If your ever-growing game collection is quickly filling up your available disk space, then this Samsung gaming SSD deal could be the answer. The 1TB Samsung 990 Evo Plus is now on sale at Amazon right now for just $72.09, saving you a huge 34% on the list price.
best gaming SSD shortlist. The Samsung 990 Evo Plus is an incredibly fast PCIe 4.0 drive, especially at this price point, even if its claimed PCIe 5.0 is a little misleading.
To be clear, much like the original 990 Evo, the 990 Evo Plus does offer PCIe 5.0 compatibility, but it's limited to just two lanes. A PCIe 5.0 M.2 drive across four lanes would offer 16GB/s throughput, but across two, that's limited to just 8GB/s — the same maximum bandwidth you'd get placing this drive in a PCIe 4.0 M.2 slot with four lanes.
That issue aside, this is still an incredibly fast drive at PCIe 4.0 specs. While it isn't a good recommendation as a PCIe 5.0 drive, it offers some of the best speeds you'll see at PCIe 4.0, with top sequential read speeds of 7,150MB/s on the 1TB drive, and top sequential write speeds of 6,300MB/s. Those speeds nearly match the WD Black SN850X, our top SSD recommendation which, for a higher price, offers only slightly better sequential read and write speeds of 7,300 MB/s and 6,600MB/s.
The Samsung 990 Evo Plus is a great, affordable upgrade for your gaming rig, either as a replacement for an older SSD or hard drive, or as a second drive for your game installations. You can grab it in 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB storage configurations, with discounts ranging from 34% to 28% across the entire range. Pick up the 1TB version for yourself for just $72.09 by clicking on this link to Amazon while stocks last.
Want to upgrade your storage without an internal upgrade? Check out our best external SSD for gaming guide for some fast USB alternatives that will help you to manage your growing gaming backlog.
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