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Samsung 1TB 990 SSD sees $40 price drop amid memory crisis

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Samsung's 1TB 990 SSD is currently available for $189.99 on Amazon, a $40 discount from its original price. This deal comes amidst a memory crisis affecting NAND and DRAM prices, making high-performance NVMe storage harder to acquire. The PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD features sequential read and write speeds of up to 7,150 MB/s and 6,450 MB/s, respectively, and is rated for 400TB of written data with a three-year warranty. AI

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Samsung 1TB 990 SSD sees $40 price drop amid memory crisis

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Kunal Khullar ·

    Samsung's 1TB 990 SSD drops to 19 cents per GB amid the memory crisis — grab it for $40 off

    Whether you're building a new PC, expanding your gaming library, or replacing an older SATA drive, Samsung's 990 offers a straightforward way to add high-speed PCIe 4.0 storage to your system.

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