The 990 EVO Plus is one of the best value-positioned and lightning-fast solid-state drives around, with Samsung finally offering its loyal customers something affordable compared to the more premium 990 PRO. With 4TB of storage, the PCIe NVMe Gen 4 drive is available for $234.99 on Amazon after a 32 percent discount, which is one of the lowest prices that we have seen for a while on the online retailer. We have witnessed the SSD listed for $249.99, meaning that the latest price drop takes a whole step further for customers when upgrading.
Sporting the latest NAND flash technology, the 990 EVO Plus can reach sequential read and write speeds of 7,250MB/s and 6,300MB/s, respectively, with Samsung’s Intelligent TurboWrite 2.0 giving you the freedom to transfer files of massive sizes without worrying about any performance throttling. We often recommend Samsung-branded solid-state drives because the company routinely introduces several updates through its Magician Software that maintains the performance and longevity of the 990 EVO Plus and others.
Of course, you must remember that every single of these drives is DRAMless, and if that matters to you, then it is best to upgrade to Samsung’s top-end PCIe NVMe Gen 4 SSD, the 990 PRO, with the heatsink-less , and . However, bear in mind that this is not the fastest drive in Samsung’s arsenal, with the Korean giant’s PCIe NVMe Gen 5 solid-state drives with speeds of up to 14,800MB/s taking that crown, and specifically targeted to those that want the absolute best.