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 currently on sale for just $129.99—that's even cheaper than its Black Friday price! You're saving $40 compared to the Samsung 990 Pro, and most gamers won't even notice the 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 for the PS5, boasting blazing-fast sequential read and write speeds of up to 7,250 MB/s and 6,300 MB/s respectively. While not quite as speedy as the 990 Pro, it's significantly faster than the standard 990 Evo. The key difference? This drive lacks DRAM. However, this is irrelevant for PS5 performance and for PCs, the 990 Evo Plus utilizes HMB (host memory buffer), effectively using a negligible amount of your system RAM. Gamers won't see any practical performance gap between the two.
This SSD doesn't come with a pre-installed heatsink. But, as a newer single-sided design, it's energy-efficient and generates less heat than older SSDs. This means you likely won't need a heatsink, even in a PS5. It should work flawlessly without thermal throttling. However, adding a heatsink ($7 extra) is always an option for extra peace of mind.
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