The Samsung 990 Pro SSD Is on Sale for the Lowest Price You’re Likely to See This Year.
Key takeaways
- Photograph: Amazon; Getty Images Amazon Prime Day June 2026
- It's Prime Day though, and there are some deals that bring prices back down to something like reality.
- But we live in the real world, and in the real world this drive has spent the last two months hovering at well over $600, so knocking almost $300 of that makes this a deal, such as it is.
Why this matters: a development in AI with implications for how people work, create, and decide.
Photograph: Amazon; Getty Images Amazon Prime Day June 2026
Loader Save Story Save this story Comment Loader Save Story Save this story Hard drives, RAM, and SD cards have skyrocketed in price over the last six months as memory-hungry AI data centers consume even more silicon wafers in pursuit of a workable business model. As with most rug pulls, consumers like you and I are left holding the bag (in more ways than one), which so far means the price of memory.
It's Prime Day though, and there are some deals that bring prices back down to something like reality. The best I've seen is on Samsung's 2-TB 990 Evo Plus SSD, which is down to $370. Is that an outstanding deal? Well, yes and no. Abstractly, no, it's not. A year ago this drive was selling for $140. Six months ago it was still only $300.