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2TB Samsung 990 EVO M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4.0 x4 / 5.0 x2 Internal Solid State Drive

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Various Retailers have 2TB Samsung 990 EVO M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4.0 x4 / 5.0 x2 Internal Solid State Drive (‎MZ-V9E2T0B/AM) on sale for $129.99. Shipping is free.

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Available from:Features:
  • 2TB Storage Capacity
  • M.2 2280 Form Factor
  • PCIe 4.0 x4 / 5.0 x2 | NVMe 2.0
  • Sequential Reads up to 5000 MB/s
  • Sequential Writes up to 4200 MB/s
  • Up to 1200TB TBW (Total Bytes Written)
  • Samsung V-NAND Flash Technology
  • AES 256-Bit Encryption
  • Smart Thermal Control
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Update: This popular deal is still available.

Various Retailers have 2TB Samsung 990 EVO M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4.0 x4 / 5.0 x2 Internal Solid State Drive (‎MZ-V9E2T0B/AM) on sale for $129.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member jak10987 for finding this deal.

Available from:Features:
  • 2TB Storage Capacity
  • M.2 2280 Form Factor
  • PCIe 4.0 x4 / 5.0 x2 | NVMe 2.0
  • Sequential Reads up to 5000 MB/s
  • Sequential Writes up to 4200 MB/s
  • Up to 1200TB TBW (Total Bytes Written)
  • Samsung V-NAND Flash Technology
  • AES 256-Bit Encryption
  • Smart Thermal Control
No Longer Available:

Editor's Notes

Written by RevOne | Staff
  • About this Offer:
    • This is $20 lower than the typical price of $149.99.
  • About this Product:
    • This is rated 4.8 out of 5 stars based on over 800 ratings at Amazon.
  • About this Store:
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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flashdrive
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No DRAM. If you need/want DRAM, you'll have to get the more expensive 990 Pro.
paliknight
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I miss the days when a 990 pro could be had for 110
exm
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Personally, spend $8 extra and get the Solidigm P44 Pro Series 2TB for $138.59 which is comparable to the 990 Pro in performance

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJGGL...title&th=1

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Sep 05, 2024 12:11 AM
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Teaser38Sep 05, 2024 12:11 AM
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Nextorage (Phison) 2TB is the same price right now if you want a no compromise high end PCIe 4.0 drive.
Last edited by Teaser38 September 4, 2024 at 05:14 PM.
Sep 05, 2024 12:14 AM
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Nintendo1474Sep 05, 2024 12:14 AM
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Quote from jdouglas22 :
You're talking about the 1tb tho right?
Nope, 2TB. Search for 990 pro on slickdeals

EDIT: https://slickdeals.net/f/17707323-samsung-990-pro-2tb-m-2-ssd-for-129-99-25-rewards-105-net-staples-in-store-only-ymmv-unadvertised
Last edited by Nintendo1474 September 16, 2024 at 11:42 PM.
Sep 05, 2024 12:39 AM
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MWinkSep 05, 2024 12:39 AM
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank MWink

Quote from timothyfryer :
Dram lowers the risk of corruption from power loss. If Windows locks up and refuses every attempt to restart it without a hard power button press,a dram-less drive is typically at a higher risk of corruption if it's being written to when it loses power. Windows can lock up and still keep writing to the drive. I discovered that the hard way. Some are very fast but that doesn't make you feel any better if it instantly destroys years of information.
No, it doesn't. On modern drives, the presence/absence of DRAM doesn't make an appreciable difference in the risk of data loss from unexpected power loss. Modern controllers are generally decent at recovering from an improper shutdown.

It's worth pointing out that sometimes drive failure is what causes Windows to lock up.
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GeneSep 05, 2024 01:50 AM
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Quote from MWink :
No, it doesn't. On modern drives, the presence/absence of DRAM doesn't make an appreciable difference in the risk of data loss from unexpected power loss. Modern controllers are generally decent at recovering from an improper shutdown. It's worth pointing out that sometimes drive failure is what causes Windows to lock up.
In a scenario where a host locks up and needs to be power cycled, flash storage that uses DRAM would be less likely to have data loss or corruption occur since it has the data that needs to be written out and it's not being held in the host's memory that isn't accessible anymore.

That said, it's a statistically insignificant scenario not worth worrying about for most use cases. When it is a valid concern, if better hardware and software isn't being used, that's the fault of the system design and implementation, not the low level, consumer grade, DRAM-less storage device.
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Wacki17Sep 05, 2024 01:58 AM
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Quote from Nintendo1474 :
It is at staples in-store right now. My local store let me order it at the in-store price even though it was out of stock there. You do need to use a few coupons to get it down to 110, though.
I don't see anything online or in Instacart. Will call them tomorrow.
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fallbreakSep 05, 2024 03:01 AM
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Quote from exm :
Personally, spend $8 extra and get the Solidigm P44 Pro Series 2TB for $138.59 which is comparable to the 990 Pro in performance

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJGGL...title&th=1
100% agree!
Sep 05, 2024 03:02 AM
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Nintendo1474Sep 05, 2024 03:02 AM
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Quote from exm :
Personally, spend $8 extra and get the Solidigm P44 Pro Series 2TB for $138.59 which is comparable to the 990 Pro in performance

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJGGL...title&th=1
https://community.solidigm.com/t5...139/page/3

I wouldn't. P44 Pro and P41 Platinum have some kind of firmware bug that causes the sequential write cache to permanently fill up from use, causing it to eventually skip it entirely. Currently the only fix is a factory reset.

If you're okay factory resetting it occasionally, then go for it. But it seems too fiddly to me.
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cjsanandreasSep 05, 2024 03:49 AM
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Quote from flashdrive :
No DRAM. If you need/want DRAM, you'll have to get the more expensive 990 Pro.
Crazy that a newer drive has fewer features and byte for byte is priced the same as its 2021 predecessor (970 evo)
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bestdeal113Sep 05, 2024 03:51 AM
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Congratulations, you got an offer on your cart

Your order total (excluding tax) has now changed from $129.99 to $116.99


if you buy from Samsung via EPP
Sep 05, 2024 03:58 AM
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amirzur2108Sep 05, 2024 03:58 AM
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No heat sink here so it won't be a good fit for ps5 right?
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ShushiiTSep 05, 2024 04:26 AM
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kind of scummy they nerf the 990 evo without dram

the 970evo plus was goat on pcie3 and now we have to pay premium for dram?
Sep 05, 2024 04:32 AM
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MWinkSep 05, 2024 04:32 AM
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Quote from Gene :
In a scenario where a host locks up and needs to be power cycled, flash storage that uses DRAM would be less likely to have data loss or corruption occur since it has the data that needs to be written out and it's not being held in the host's memory that isn't accessible anymore.

That said, it's a statistically insignificant scenario not worth worrying about for most use cases. When it is a valid concern, if better hardware and software isn't being used, that's the fault of the system design and implementation, not the low level, consumer grade, DRAM-less storage device.
With or without DRAM, the drive only has whatever data was sent by the host before it locked up. It doesn't inherently have any more user data than a DRAM-less drive. DRAM isn't really buffering writes. Its purpose is mainly to store a copy of the mapping table (FTL), which considerably increases performance and slightly reduces NAND wear.
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89turboiiSep 05, 2024 04:36 AM
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Quote from tamadusa :
Can I put these in a NAS?
The new AI drives have great write endurance for TCL nand if your write heavy.

If your running a RAID and can live with a SATA 500mb/s why not a bunch of enterprise used SSD though, $60 a TB on fleabay for intel D3-xxxx for instance.
Sep 05, 2024 04:48 AM
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TsumiSep 05, 2024 04:48 AM
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Quote from ShushiiT :
kind of scummy they nerf the 990 evo without dram

the 970evo plus was goat on pcie3 and now we have to pay premium for dram?
Not really, it's just product segmentation. Everyone else is doing it so Samsung needs to have a product that fills that gap. HBM has gotten good enough that 90+% of consumers won't notice the lack of DRAM.

A truly scummy move will be initially offering it with DRAM and then removing it in future revisions without changing the model name. Multiple manufacturers have changed controllers to inferior versions than initial release without changing the model name or specs. Samsung is one of the few that I'm aware of that hasn't done this.
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cockadoodleSep 05, 2024 04:59 AM
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Paid 99 for 2tb 990 pro.oct 2023. Wise decision on my part.
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