For those with deep pockets and fat wallets, Samsung now offers an 8TB model of its 9100 Pro SSD, and as you might have guessed, it comes with a hefty price tag. The kind of price tag that some people might look at and ask themselves, “Do I really need to pay rent this month?” High prices are nothing new when it comes to storage products at this large a capacity, and it’s hardly the first SSD that’s come to market at this price point.
Having said that, it doesn’t make it any easier to swallow when you see an SSD that costs a significant portion of what most people pay for their rent each month. This variant of the 9100 Pro will start at $999.99, and this is for the model without the heatsink. If you want the heatsink model, you’ll end up spending $1,019.99. It’s not cheap, but it would surely set you up to never need any more storage for as long as you keep your current gaming PC . Which, if it’s new enough, could be for the next five years at least.
The Samsung 9100 Pro 8TB is available for pre-order starting today
If you go through Samsung, the company has stock for all pre-orders at the moment. The 8TB 9100 Pro will ship on or by September 23. So, there are still a few more weeks to wait before it shows up for anyone.
The Samsung 9100 Pro features blazing-fast read and write speeds of up to 14,800/13,400 MB/s. It’s PCIe 5.0, but it’s also backward compatible with older PCIe motherboards. It also supports the Samsung Magician software. You’ll want to install this if you use it inside your PC, because it allows you to monitor the drive’s stats and other information.
Samsung 9100 Pro 8TB
