I got a 2TB 980 pro with heat sink from Bestbuy last week for $99. I was astounded. No brainer upgrade for the PS5

be sure to upgrade the firmware, 980 pros are known to die after a while.

dunno why people keep paying this premium for them, there's other better options for less money, like HP FX900 or Team Cardea these days. And those companies have a track record of reliability and not... whatever Samsung is doing for the last 10 years.

Like honestly these days Samsung rates below stuff like Sabrent Rocket for me. You're better off picking a random other product from a big-name brand with equivalent specs as long as it's not a Samsung... the "SSD monty hall problem" if you will. Simply by switching, you improve your odds.

I picked up a 2TB 980Pro and installed it into an external USB-C chassis from SSK. I now have extremely fast external storage to edit from on the go without filling my internal system drive with crap media footage. At ~$100, that enough to have one per project and avoids the "which drive" question. It's now, get the ProjectX drive, or get the ProjectY drive. It's the happiest I've been as a mobile editor.