Samsung has unveiled its next generation of external drives, and the new P9 and P7 SSDs definitely feel premium. The portable solid-state drives are powered by USB4, a newer USB standard, which helps conjure up impressive read and write speeds of up to 4,000 and 3,800 MB/s (where the P9 is considered). But this new heightened performance comes at a premium cost of up to $2,699.99, and I wish I were joking.
Announced during Gamescom 2026, Samsung states in its press release that you can expect to pay $339.99 for 1TB, $649.99 for 2TB, $1,349.99 for 4TB, and $2,699.99 for 8TB for the privilege of adding the P9 to your setup. It doesn't get much better with the P7, as the storage brand states it has an MSRP of $289.99 for 1TB, $549.99 for 2TB, $1,149.99 for 4TB, and $2,289.99 for 8TB.
The new pricey drives have yet to touch down at US retailers but are expected to have a "global rollout" beginning this month. It's still early days as we've just hit September, but when they are ready to drop, don't expect them to come cheap, particularly as they're likely to get even pricier from there if the current flucuating best external gaming hard drive prices as the result of the RAM Storage Crisis anything to go by.
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