Blazing 7,450 MB/s speeds that load games in seconds, now dirt cheap for early Black Friday.
Your computer's old hard drive is likely the bottleneck holding everything back, from boot times to game loading screens to file transfers that feel like they take forever. Upgrading to a fast NVMe SSD like Samsung's 990 PRO fixes that instantly and cuts wait times down to seconds instead of minutes. The 2TB model gives you enough space for your operating system, games and media without constantly juggling what stays and what gets deleted. Right now, it drops to $177 on Amazon, down from the usual $229. That's an all-time low for one of the fastest Gen4 drives on the market, and it's the number one bestseller in internal solid state drives on Amazon for good reason.
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The Samsung 990 PRO hits sequential read speeds up to 7,450 MB/s and write speeds up to 6,900 MB/s, and puts it near the maximum theoretical performance of PCIe 4.0 interfaces. Those numbers turn into real-world improvements you'll actually notice, such as Windows booting up in less than 10 seconds and massive game files loading before you finish taking a sip of coffee. Sequential speeds are most relevant when you're moving large files around, such as transferring 4K video footage or copying entire game libraries.
That may sound like a technicality but in real life, it amounts to an increase of more than 55% over the random performance of Samsung's prior 980 PRO. Your computer engages in random read and write operations all the time because nearly everything you do-from opening apps to browsing folders-involves accessing small files scattered all around the drive. This improved random performance makes the system feel snappier overall so you don't get as much stuttering or lag when you're multitasking with, or running, demanding applications.
Performance per watt increases by up to 50% over the 980 PRO which is more important than one might think. Less power consumption means less heat produced, which keeps the drive cooler and prolongs its life span. This also means something for laptops since every watt saved translates into longer battery life. It's great that the 990 PRO can reach faster speeds while drawing less power; this is the kind of efficiency improvement that makes upgrading actually worthwhile instead of just chasing marginal gains.
The M.2 2280 form factor fits in most modern motherboards and laptops without requiring adapters or special mounting hardware. You just slot it into the M.2 socket, secure it with a single screw, and you're done. The drive uses the PCIe Gen4 interface which is standard on motherboards from the last few years and backwards compatible with Gen3 slots if you're running older hardware.
Samsung supports this drive with a five-year warranty and bundles its Magician software for drive health monitoring, updating firmware, and optimizing performance. With the software, you get real-time statistics on temperature, drive health and remaining lifespan based on how much data you've written. You can use the software to securely erase the drive or clone your existing drive when migrating to the 990 PRO.
This deal provides an astonishing value for a flagship-tier drive with 2TB of Gen4 NVMe storage for $177 and speeds pushing 7,450 MB/s. You're getting Samsung's top consumer SSD at a price that budget Gen4 drives normally sell for, and that performance delta is significant enough to justify selecting this over cheaper options.