Score a blazing-fast deal on Samsung's 990 Evo Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSD! Today only, snag it for $129.99 – that's even cheaper than its Black Friday price! Save $40 compared to the Samsung 990 Pro, and most gamers won't notice a performance difference.
Samsung 990 Evo Plus 2TB PS5 SSD for $129.99
Samsung 990 Evo Plus 2TB PCIe Gen 4x4 M.2 SSD
$184.99 $129.99 at Amazon (Save 30%)
The Samsung 990 Evo Plus is a fantastic drive for both your gaming PC and PS5. It easily surpasses Sony's minimum speed requirements, boasting sequential read and write speeds of up to 7,250 MB/s and 6,300 MB/s respectively. While not quite as fast as the 990 Pro, it's significantly faster than the standard 990 Evo. The key difference? This is a DRAM-less drive. For PS5 gaming, this makes no difference whatsoever. On PCs, it utilizes HMB (host memory buffer), cleverly using a negligible amount of your system RAM. Gamers will see no practical performance gap between this and the Pro model.
This SSD doesn't come with a pre-installed heatsink. However, its new single-sided design is energy-efficient and generates less heat than older SSDs. This means a heatsink is likely unnecessary for optimal PS5 performance, though adding one for extra peace of mind wouldn't hurt (and only costs about $7 extra).
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