In 2017, I bought a 1TB 960 Evo for 466€. Now, in 2023 the 1TB 970 Evo Plus is 43€.

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It's incredible how much the prices have fallen and that's how it should be. Sure, I bought the 960 close to launch but still the difference is staggering.

The 960 Evo still chugs along albeit it's a new one because a few months after I bought it, I had to RMA it. I guess that's what happens when you are an early adopter. I lost a few hours of work when the original 960 Evo decided to stop working but it also taught me to be more paranoia with backups.

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It's about time. SSD prices stagnated for years!

Here are my purchases over the past years:

  • 2015 - Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SATA - $164
  • 2016 - Samsung 850 EVO 500GB M.2 SATA - $168
  • 2016 - Samsung 850 EVO 1TB M.2 SATA - $262
  • 2017 - Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SATA - $198 ($30 more than 2 yrs prior)
  • 2019 - Samsung 860 EVO 1TB SATA - $160 (finally a decent price on 1TB even though it was SATA)
  • 2020 - Samsung 870 EVO+ 2TB NVME - $270
  • 2022 - Samsung 870 EVO+ 2TB NVME - $204
  • 2022 - Samsung 870 EVO 4TB SATA - $396

Today the Samsung 970 EVO+ NVME 2TB is $109. The 870 EVO 4TB SATA is $170. Each about half the price as one year ago.