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Get a 1TB Samsung 860 Evo SSD for just £80 right nowThat’s its lowest ever price, too
That’s its lowest ever price, too
Indeed, the 1TB model is currently a much better buy than some of the 860 Evo’s other size capacities right now. For example, the 500GB 860 Evo is still stuck at£60at time of writing, while the 2TB model still goes for a whopping£220.
Samsung 860 Evo (1TB) - £80 from Amazon UK (down from £110)
In fact, if it’s a cheap 2TB SATA drive you’re after, then you should take a look at the newer Samsung 870 Evo, whose 1TB and 2TB capacities are also on sale this week. The 1TB version is still quite a bit more expensive than the 860 Evo deal above, going for £99, but the 2TB model is a decent £164 - a drop of just under £40. This means it’s actually cheaper than the 2TB model ofSamsung’s 870 Qvoat the moment, which has traditionally been Samsung’s best value big SATA SSD.
Samsung 870 Evo (1TB) - £99 from Amazon UK (down from £135)
Samsung 870 Evo (2TB) - £164 from Amazon UK (down from £200)
If it’s a Samsung NVMe drive you’re after, though, then you’ll be pleased to hear some of their super fast PCIe 4.0980 ProSSDs are also part of Amazon’s Spring sale this week. Again, these are more expensive than their similarly-sized SATA counterparts, but the 500GB and 1TB prices of this ultra nippy SSD feature more all-time lows for their respective size capacities.
The 500GB model can now be had for £98, for example, which is a pretty sizable drop from its launch price of around £135, while the 1TB model is down to £163 (also another big drop from its launch price of £208 at the end of last year).
Samsung 980 Pro (500GB) - £98 from Amazon UK (down from £135)
Samsung 980 Pro (1TB) - £163 from Amazon UK (down from £200)
You will, of course, need a PCIe 4.0 motherboard to get the most out of them, and until recently this was just AMD’s B550 and X570 boards. Thankfully, Intel are also finally joining the PCIe 4.0 bandwagon with the launch of their11th Gen Rocket Lake CPUsat the end of this month, and almost all of their 500-series motherboards will have PCIe 4.0 support as standard. You can still put these SSDs in PCIe 3.0 boards, of course, but naturally they’ll be limited to PCIe 3.0 speeds.
