Samsung has up to date its 990 sequence with the 990 EVO, lower than a month after the corporate briefly listed the SSD on its Ukrainian web site. For reference, Samsung refers back to the new SSD as ‘SSD 990 EVO’ and ‘990 EVO’ in its press launch. For the sake of brevity, we’ll use the latter, contemplating that is the model that seems most regularly on its web site.
As anticipated, the 990 EVO presents PCIe 5.0 speeds at enticing pricing. Particularly, the 990 EVO begins at $124.99 within the US as a 1 TB drive. Nonetheless, Samsung additionally sells a 2 TB possibility for $209.99. Please word that each capacities share peak 5,000 MB/s and 4,200 MB/s sequential learn and write speeds. Likewise, Samsung advertises as much as 800K IOPS (QD32) for each choices.
Moreover, Samsung permits all 990 EVO SSDs to be linked both by way of PCIe 5.0 x2 or PCIe 4.0 x4 interfaces, albeit with none efficiency advantages both approach. Nonetheless, the 1 TB possibility is rated for a 600 TB lifespan, which doubles to 1,200 TB for its 2 TB counterpart. Nonetheless, Samsung gives a five-warranty with all items and equivalent 4 nm controller chips. Please see Samsung’s web site for extra data.
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