If you’ve been waiting to upgrade your PC’s storage, this is the kind of deal worth acting on. Samsung’s 990 2TB NVMe SSD — the non-PRO model — is on sale for a limited time, and it delivers nearly all of the 990 PRO’s speed for considerably less money.
What you’re getting: The Samsung 990 2TB (MZ-V9V2T0B/AM) is an M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4 NVMe drive. Samsung rates it at up to 7,250 MB/s sequential reads and 6,450 MB/s sequential writes, with random performance up to 850,000 read IOPS and 1,200,000 write IOPS. In everyday terms: Windows boots in seconds, games load fast, and moving large files — video projects, game libraries, photo collections — doesn’t feel like a chore.
Why the non-PRO is the smart buy: The 990 PRO is faster on paper, but for most people — gaming, everyday computing, content work — the regular 990 lands within about 90% of the PRO’s real-world performance. Unless you’re hammering the drive with heavy sustained writes all day, you won’t feel the difference, but your wallet will: the 2TB 990 is currently listed at $369 (MSRP $530), a serious cut for a 2TB drive from Samsung.
Before you buy: Check that your PC or laptop has a free M.2 2280 slot with PCIe Gen 4 support to get full speed (it also works in Gen 3 slots, just slower). PS5 owners take note: the drive meets the speed requirement, but you’ll need to add your own heatsink, as this version doesn’t include one.
The deal: Check the current price here: https://link.amazon/B03kww06O — limited-time pricing, US only, sold and shipped by Amazon. Prices on Amazon can change quickly, so if the price has moved since this post went up, that’s the deal expiring, not a mistake.
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