As part of Amazon Prime Day, Amazon is offering the blazing fast Samsung 990 Pro 2TB PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe Solid State Drive (SSD) for $149.99. Believe it or not, the model with the preinstalled heatsink actually costs the same as the one without. This is still considered one of the fastest – if not the fastest – PCIe 4.0 SSDs on the market. It also makes for an outstanding drop-in storage expansion for your PlayStation 5 console, since the heatsink is already preinstalled.
Samsung 990 Pro 2TB PS5 SSD with Heatsink for $149.99
The 990 Pro is the successor to the venerable 980 Pro, and boy is it faster. 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 and the SK Hynix P41 Platinum, but the Samsung 990 Pro outbenches them.
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.
The Best Prime Day SSD Deals So Far
Looking for more options? Here are all of the best SSD deals we’ve found so far. They include more M.2 SSDs, most of which are PS5 compatible and fulfill its speed requirements, as well as a couple of popular external solid state drives. This list will continue to expand as we find more deals.
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