Samsung’s fastest PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD is on sale today. Right now you can pick up a Samsung 990 Pro 2TB PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVMe solid state drive (SSD) for just $149.99 on Amazon with free delivery. The Samsung 990 Pro is widely considered one of the best PCIe 4.0 SSDs on the market. It makes for an outstanding drop-in storage expansion for your PlayStation 5 console (although I recommend you add a heatsink) or as a boot drive for your gaming rig.
Samsung 990 Pro 2TB PS5 SSD for $149.99
Samsung 990 Pro 2TB PCIe Gen 4×4 M.2 SSD
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The 990 Pro is the successor to the venerable 980 Pro and a huge upgrade in speed. Samsung claims a 50% improved performance per watt over its Samsung 980 Pro predecessor. It boasts blazing sequential speeds of 7,450MB/s read and 6,900MB/s write and random speeds of 1400K/1550K IOPS. Unlike most other SSDs, the components are manufactured in-house. The 990 Pro utilizes the new Samsung Pascal controller and 7th gen TLC NAND flash chips. The Samsung 990 Pro has a built-in DRAM cache. Most other SSDs at this price point (including Samsung’s own 990 Evo Plus) are DRAM-less and rely on HMB, or system memory, as a cost cutting measure.
Is the Samsung 990 Pro Compatible with the PS5?
The Samsung 990 Pro is an excellent SSD for your PS5. From a purely performance perspective, it’s overkill; the stock SSD in your PS5 will be the limiting factor. You’ll want to pick up an PCIe Gen4 x4 M.2 solid state drive with a rated 5,500MB/s read speed to match the PS5’s internal drive and the 990 Pro is much faster. However, at the current price point, this SSD is cheaper than many slower options, so you might as well get it anyways. Sony recommends a heatsink attached to your SSD. Fortunately, this particular 990 Pro does include a heatsink, and a nice thick, all-metal one at that. It’s also slim enough to fit perfectly in the PS5 SSD.
The SK Hynix Platinum P41 SSD is just as fast and also on sale
SK Hynix Platinum P41 2TB PCIe Gen4 x4 M.2 SSD
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Amazon also dropped the price on the 2TB SK Hynix P41 Platinum PCIe 4.0 M.2 NVME solid state drive (SSD) to only $129.99 shipped. That’s $20 cheaper than the Samsung 990 Pro, has DRAM cache, and is neck and neck with the 990 Pro in terms of real world performance. SK Hynix might not be as recognizable of a brand as Samsung or Western Digital among consumers, but make no mistake that they are a major player in the flash memory market. SK Hynix is a South Korean DRAM manufacturer and one of the world’s largest memory chipmakers and semiconductor companies. They supply components for many reputable brands you’ve probably heard of, like Corsair and G.Skill.
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