The year has just started, and chances are, your PS5 or PC is groaning under the weight of all those new games you bought during multiple end-of-year sales. The good news is that a storage upgrade is both easy and affordable, as Samsung’s excellent 2TB SSD is on sale right now for the attractive price of $150. The catch here is that you’ll want to move fast because this deal ends at 10 PM PT today (1 AM ET on January 12).
- Samsung 990 Pro 2TB SSD (Best Buy) — $150 ($
220) - Samsung 990 Pro 2TB SSD (Amazon) — $150 (
$220) - SSD Heatsink — $11 ($
16)
This deal is for the Samsung 990 Pro NVMe SSD, a great little unit for storing your new game purchases on. It has sequential read/write speeds of up to 7,450/6,900 MB/s, so it’s more than capable of meeting Sony’s requirements for quick game boot-ups and keeping loading screens brief. This unit is approximately 40-55% faster than Samsung’s 980 Pro SSD, and if you’re looking for a boost to your productivity on PC, these are superb for handling heavy workloads video editing, 3D modeling, and more.
It’s worth noting that you’ll need to purchase a heatsink to go with this SSD, but fortunately, these are quite cheap. You can score one on Amazon right now for under $12 by claiming the on-page coupon. As for the installation, these SSDs are pure plug-and-play if you’re planning to use it in a PC.
