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Title: Leak: Samsung 990 SSD makes compromises to lower price despite DRAM crisis
Post by: Redaktion on July 06, 2026, 14:23:42

The DRAM crisis is making not only RAM but also SSDs significantly more expensive. Samsung is now apparently planning a new entry-level SSD in the 990 series, which could be offered at a lower price than the 990 Evo Plus by omitting the DRAM cache and using affordable QLC NAND.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Leak-Samsung-990-SSD-makes-compromises-to-lower-price-despite-DRAM-crisis.1335756.0.html

Title: Re: Leak: Samsung 990 SSD makes compromises to lower price despite DRAM crisis
Post by: I dont want no scrubs on July 06, 2026, 15:01:13

I'm not going to buy a QLC SSD, as QLC's bad performance, compared to TLC, has not been able to be solved (QLC's speed becomes that of a HDD..). TLC be like: I don't want no scrubs: youtube.com/watch?v=FrLequ6dUdM. And for storing data without power, a SSD is not suitable anyway. Use HDD or band drives for that.

Title: Re: Leak: Samsung 990 SSD makes compromises to lower price despite DRAM crisis
Post by: captainobvious on July 06, 2026, 15:53:04

I stopped buying SSDs when Samsung started calling inferior TLC memory as 3bit MLC.
Since then SSDs have become even more unreliable by moving to QLC and by consuming too much power (~12W vs 2W then).
Anyone with a clue should stick to HDDs.

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