If you’re seeking a budget-friendly storage upgrade, then you need to look into this Samsung gaming SSD deal. Dropping to its lowest ever price on Amazon, the 1TB Samsung 990 Evo Plus now costs just $69.99, giving you a huge 36% saving on the list price.
Amazon might be filled with a lot of no-brand SSD options, but Samsung isn’t one of them. It’s a trusted brand for PC storage, and we regularly share Samsung models in our best gaming SSD shortlist. The Samsung 990 Evo Plus makes for a speedy upgrade if you’re looking for fast PCIe 4.0 speeds, although it doesn’t offer the best PCIe 5.0 support.
Let’s put that bogeyman to rest first, because this is still technically a PCIe 5.0 drive. However, the 990 Evo Plus only uses two lanes, and while a PCIe 5.0 M.2 drive over four lanes would offer 16GB/s throughput, you’re capped to just 8GB/s here. That’s the same limit you’ll see if you place this drive in a PCIe 4.0 M.2 slot with four lanes, so there’s no speed benefit to using the drive in a faster PCIe 5.0 slot.
That doesn’t mean this isn’t a great little drive, though. The Samsung 990 Evo Plus is arguably one of the fastest PCIe 4.0 drives around, with top sequential read and write speeds of 7,150MB/s and 6,300MB/s apiece. Our top PCIe 4.0 recommendation, the WD Black SN850X, is only marginally faster with 7,300MB/s write and 6,600MB/s read speeds, but at a higher cost than the sub-$70 drive we’re talking about here.
The 1TB drive offers the best value, and you can pick it up from Amazon for that record-low $69.99 price using this link here. Meanwhile, you can also pick up the 2TB drive for just $139.99 and save 24% using this link, while the 4TB drive is also on sale, with a 28% discount taking it down to $249.99 – you can pick up that particular model using this link instead.
Don’t forget to check out our best external SSD for gaming guide for a decent selection of USB alternatives to boost your storage, with options to suit a range of budgets.
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