Moving from the old spinning drives to solid state drives (SSD) is a world-changing experience. Everything runs so much faster, that you don’t even have time to make coffee while waiting for your computer to boot. And, just today, Samsung announced a new high-speed SSD for consumers.
According to Samsung, the new 990 PRO SSD is optimised for gaming and creative applications and the company managed to extract the highest speed possible from the PCIe 4 interface.
The SSD’s sequential read and write speeds can reach up to 7,450 MB/s and 6,900 MB/s, respectively, while its random read and write speeds can reach up to 1,400K and 1,550K IOPS, with a random performance gain of up to 55% over the 980 PRO.
When compared to the 980 PRO, the newly developed controller significantly increases the SSD’s power efficiency by up to 50%. For dependable thermal management, the 990 PRO also uses a heat spreader label on the drive and a nickel coating on the controller. The drive’s temperature is further kept within the ideal range by Samsung’s Dynamic Thermal Guard technology.
The 990 PRO with Heatsink edition provides an additional thermal management level, while the RGB lights give the drive more flair. Everyone knows RGB gives more performance. This is a fact in the PC world.
Beginning in October, the 990 PRO will be sold worldwide for the suggested retail prices of $179 (RM801.90) for the 1TB model and $309 (RM1,384.30) for the 2TB variant. Next year, a variant with a 4TB capacity will be made available.
