The Best SSD for Gaming Is on Sale for Prime Day

For October Prime Day, Amazon is offering an excellent deal on the best gaming SSD. Right now you can get the blazing fast Samsung 990 Pro 2TB PCIe 4.0 M.2 solid state drive (SSD) for only $139.99. This is the lowest price we’ve seen this year and $10 less than the previous Prime Day deal back in July. 4TB and 1TB models are also on sale. The 990 Pro is still considered one of the fastest PCIe 4.0 SSDs on the market. It’s also compatible with the PlayStation 5 console right out of the box, especially since it’s pre-equipped with a low-profile heatsink.

Prime Day Deal: Samsung 990 Pro PS5 SSD with Heatsink

Samsung 990 Pro 2TB PCIe Gen4 SSD with Heatsink

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Samsung 990 Pro 4TB PCIe Gen4 SSD with Heatsink

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Samsung 990 Pro 1TB PCIe Gen4 SSD with Heatsink

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The 990 Pro is the successor to the venerable 980 Pro and is Samsung’s flagship SSD. The 990 Pro has been updated with Samsung’s newest Pascal controller and 7th gen TLC NAND flash chips which are manufactured in-house. It boasts sequential speeds of 7,450MB/s read and 6,900MB/s write and random speeds of 1400K read and 1550K IOPS write, which is up to 50% faster per watt than the 980 Pro. This is absolutely the best boot drive you can get for your gaming PC, especially since 2TB is currently the best compromise between capacity and price point.

For console gamers, the Samsung 990 Pro also happens to be one of the best SSDs for the PlayStation 5. In fact, performance-wise, it’s overkill since the stock PS5 SSD only has speeds of up to 5,600MB/s. This 990 Pro comes pre-equipped with a low-profile aluminum heatsink that’s guaranteed to fit in both the PS5 and PS5 Slim consoles. It also back by a 5 year warranty; by the time your warranty runs out, you might have already moved onto the PS6.

If you want to compare this deal with other PlayStation 5 compatible options, here’s a list of our favorite PS5 SSDs. If you’re looking for deals on other PS5 accessories, check out the best PS5 deals going on right now (we update it often). If you don’t yet own a PS5 console, you’re in luck. The PS5 Slim is currently on sale for Prime Day, and Sony recently announced a more powerful PS5 Pro that is currently up for preorder and ships out next month. For all other deals, head over to our Prime Day megapost to see our cherry-picked list of the best deals we’ve found.

Are October Prime Day Deals as good as Black Friday?

Although Black Friday is still the overall best time to buy just about anything every year, October Prime Day is just as good as Black Friday for many different items. Amazon’s own devices that are currently on sale likely won’t go much lower in price. The same goes for most of the deals we’ve featured on this list, which are at some of their lowest prices of the year so far. If you are unsure whether or not you’re getting a good deal on anything, you can reference specific products on the CamelCamelCamel website to see historical Amazon pricing.

More Prime Day Deals on Console Storage Upgrades

PS5, PC Compatible (DRAM)

Samsung 990 PRO 2TB NVMe M.2 SSD (7450MB/s) with Heatsink

PS5, PC Compatible (DRAM)

WD Black SN850X 2TB NVMe M.2 SSD (7300MB/s)

WD Black C50 1TB Storage Expansion Card

Seagate 1TB Storage Expansion Card

Nintendo Switch Compatible

SanDisk Ultra 1.5TB Micro SDXC Card

Nintendo Switch Compatible

Teamgroup A2 Pro Plus 1TB U3 A2 V30 Micro SDXC Card

Nintendo Switch Compatible

Silicon Power 512GB U3 A1 V30 Micro SDXC Card

PS5, PC Compatible (DRAM)

XPG Gammix S70 Blade 2TB NVMe M.2 SSD (7400MB/s)

PS5, PC Compatible (DRAM-Less)

Nextorage 2TB NVMe M.2 SSD (7400MB/s)

PS5, PC Compatible (DRAM)

Lexar NM790 2TB NVMe M.2 SSD (74000MB/s) with Heatsink

Eric Song is the IGN commerce manager in charge of finding the best gaming and tech deals every day. When Eric isn’t hunting for deals for other people at work, he’s hunting for deals for himself during his free time.