The 2TB Samsung 990 Pro Is the Fastest Consumer PCIe Gen4 SSD and It’s on Sale for Prime Day

For Amazon’s October Prime Day sale, you can score the new Samsung 990 Pro 2TB PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe solid state drive (SSD) with a preinstalled heatsink for only $129.99. This beats the previous lowest price we’ve seen by $20 and is 35% cheaper than the current MSRP. Note that this SSD was released in November of 2022 with a launch price of $280. That’s a pretty huge price drop on a flagship SSD in less than a 12 month time period.

Samsung 990 Pro 2TB PS5 SSD with Heatsink for $129.99

The 990 Pro is Samsung’s flagship SSD and it is one of the fastest, if not the fastest, PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs on the market. Samsung claims a 50% improved performance per watt over its Samsung 980 Pro predecessor. It boasts blazing sequential speeds of 7,450MB/s read and 6,900MB/s write and random speeds of 1400K/1550K IOPS. Unlike most other SSDs, the components are manufactured in-house. The 990 Pro utilizes the new Samsung Pascal controller and 7th gen TLC NAND flash chips. There are a few top-tier SSDs that stand above the rest in terms of performance like the WD Black SN850X, the SK Hynix P41 Platinum, and the Seagate Firecuda 530, but the Samsung 990 Pro beats them all.

Is the Samsung 990 Pro compatible with the PS5?

The Samsung 990 Pro is an excellent SSD for your PS5. From a purely performance perspective, it’s overkill; the stock SSD in your PS5 will be the limiting factor. You’ll want to pick up an PCIe Gen4 x4 M.2 solid state drive with a rated 5,500MB/s read speed to match the PS5’s internal drive and the 990 Pro is much faster. However, at the current price point, this SSD is cheaper than many slower options, so you might as well get it anyways. Sony recommends a heatsink attached to your SSD. Fortunately, this particular 990 Pro does include a heatsink, and a nice thick, all-metal one at that. It’s also slim enough to fit perfectly in the PS5 SSD.

See our larger list of the best Prime Day PS5 deals for more discounts.

If you’re looking for more SSD storage upgrade options for your PS5 console, check out our best PS5 SSD deals of 2023. There are even less expensive options if you’re not married to any brand and Black Friday 2023 is also arriving fairly soon.

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