Photographers, videographers, and gamers alike all know the struggle that is keeping up with large files sizes. Huge projects or big game releases can fill up a hard drive in the blink of an eye, so it’s good to look for opportunities to upgrade your storage capacities when it makes sense to do so. Amazon right now has the Samsung 990 PRO SSD on sale for as much as 42% off. The 2TB model which was recently listed at $640 has been brought down to just $360 for a limited time.
Now while that discount looks pretty massive on its surface, it is worthwhile to seek out the full story.
At the turn of the new year into 2026, prices of SSDs and other forms of storage had begun to skyrocket. This is in part due to the new demand by big tech companies, investing in AI and swallowing up all the production of storage manufactures to support their own expansion. This has caused a surge in prices at the consumer level and the Samsung 990 Pro SSD is no exception.
Samsung released the 990 Pro back at the end of 2022 and it started at a launch price of $290 for the 2TB model. Over the four years since its release, it’s seen price reductions and occasional sales that have brought it down between $140 and $180, where it steadily stayed until 2026.
By February, this 2TB SSD had shot up past its MSRP to above $400 and by April had reached a ludicrous high of $640.
Thankfully, the PCIe 4.0 SSD has come back down in price significantly. The $370 price point represents the lowest it has been since the winter of this year. Future changes remain unpredictable at this point, but there is a chance this might be the lowest price this is at for awhile.
Ultimate SSD Performance
If you’re desperate for new storage, this solid state drive is, well, solid. You’re getting read speeds of up to 7,450MB/s and write speeds of up to 6,900MB/s. With this performance, you can comfortably achieve fast load times in any modern video game and be able able to edit videos in 4K or do some 3D modeling without much hiccup.
For console gamers, the drive works with your PlayStation 5. The catch is that it needs a heatsink in order to be compatible. Samsung and Amazon sell the 990 PRO SSD with a heatsink, but you might want to skip over that. The 2TB model with heatsink now is listed at $474, more than $100 higher than the SSD without one. Luckily, SSD heatsinks can be purchased for fairly cheap, even at Amazon, for anywhere between $10 and $25. The better recommendation would be to purchase the SSD on its own and then pick up a heatsink separately.