Samsung's lightning-fast 990 EVO Plus SSD is on sale at Amazon — with big savings on 1TB and 2TB models

Samsung's 990 EVO Plus is one of our favorite internal SSDs around, and great pick for upgrading your desktop or laptop without paying crazy prices. Better still, Amazon has discounted the 990 EVO Plus capacities — 1TB, 2TB, and in the US, the 4TB too — to suit your storage needs and budget.

For example, the 1TB version now costs $245 (was $290), delivering read speeds up to 7,250MB/s. In the UK, the same drive has dropped to £182 (was £228) at Amazon.

But whichever capacity you choose, you're getting the same fast PCIe 4.0 x4 and PCIe 5.0 x2 compatibility, allowing the drive to work across a wide range of modern desktops and laptops.

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Sequential read speeds reach up to 7,150MB/s for the 1TB model (7,250MB/s for the 2TB and 4TB versions), while writes hit up to 6,300MB/s, making large file transfers, application loading, and boot times far quicker than with older SSDs.

Samsung also includes Intelligent TurboWrite 2.0 technology to sustain performance during large transfers, alongside a nickel-coated controller that improves thermal efficiency.

That helps the drive stay cooler while using less power, which will be particularly useful in compact laptops where heat can become an issue.

Another advantage is Samsung's Magician software, which keeps firmware up to date, monitors drive health, and provides additional management tools to help maintain performance over time. It's a useful extra that many other drives don't match.

Picking the right capacity is obviously important. The 1TB model is an affordable upgrade for everyday use, the 2TB version offers plenty of room for games, creative projects, and growing media libraries, and the 4TB drive is ideal if you regularly work with huge video files or simply want enough storage to avoid upgrading again for years.

Whether you're replacing an aging SSD or building a new PC, Samsung's 990 EVO Plus is a great storage choice, and an easy recommendation from me.

For more savings on storage, we're always tracking the best SSD deals.

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Wayne Williams is a freelancer writing news for TechRadar Pro. He has been writing about computers, technology, and the web for 30 years. In that time he wrote for most of the UK’s PC magazines, and launched, edited and published a number of them too.