Deal | Samsung’s 1-TB 990 Pro SSD gets sizeable price cut on Amazon and Best Buy

If you’ve been holding out on upgrading or increasing your storage space in your system of choice due to the ongoing memory, storage, and hardware in general crunch, which caused tech prices to skyrocket, then you might be in for some relief because the 1-TB 990 Pro is currently on sale for $249.99, down from $339.99, making it a good option for users who don’t need ample storage but want lightning-fast read and write speeds and top-tier performance.

SSD prices have been on the higher side for a while, along with DDR5 and DDR4 memory, leading to a rise in counterfeit items among other consequences. However, the past few months have been somewhat stable, leading to a small drop in certain PC component prices in the States.

Very solid PCI-Express Gen 4 performance

While far away from the theoretical limit of the PCIe 4.0 interface of 7.9 GB/s, our tests show the average 1-terabyte 990 Pro delivers sequential AS SSD read speeds of 5.09 GB/s with writes even higher at 5.28 GB/s (19 machines tested in total), which is solid. Best of all, it operates efficiently and produces low thermals without needing a heatsink.

It must be noted that SSD prices haven’t fallen back to what they once were just yet. The 1-TB and 2-TB variants of the Samsung SSD were released in 2022 for $169.99 and $289.99, respectively. The 2-TB model is currently discounted, too in the States, but it's not a good price.

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