4TB Samsung 990 Pro M.2 SSD falls 27%, hits 20 cents per gigabyte
- ID
- 37947
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 22 Oct 2026, 12:07 AM
- Fetched
- 22 Oct 2026, 12:51 AM
- Provider
- Tom's Hardware
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/4tb-samsung-990-pro-m-2-ssd-falls-27-percent-hits-20-cents-per-gigabyte-our-favorite-high-capacity-pcie-gen-4-drive-is-the-ultimate-storage-for-your-game-library
- Source URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/feeds/all
Summary
- Score
- 3.0
- Created
- 22 Oct 2026, 12:52 AM
- Tags
- Audience
- developersai_ml_learners
What happened
Tom's Hardware reports the 4TB Samsung 990 Pro — a PCIe Gen 4 M.2 drive — dropped 27% to $0.20 per gigabyte. That per-gigabyte figure works out to roughly $800 for the full 4TB capacity. The article body supplied here is almost entirely subscription and navigation boilerplate, so there is no named retailer, listed price, or deal expiry date in the text.
Why it matters
Do the arithmetic before you treat a "27% off" headline as a buying signal: at $0.20/GB the 4TB drive lands near $800, so if you are speccing local NVMe for model weights, checkpoints, or datasets, compare that per-TB number against current street prices rather than the discount percentage. Since the text names no retailer or end date, you cannot act on this listing without checking the live price yourself.
Discussion angle
What per-GB price would actually justify buying local NVMe for model weights and datasets instead of pushing that storage to object storage or cloud volumes — and does $0.20/GB clear that bar for anyone in the room?