Samsung's 990 EVO 2TB SSD is now only $129 — one of its lowest prices to date

[Admin]

The Samsung 990 EVO 2TB SSD is currently available at Amazon for one of its lowest prices to date, according to price tracking data from CamelCamelCamel.

Samsung's 990 EVO 2TB SSD is now only $129 — one of its lowest prices to date : Read more

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

It's been $150 or lower for months, and has been $129.99 multiple times, so this really isn't a "deal".

 

[abufrejoval]

I keep wondering why Samsung won't offer 4TB capacities for their "econoline" EVO drives.

Few things are as constrained or precious as PCIe lanes these days. So missing out on top capacity means you can't trade the record breaking speed--you may care less about--for the capacity you know you'll need.

It's the main reason that after near total loyalty to the brand since 830 days, I'm no longer buying any of their stuff: any capacity below 4TB costs too much in lanes over the expected life time to be worth the invest and I'm not ready to pay a luxury (and energy/heat) tax on PCIe v5 when v3 is sufficient.

At least until PCIe switch prices come back down to Earth.

And then you can recycle PCIe v3/v4 NVMe drives on notebooks which come with those truly ridiculous 0.25/0.5TB capacities, while a v5 design won't fit in terms of space and energy budget.