4TB SSDs now 5 cents per GB, Samsung drives on Sale

4TB SSD Deals
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This week, Amazon and its competitors are having a slew of sales on PC components. That makes this a great time to purchase a 4TB SSD, with prices as low as 5 cents per GB. Given the precarious state of the market, many of the drives are not at all-time low prices, but because of tariffs and fluctuating NAND prices, they may never be cheaper.

Below, we've listed the lowest current price on half a dozen popular models of 4TB NVMe SSD, starting with the Silicon Power UD90 and going up to the WD Black SN850X and Samsung 990 Pro.

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Drive

Price

Read Speed

Write Speed

Silicon Power UD90

$204

5,000 MBps

4,800 MBps

Silicon Power US75

$205

7,500 MBps

6,500 MBps

PNY CS2241

$214

5,000 MBps

4,200 MBps

Crucial P3 Plus

$219

5,000 MBps

5,000 MBps

WD Blue SN5000

$238

5,500 MBps

5,500 MBps

TeamGroup MP44

$239

7,400 MBps

6,900 MBps

Addlink A93 PS5 SSD

$242

7,400 MBps

6,500 MBps

Samsung 990 Evo Plus

$249

7,250 MBps

6,300 MBps

Samsung 990 Pro

$279

7,450 MBps

6,900 MBps

WD Black SN850X

$279

7,300 MBps

6,600 MBps

Kingston Fury Renegade

$279

7,300 MBps

7,000 MBps

Not all of these are currently sale prices, just the lowest price you can get them for right now. Prices may have been lower in the recent past, but again, we don't know if they will go down anytime soon.

The Samsung 990 Pro, however, is on a huge sale this week as it now goes for $279, reduced from $319 just a few days ago. The 990 Pro is one of the best SSDs you can buy, with read and write speeds of 7,450 and 6,900 MBps. It's one of the fastest PCIe 4.0 drives you can buy (PCIe 5.0 drives are faster but too pricey and not worth it for most users).

Samsung 990 Pro 4TB SSD: now $279 at Amazon

Samsung 990 Pro 4TB SSD: now $279 at Amazon (was $319)
The Samsung 990 Pro 4TB is among the fastest SSDs currently available on the market, with read and write speeds of up to 7450/6900 MB/s, maxing out the Gen 4 bandwidth.

As you can see in the chart below, the 990 Pro does more than just deliver high transfer rates. It also incredibly low latency, which is great for gaming.

Samsung 990 Pro 4TB 3DMark Storage Test

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If you're looking to upgrade the storage on your PS5 specifically, the Addlink A93 is a great choice. When we reviewed the A93, we gave it 4 stars, praising its good sustained performance, power efficiency and its built-in heatsink. Right now, it's available for $242, reduced from $286.

Addlink A93 4TB: was $286, now $242 at Amazon

Addlink A93 4TB: was $286, now $242 at Amazon
This PS5 SSD touts read and write speeds of 7,400 MBps and 6,500 MBps respectively. Its built-in heatsink makes it ready as a drop-in upgrade to your console.

On our tests, the Addlink A93 had some of the lowest latency scores around.

Addlink A93 Latency

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The WD Black SN850X is another high-performer and is also $279.

WD Black SN850X 4TB SSD: now $279 at Amazon

WD Black SN850X 4TB SSD: now $279 at Amazon (was $699)
The SN850X is a speedy PCIe 4.0 SSD for PCs, laptops, and the PlayStation 5. The drive boasts a sequential performance that peaks at 7,300 MB/s reads and 6,600 MB/s writes. See our review of the WD Black SN850X for more information.

However, if you want a cheap drive that's capable of solid, but not impressive performance, you should definitely consider the TeamGroup MP44, which still uses speedy TLC NAND and is $239 or the Silicon Power US75, which uses QLC but promises 7,500 MBps reads and is $205.

Avram Piltch is Tom's Hardware's editor-in-chief. When he's not playing with the latest gadgets at work or putting on VR helmets at trade shows, you'll find him rooting his phone, taking apart his PC or coding plugins. With his technical knowledge and passion for testing, Avram developed many real-world benchmarks, including our laptop battery test.
  • sergeantsped
    "5 CeNtS pEr GB" just post the price in the header. That's so annoying.
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  • USAFRet
    sergeantsped said:
    "5 CeNtS pEr GB" just post the price in the header. That's so annoying.
    Seeing as the writeup speaks to multiple drives, putting it in the header is a bit problematic.
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  • cyrusfox
    No interest till I see them down at $140 personally. otherwise I'll go with used/cheap 2tb drives at around the same price and keep using cheap HDD for long term backup.
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  • JTWrenn
    That header feels bait and switch. It implies the Samsung drive is down to that price and it's actually 6.5 per. That didn't feel nice.
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  • sergeantsped
    USAFRet said:
    Seeing as the writeup speaks to multiple drives, putting it in the header is a bit problematic.
    Then why click bait with a math equation? It seems a bit silly to me.
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  • das_stig
    and the report should state that these are NVMe PCIe drives and not "SSD" as that term is most frequently referred to SATA interface for 2.5in units.

    TH needs to do an chart of 1TB-4TB SATA SSD prices.
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  • JTWrenn
    das_stig said:
    and the report should state that these are NVMe PCIe drives and not "SSD" as that term is most frequently referred to SATA interface for 2.5in units.

    TH needs to do an chart of 1TB-4TB SATA SSD prices.
    What? never heard that before. When someone says ssd now I generally think NVMe. It's the standard for most SSD's now. SSD has only meant sata ssd when that was the standard.
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  • USAFRet
    JTWrenn said:
    What? never heard that before. When someone says ssd now I generally think NVMe. It's the standard for most SSD's now. SSD has only meant sata ssd when that was the standard.
    I'd still like it to be specified.

    SATA SSDs are still a thing.
    My current system has 4x SATA III and 2x NVMe.
    Next system will have 3x SATA III and 3x NVMe.
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  • JTWrenn
    USAFRet said:
    I'd still like it to be specified.

    SATA SSDs are still a thing.
    My current system has 4x SATA III and 2x NVMe.
    Next system will have 3x SATA III and 3x NVMe.
    It is in the article. Saying it needs to be in the title is a little much I think. You shouldn't assume either really but that title has bigger issues than it saying ssd and then it actually being about the faster ssds. Sorry that to me is oddly nitpicky when it is in the article. If it was the other way around you might have an argument...ie they post it and it is sata not nvme but the fact it is nvme not sata to me means it is actually better than you might have thought for a 4tb drive.

    In short it's not a bait and switch. The samsung sale right after the price to me is.

    The article says in the 2nd paragraph "Below, we've listed the lowest current price on half a dozen popular models of 4TB NVMe SSD, starting with the Silicon Power UD90 and going up to the WD Black SN850X and Samsung 990 Pro."

    It says what they are just not in the title. SSD means both technically but the current standard is nvme. So ssd in title then explanation in the article makes sense.
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  • JamesJones44
    USAFRet said:
    I'd still like it to be specified.

    SATA SSDs are still a thing.
    My current system has 4x SATA III and 2x NVMe.
    Next system will have 3x SATA III and 3x NVMe.

    This is especially true in enterprise/cloud storage where it's tiered based on cost, performance and size. NVMe realtime/time sensitive/etc. data (lower capacity/high cost/high performance), SATA SSD fast moving non-critical data/warm standby/etc. (medium capacity/medium cost/medium performance), HDD backup/slow moving data/etc. (high capacity/low cost/low performance).
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