Friends and other tech professionals, today is a great day to expand your storage: the Samsung 990 SSD is currently on deep discount at Amazon. The 1TB version is a staggering 38% off at just $100. Plus, the 2TB model is 32% off at $170, and the 4TB model is 31% off at $320.
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With read speeds of up to 7,450MB/s and write speeds of up to 6,900MB/s, this 4th generation SSD is designed for high-end computing, gaming and heavy-duty workstations. It’s perfect for heavy photo and video editors and Large scale When you want to load multiple datasets, or when you want to load a single dataset, etc. call of duty game.
You get this great performance while consuming much less power. That’s right, compared to the 980 Pro, the Samsung 990 Pro is up to 50% more power efficient, delivering better performance per watt. Consume less power while gaming.
Any PlayStation 5 gamers out there?
There is also a version with a heatsink for sale, so be sure to check it out. What is a heatsink? It is a piece of metal that dissipates heat from your device, stabilizing the temperature and eliminating performance issues. The important thing is that it can be used with the PlayStation 5.
The PlayStation 5 has an 825GB drive, but most of that is used for core system files, leaving around 667.2GB of storage available for games. Mortal Kombat 1 I also installed 4K textures last night, so that takes up 179.1GB. And there’s a big DLC ​​expansion coming out in a few weeks. My storage is full. Maybe I should actually buy one of these.
One of the best accessories you can buy for your PS5 is an expansion solid-state drive, but you need to make sure you use one with a heatsink, or you’ll run into a whole host of issues.
Luckily, the heatsink version is on sale too: you can currently get the 1TB Samsung 990 Pro for $130 (26% off), the 2TB version for $187 (29% off), and the 4TB version for $340 (29% off) No more file management or having to delete games to make room for new ones.
And if you’re just going to put this in your PC without a heatsink, the standard Samsung 990 Pro starts at $100 for the 1TB model (38% off). You can get the 2TB model for 32% off, and the 4TB model for 31% off. Happy computing!
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