Nearly all of the best SSD deals we saw during Prime Day are over, with the exception of one. Right now Amazon is still offering the Samsung 990 Pro 2TB PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe solid state drive (SSD) with pre-installed heatsink for the excellent price of $149.99 after a 30% off instant discount. The Samsung 990 Pro is widely considered one of the fastest PCIe 4.0 SSDs on the market. It makes for an outstanding drop-in storage expansion for your PlayStation 5 or gaming rig.
Samsung 990 Pro 2TB PS5 SSD with Heatsink for $149.99
The 990 Pro is the successor to the venerable 980 Pro and a huge upgrade in speed. 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. The Samsung 990 Pro has a built-in DRAM cache. Most other SSDs at this price point (including Samsung’s own 990 Evo Plus) are DRAM-less and rely on HMB, or system memory, as a cost cutting measure. Nowadays there are faster PCI Gen 5 drives on the market (like Samsung’s own 9100 Pro), however they are considerably more expensive and overkill for most PC gamers.
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.
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