Score a steal on Samsung's top-tier SSD! The Samsung 990 Evo Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe solid-state drive is on sale today for just $129.99—that's even cheaper than its Black Friday price! Save $40 compared to the Samsung 990 Pro, and most gamers won't see any performance difference.
Samsung 990 Evo Plus 2TB PS5 SSD for $129.99
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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 for the PS5, boasting sequential read and write speeds of up to 7,250MB/s and 6,300MB/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. However, this makes no difference for PS5 performance and its HMB (host memory buffer) functionality compensates for the lack of DRAM on gaming PCs by using a negligible amount of system RAM. Gamers will experience no noticeable performance gap between this and the 990 Pro.
It lacks a pre-installed heatsink, but its newer single-sided design is power-efficient and generates minimal heat. This means a heatsink is likely unnecessary for PS5 use, preventing thermal throttling. However, adding one for extra peace of mind is perfectly acceptable.
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