Samsung 990 Pro SSD is on sale at the lowest price I’ve ever seen in 2026

Hard drives, RAM, and SD cards have skyrocketed in price over the past six months as the AI ​​memory space consumes more silicon in search of a way to work. Consumers like you and I are left holding the bag (in more ways than one), which until now means the price of memory.

It’s Prime Day, and there are some deals that bring prices down to something like real. The best I’ve seen is on Samsung’s 2-TB 990 Evo Plus SSD, which is down to $370. Is that a good deal? Well, yes and no. In short, no, it’s not. A year ago, this car was selling for $140. Six months ago, it was still only $300.

But we live in the real world, and in the real world, this drive has spent the last two months over $600, so knocking it around $300 makes it possible, just as it is. Since there is no sign of stopping the AI ​​bubble, I also expect this to be the lowest price you will see all year.

The Samsung 990 Pro SSD is ours choose without a hard drive in our SSD selection. The NVMe M.2 PCIe drive achieved a reading speed of 7,458 MB/s in my test, compared to a speed of 7,450 MBs / 6,900 MBs / write. This speed makes this drive suitable for large tasks, such as editing a video or game. Just promise me you won’t run the local AI there. Please, don’t encourage them.

The deal I’ve linked to here is the 2-TB version, but there’s a The 4-TB model is available for $885 and a The 1-TB model retails for $220. There are fast cars on the market, but I find that beyond the speed of this car, there is also a decrease in the speed of the price, especially these days. I’ve been using this as my main drive for a few months now, and it works great for editing 5.2K footage from my GoPro and recording apps. Do I like my part? It produces very little heat.

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