Samsung 2TB 990 Evo Plus SSD is at its lowest price ever for Prime Day – Sleeper SSD hits rivals 990 Pro and costs only $114 after a 36% discount

Amazon has dropped the price of the 2TB Samsung 990 Evo Plus to a mere $114, its lowest price ever, and a 36% discount off its list price of $177.

It is a better Prime Day deal compared to its far more expensive sibling, the 990 Pro ($165 at Amazon).

Right now, the drive is on sale at $119.99 at Samsung direct, Walmart, Newegg, and B&H Photo, so Amazon is the cheapest at the time I am writing this.

The EVO Plus is ever slightly slower on sequential speeds: 7.25GBps vs 7.45GBps, 6.3GBps vs 6.45GBps on read/write, respectively.

It struggles a bit more against the 990 Pro in random reads and writes: 1400K vs 1550K, 1050K vs 1400K IOPS) because it is a DRAMless SSD.

Still perfectly acceptable in my opinion, compared to a massive saving of $51! Both benefit from Samsung’s extensive experience in crafting some of the best SSDs on the market (and arguably the most successful SSD family in the world).

Also on the feature list for both is Samsung Magician Software, which is a suite of optimization tools that includes encryption and drive health monitoring.

The 990 EVO Plus and the 990 Pro both use Samsung’s V-NAND 3-bit TLC paired with the company’s proprietary controller.

They also benefit from a five-year limited warranty and are rated for 600-drive written endurance (so about 10 drives written per month).

Other PCIe 4.0 2TB SSD deals on Amazon Prime Day

• WD_Black SN 7100 ($119.98): it is slightly faster than the 990 EVO Plus but also a tad more expensive and matches Samsung’s popular mainstream SSD on the overall offering.
• Crucial T500 ($124.99): probably the fastest PCIe Gen4 SSD on the market (7.4/7GBps on sustained read/write, 1.44/1.18MIOps random read/write). Almost on par with the 990 Pro. It’s $11 more expensive. Is it a worthy upgrade?
• Acer FA200 ($109.99): better known for its laptops, Acer also has a wide range of SSDs. The FA200 is the best of the bunch and reaches sustained read speeds of up to 7.2GBps. It also comes with free Acronis disc cloning software.