It's time we admit it: SSD prices are bold-faced lies. This year especially, the listed prices of each model changes depending on the retailer, supply, and I guess the movement of stars with each new day. While that's true enough for 1TB drives, the problem only worsens as you move up the capacity scale.
2TB and 4TB drives can have these laughably high prices that go into the five and sometimes six hundreds. In other words, they're even harder to keep track of, and for that reason, I usually don't recommend them very often. However, Prime Day is bringing me a bit of hope, because one of the best drives I've tested is actually seeing a reasonable deal at the moment in 4TB form.
The Samsung 990 Pro is probably the pound-for-pound king of the SSD world at the moment, and right now you can get its 4TB model for $299 at Amazon (the retailer says it was $464.99, but its average price at Amazon is actually $339). For what I deem one of the best SSDs for gaming , that isn't all that bad.
Especially since Prime Day PC deals are yet to officially begin. You get sequential read/write speeds that pretty much tap out what a PCIe Gen 4 M.2 drive is capable of here, and enough space that you won't need to think about upgrading again for a very long time.
There are a few caveats you should know here. Firstly, while I use this enormous SSD in my PS5, the model in this limited-time deal doesn't have an integrated heatsink. That means that if you're planning on making the most of this price as .
