Samsung’s 2TB 990 Evo Plus SSD is $100 for a limited time

If you’ve been running out of storage on your PC or PS5, or you just want an SSD that’s faster than what you have, here’s a great deal: the PCIe Gen 5-compatible 990 Evo Plus M.2 SSD from Samsung is selling at a bargain today, with its 2TB and 4TB versions selling for $99.99 and $199.99, respectively, at B&H Photo. If you want to hop on this deal before the prices go back up, you have until the end of the day. The correct price will be reflected at checkout.

Even if you don’t have a PCIe Gen 5 rig, complete with the latest motherboard, processor, RAM, and GPU, you can still benefit from the 990 Evo Plus. That’s because all Gen 5 SSDs are backwards compatible with PCIe Gen 4 systems, meaning that it’ll work in PCs with available M.2 slots and PlayStation 5 consoles alike (although, in the case of the latter, you’ll need to install your own cheap heatsink to keep it running cool).

In terms of speed, this SSD sits below the flagship PCIe Gen 4 990 Pro that came out in 2022 (it’s currently $169.99 for 2TB), but not by a whole lot. The 990 Evo Plus can achieve sequential read speeds of up to 7,250MB/s, and write at up to 6,300MB/s. Even so, it sails past Sony’s 5,500MB/s requirements for SSD read speeds in a PS5, and if you’re upgrading from a PCIe Gen 3 or slower SSD in a PC, swapping it out for this should feel like you’re using a new machine.

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