Now is a good probability to seize a quick new SSD for a discount worth, as a 1TB Samsung 990 Professional is at present out there for simply $99.99 on Samsung’s web site. This gaming SSD deal lets you save $40 on the same old drive, which is the quickest PCIe 4.0 SSD we’ve examined.
Certainly, in our Samsung 990 Professional overview, we praised this SSD’s large efficiency, which hit a learn pace of seven,198MB/s and a write pace of 6,754MB/s in CrystalDiskMark, beating not solely the Samsung 980 Professional, but additionally the WD Black SN850X. By way of uncooked pace, that is merely the perfect gaming SSD you should purchase in case you don’t have a PCIe 5.0 system.
The truth is, even then, this drive presents respectable worth for the efficiency on provide. It’s not as quick as the most recent PCIe 5.0 drives, such because the Essential T705, but it surely’s nonetheless a lot quick sufficient for most individuals’s wants, and it received’t require a ridiculously massive heatsink to maintain it beneath management both.
We do advocate utilizing a heatsink of some kind, although, as this drive will get sizzling with out one. One of many commonplace heatsinks that include your motherboard will do the job superb, or a primary third-party one. Our foremost criticism of the Samsung 990 Professional has at all times been its worth, which launched at $169.99 for the 1TB mannequin, and even now often sits at $139.99. At $99.99, although, it presents respectable worth if efficiency is a prime precedence.
You’ll want a free 4x PCIe 5.0 or PCIe 4.0 M.2 2280 slot in your PC to run this drive at its full pace. It should additionally work superb in a PCIe 3.0 M.2 slot, however it’ll solely run at round half its full pace.
To benefit from this deal, you simply want to go to Samsung’s web site right here, or to Amazon utilizing this hyperlink right here. In the meantime, patrons within the UK also can at present choose up this drive for simply £86.99 from CCL, by heading to this hyperlink right here.
For those who’ve by no means upgraded your SSD earlier than, take a look at our full information on the right way to set up an SSD, which takes you thru the entire means of becoming an M.2 drive, together with attaching a heatsink to it.
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