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Amazon has 1TB Samsung 990 EVO PCIe Gen 4x4 Gen 5x2 M.2 2280 NVMe Internal Solid State Drive (MZ-V9E1T0B/AM) on sale for $89.98 - $14.99 applied during checkout = $74.99. Shipping is free.

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  • READ/WRITE SPEEDS UP TO 5,000/4,200 MB/s: Load games and save files in a flash. Bring power to your productivity with read and write speeds of up to 5,000/4,200 MB/s.* The 990 EVO provides continuous speed to keep you going.
  • POWER EFFICIENCY: Save the power for your performance. Get power efficiency all while experiencing up to 70% improved performance per watt over the 970 EVO Plus.* It makes every move more effective with less power consumption overall.
  • SMART THERMAL CONTROL: Now you can ramp things up without overheating the system. Samsung's fine tuned controller and heat spreading label deliver effective thermal control to avoid sudden performance drops mid project. It cools things down even when things are running high, so your hard earned checkpoints are saved.
  • PCIe 5.0 INTERFACE: Optimized to support the latest technology for SSDs 990 EVO is compatible with PCIe 4.0 x4 and PCIe 5.0 x2. This means you get more bandwidth and higher data processing and performance. Overall, it does more to support smooth storage with less power consumption.
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Model: Samsung 990 EVO 1TB M.2 PCIe 5.0 NVMe Internal Solid-State Drive, V-NAND TLC (MZ-V9E1T0B/AM)

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It runs on either 2 lanes of gen 5 or 4 lanes of gen 4. The PCIE bus has 16 lanes. GPU's usually require 16 lanes, but SSD's rarely saturate more than 2 lanes, so they usually run on 2 or 4.
I'm not sure why people are upvoting a mid-tier dramless 1tb drive at $75, this is not a good deal. The 990 evo is somewhat slower than the last gen 980 pro (let alone the 990 pro), and while it can use two gen5 pcie lanes as a substitute for four gen4 pcie lanes it is not a "gen 5" ssd.
Here's a review (of the 2tb version): https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-c...ssd-review

While prices for ssds have drastically increased over the past half year, even in the current awful market this is still nowhere near a good price for a drive of this performance tier. If you really feel like massively overpaying for a 1tb drive from amazon (this is not recommended, just as an example of a bad deal that is a far superior value to the one posted), for only $6 more ($81) you can get the 1tb crucial t500 which has dram and blows the 990 evo out of the water, or for $10 more ($85) the 1tb sn850x which is even better. Let me reiterate again, I'm not recommending either of those drives at those prices, but they're a far better value than this "deal". Typically 2tb drives offer a significantly superior value compared to 1tb drives, but even for a 1tb drive the value proposition of the 990 evo at $75 is poor.
Need to see 4TB deals again.

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03-20-2024 at 06:34 AM.
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Oh sh*t, a Gen 5 NVMe SSD for $75? In for one. Not that I'll be able to take advantage of its specs so I'll reserve it for a future build.
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03-20-2024 at 06:40 AM.

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people still upvoting garbage SSD deals....
Yeah its 5000MB/s drive they are price fixing on NAND now you could get 7400MB/s drive for less than this 3 months ago.
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03-20-2024 at 07:13 AM.
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Failed after 2 yrs of normal usage. Going back to WD. No more Samshit products. Fridge, washer, tv all having problems after warranty expired.

TV first symptom no sound than no picture.
Firdge freezer stop working than totally gone following 2 months later.
Washer lcd display some bullshit codes that doesnt tell you how to fix it.
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I'm not sure why people are upvoting a mid-tier dramless 1tb drive at $75, this is not a good deal. The 990 evo is somewhat slower than the last gen 980 pro (let alone the 990 pro), and while it can use two gen5 pcie lanes as a substitute for four gen4 pcie lanes it is not a "gen 5" ssd.
Here's a review (of the 2tb version): https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-c...ssd-review

While prices for ssds have drastically increased over the past half year, even in the current awful market this is still nowhere near a good price for a drive of this performance tier. If you really feel like massively overpaying for a 1tb drive from amazon (this is not recommended, just as an example of a bad deal that is a far superior value to the one posted), for only $6 more ($81) you can get the 1tb crucial t500 which has dram and blows the 990 evo out of the water, or for $10 more ($85) the 1tb sn850x which is even better. Let me reiterate again, I'm not recommending either of those drives at those prices, but they're a far better value than this "deal". Typically 2tb drives offer a significantly superior value compared to 1tb drives, but even for a 1tb drive the value proposition of the 990 evo at $75 is poor.
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Just know this is not the Pro edition.
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03-20-2024 at 10:22 AM.
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Bought the 2tb for my ps5..great drive!
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Excellent drive for laptops
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03-20-2024 at 12:46 PM.
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Quote from BeigeRoad455 :
I'm not sure why people are upvoting a mid-tier dramless 1tb drive at $75, this is not a good deal. The 990 evo is somewhat slower than the last gen 980 pro (let alone the 990 pro), and while it can use two gen5 pcie lanes as a substitute for four gen4 pcie lanes it is not a "gen 5" ssd.
Here's a review (of the 2tb version): https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-c...ssd-review [tomshardware.com]

While prices for ssds have drastically increased over the past half year, even in the current awful market this is still nowhere near a good price for a drive of this performance tier. If you really feel like massively overpaying for a 1tb drive from amazon (this is not recommended, just as an example of a bad deal that is a far superior value to the one posted), for only $6 more ($81) you can get the 1tb crucial t500 which has dram and blows the 990 evo out of the water, or for $10 more ($85) the 1tb sn850x which is even better. Let me reiterate again, I'm not recommending either of those drives at those prices, but they're a far better value than this "deal". Typically 2tb drives offer a significantly superior value compared to 1tb drives, but even for a 1tb drive the value proposition of the 990 evo at $75 is poor.
The 990 EVO is better than all of those drives if you want a low heat, high performance option. It is pretty much the best drive you can buy for a laptop or game console where a fat heatsink isn't an option.

And, here is an alternate take:
https://dongknows.com/samsung-990...sd-review/
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03-20-2024 at 12:50 PM.
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terrible price
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Quote from ruinedx :
The 990 EVO is better than all of those drives if you want a low heat, high performance option. It is pretty much the best drive you can buy for a laptop or game console where a fat heatsink isn't an option.

And, here is an alternate take:
https://dongknows.com/samsung-990...sd-review/ [dongknows.com]
I advise you to read the tomshardware review I linked in my previous post, you'll find that the 990 evo actually has quite poor power efficiency. While its average and peak power usage is fairly low, in order to complete the same amount of work (eg. copying a file) it actually will use up more power and produce more heat (though over a longer period of time) than the drives I mentioned.

The dongknows review you linked specifically compares it to the 970 evo plus (the multiple generations old predecessor to the 990 evo) and the crucial t700, a high performance first-gen true pcie gen5 ssd. Much like the first generation of pcie gen4 drives, pcie gen5 drives like the t700 are immensely power hungry and produce an enormous amount of heat (for a ssd), in exchange for incredible performance. Therefore, in the context of a drive making use of pcie gen5 lanes (though only half as many), the 990 evo is indeed much better suited to thermally constrained use cases. However, that is not because the 990 evo is efficient (it isn't), but solely because the 990 evo is incredibly slow in comparison. Compared to other gen4 drives, the 990 evo's low power draw (good) and poor efficiency (bad) make it a middling option for thermally constrained use cases.

At $75 the 990 evo is a bad purchase, it's as simple as that. If it was $60 or below it would be worth considering.
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03-20-2024 at 03:14 PM.
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For a cheap gen 4 1tb, I would save 20 bucks and go with this. https://us-store.msi.com/PC-Compo...M-M461-1TB
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Quote from BeigeRoad455 :
I advise you to read the tomshardware review I linked in my previous post, you'll find that the 990 evo actually has quite poor power efficiency. While its average and peak power usage is fairly low, in order to complete the same amount of work (eg. copying a file) it actually will use up more power and produce more heat (though over a longer period of time) than the drives I mentioned.

The dongknows review you linked specifically compares it to the 970 evo plus (the multiple generations old predecessor to the 990 evo) and the crucial t700, a high performance first-gen true pcie gen5 ssd. Much like the first generation of pcie gen4 drives, pcie gen5 drives like the t700 are immensely power hungry and produce an enormous amount of heat (for a ssd), in exchange for incredible performance. Therefore, in the context of a drive making use of pcie gen5 lanes (though only half as many), the 990 evo is indeed much better suited to thermally constrained use cases. However, that is not because the 990 evo is efficient (it isn't), but solely because the 990 evo is incredibly slow in comparison. Compared to other gen4 drives, the 990 evo's low power draw (good) and poor efficiency (bad) make it a middling option for thermally constrained use cases.

At $75 the 990 evo is a bad purchase, it's as simple as that. If it was $60 or below it would be worth considering.

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Quote from BeigeRoad455 :
I'm not sure why people are upvoting a mid-tier dramless 1tb drive at $75, this is not a good deal. The 990 evo is somewhat slower than the last gen 980 pro (let alone the 990 pro), and while it can use two gen5 pcie lanes as a substitute for four gen4 pcie lanes it is not a "gen 5" ssd.
Here's a review (of the 2tb version): https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-c...ssd-review

While prices for ssds have drastically increased over the past half year, even in the current awful market this is still nowhere near a good price for a drive of this performance tier. If you really feel like massively overpaying for a 1tb drive from amazon (this is not recommended, just as an example of a bad deal that is a far superior value to the one posted), for only $6 more ($81) you can get the 1tb crucial t500 which has dram and blows the 990 evo out of the water, or for $10 more ($85) the 1tb sn850x which is even better. Let me reiterate again, I'm not recommending either of those drives at those prices, but they're a far better value than this "deal". Typically 2tb drives offer a significantly superior value compared to 1tb drives, but even for a 1tb drive the value proposition of the 990 evo at $75 is poor.

So what is a good deal?
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Screw samsung and their price hikes on 4tb
The entire industry is jacking prices
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Go for the 990 Pro Whats $30 more these days?
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