Samsung 990 Evo Plus 2TB SSD Sale: Ideal for PS5 and Gaming PCs

Samsung's latest SSD, the Samsung 990 Evo Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe solid state drive, is currently on sale for an unbeatable price of $129.99. This is a steal, especially since it's lower than the Black Friday deal and $40 less than the Samsung 990 Pro. Gamers, take note: the performance difference between these two drives is negligible, making the 990 Evo Plus an excellent choice for both your gaming PC and PlayStation 5.

Samsung 990 Evo Plus 2TB PS5 SSD for $129.99

Samsung 990 Evo Plus 2TB PCIe Gen 4x4 M.2 SSD

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The Samsung 990 Evo Plus is a standout drive, perfect for enhancing both your gaming PC and your PS5 console. It surpasses Sony's minimum speed recommendation for the PS5, offering impressive sequential read speeds of up to 7,250MB/s and write speeds of up to 6,300MB/s. While it doesn't reach the speeds of the 990 Pro, it's significantly faster than the non-Pro version of the 990 Evo. The key difference between this drive and the pricier 990 Pro is that the 990 Evo Plus is a DRAM-less drive. However, this doesn't impact PS5 performance at all. For gaming PCs, it utilizes HMB (host memory buffer) to compensate for the lack of DRAM, drawing a negligible amount of RAM from your system memory. You won't notice any performance difference in your gaming experience.

The Samsung 990 Evo Plus does not come with a preinstalled heatsink, but its new single-sided design is power-efficient and generates less heat than older SSDs. This means it should function perfectly in your PS5 without thermal throttling, although adding a heatsink for peace of mind is an option, albeit at an additional cost of about $7.

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