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Amazon is selling Samsung's 1TB 990 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD for $189.99, down $40 from its $229.99 list price. The drive uses Samsung's V9 QLC NAND with a DRAM-less controller, rated for sequential speeds up to 7,150 MB/s read and 6,450 MB/s write, 400TB of endurance, and a three-year warranty.
AMD has released the Ryzen 5 5500F, a six-core, 12-thread Zen 3 chip with a 4.4 GHz boost clock priced around $100. Unlike the base Ryzen 5 5500, it is built on the Vermeer die rather than Cezanne, giving it PCIe 4.0 support and an 8% average gaming performance gain, alongside a 10% jump in multithreaded performance.
Newegg offers the 4TB Teamgroup T-Force G50 Evo NVMe SSD at a discounted price of $399.99 with a promo code, making it roughly 10 cents per gigabyte. The drive features PCIe 4.0 support, high read/write speeds, and a three-year warranty, with a graphene heatsink for thermal management.
The WD Black SN770M 2TB SSD has been discounted to $259.99, marking an 8% increase over its original launch price. This M.2 2230 drive is compatible with popular gaming handhelds like the Steam Deck and ROG Ally, providing a high-performance storage option amid ongoing shortages. Despite newer models emerging, the SN770M remains a cost-effective choice for expanding storage capacity in portable gaming devices.
Walmart has slashed the price of MSI's Codex Z2C gaming desktop to $999, saving $600. The system features an AMD Ryzen 7 8700F CPU, GeForce RTX 5060 Ti graphics card, 16GB DDR5 RAM, and a 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD, all built on a Pro B840-VC WiFi motherboard with upgrade options. The deal has quickly gained popularity, with over 500 units sold since yesterday.
SanDisk has launched the Optimus GX Pro 850P, a Gen 4 NVMe SSD with a heatsink built for the PS5 that shares its underlying design with the WD Black SN850X. The lineup spans 1TB to 8TB capacities priced from $309.99 to $2,249.99, featuring DRAM, TLC 3D NAND, speeds up to 7,300 MB/s read, and a 5-year warranty.
Newegg is selling the MSI Spatium M461 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD for $299.99 using promo code SSD73852, working out to about 10 cents per gigabyte. The drive uses a Phison E21T controller with 3D NAND and NVMe 1.4 support, delivering sequential speeds up to 5,000/4,200 MBps read/write, backed by a five-year warranty and 900 TBW endurance rating.
Tom's Hardware reviewed Goodram's PX700, a budget-tier PCIe 4.0 SSD, finding it delivers solid speed, strong power efficiency, and cool single-sided operation. The drive, made by the established EU memory assembler Goodram, outperformed expectations against comparable drives using similar hardware in its price class.
Amazon is selling Samsung's new 990 PCIe 4.0 SSD in 2TB capacity for $339.99, a $190 cut from its $529.99 list price. The drive is a QLC variant of the 990 EVO Plus, built with Samsung's PiccoloQ controller and V9 QLC flash, offering full Gen 4 bandwidth. A 1TB version is also discounted, though the deal is time-limited.
Tom's Hardware has released a step-by-step guide explaining how to install an M.2 PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD in a PlayStation 5 to expand storage capacity in 2026. The guide notes that such upgrades are now essential as AAA games grow larger and Sony moves away from physical discs, and confirms that installation with a compatible drive will not void the console's warranty. It also recommends drives like the WD Black SN850X and Samsung 990 Pro, both rated for sequential speeds above 5,500 MB/s.
Newegg is selling the Kingston NV3 1TB PCIe Gen 4 SSD for $156.99, down 27% from its usual $215.99 price and the lowest it's been in a month. The DRAM-less drive uses HMB technology and offers sequential speeds up to 6,000 MB/s read and 4,000 MB/s write, with 320TBW endurance and a five-year warranty.