This may be the single best time to buy Samsung's fantastic 980 Pro solid state drive. We saw the 2TB version of the drive drop as low as $173.79 at Amazon, but that deal has sold out, and the drive has gone out of stock at most retailers. That's unfortunate but not the end of all things. Other versions of the drive are still available and on sale. For example, you can get the 2TB capacity with heatsink for $189.99. That's only a few bucks more and well worth the investment for the better thermals.
If you don't mind doing away with the heatsink, you can get the regular 1TB version on sale for $109.99 from a street price of $135. Or the 1TB version with heatsink on sale for $10 more.
The reason for that is not only that it's Black Friday this week but also because the Samsung 990 Pro just released (read our review!). Of course, that one is still super new and we're not going to see a whole lot of great deals on it this year. The 2TB version, for example, is going for $313 at Amazon. The value is in the 980 Pro, which is still amazingly fast and now on the chopping block.
Read our review of the 980 Pro and decide for yourself whether it's something you need for your system. We gave it 4 out of 5 stars, and Richard Devine said, "If you're looking to build your PC with the best possible storage then you should always consider a Samsung SSD and the new 980 Pro is absolutely no exception."
You get read and write speeds of up to 7,000 MB/s and 5,100 MB/s respectively, which is boosted from lesser SSDs thanks to the NVMe technology and PCIe 4.0 compatibility. The latter bit gives you twice the data transfer rate compared to previous generations.
