airflow, while the standard version is suitable for desktops and gaming consoles. This limited-time offer provides an opportunity to enhance storage capacity while benefiting from reduced prices.
The 4TB version of Samsung's 990 Pro SSD, known for its high-end performance, has received its biggest discount yet on Amazon, with a 19% price reduction. The SSD offers sequential transfer speeds of up to 7,450 MB/s and is now available for $279, down from its original price of $350. The 2TB version of the SSD is also on sale for $129. While the 4TB model provides double the storage capacity, it maintains the same read and write speeds, LPDDR4 cache, and life expectancy as the previous top-of-the-line model.
Samsung is set to release a 4TB version of its 990 Pro SSD this fall, expanding its retail lineup which previously only included 1TB and 2TB models. The 4TB SSD offers blazing-fast storage with up to 7,450 MB/s sequential read speed and up to 6,900 MB/s sequential write speed. It also achieves 1,400,000 IOPS for reads and 1,550,000 IOPS for writes. The drive will come in two versions, one with a graphene heat spreader for laptops and another with a larger aluminum heatsink for consistent performance under high loads. Pricing has not been disclosed, but it is expected to be in line with market realities.