Amazon’s Labor Day sales have officially launched and some of the best offers are not on everyday essentials but on real tech upgrades. That’s exactly the case with the Samsung 9100 Pro 4TB SSD, which only went on sale a few months prior for $550. Now it has dropped to as little as $372 (37% off) which is an all time low for a brand new item. Samsung’s smaller 1TB and 2TB versions are seeing price drops as well right now but they come with less dramatic dives.
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This is a PCIe 5.0 drive which means you’re effectively stepping into the latest generation of storage technology. On paper, it can push sequential read speeds up to 14,800 MB/s and write speeds of around 13,400 MB/s (double the Samsung’s legendary 990 Pro). Launching games, opening massive video projects or crunching through workloads tied to AI applications and content creation happens almost instantly.
What’s equally impressive are the random read and write numbers as it can reach up to 2,200K and 2,600K IOPS. Sounds like computer lingo, but what it really translates to is seamless multitasking with a whole lot less waiting. Edit 4K or 8K footage, train AI models or load intense workstation applications: this drive maintains your system responsiveness even at high load. Gamers benefit too with incredibly fast in-game loading and virtually zero stutter while streaming assets in-game.
There’s a fresh 5nm controller inside which cuts power consumption by nearly 50% compared to the 990 Pro and that’s gigantic for laptops that sit through long sessions and desktops trying to keep temperatures under control. There’s integrated advanced thermal management which prevents overheating and throttling even when you’re hammering the drive with constant workloads.
On the software side, Samsung continues to support its drives with its Magician software suite which updates firmware automatically, contains helpful drive health monitoring and offers extra layers of encryption for workstations that deal with sensitive information.
If you’ve been waiting for a reason to jump into PCIe 5.0 speed, this Labor Day is the perfect time.
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