Its Pro series of SSDs are often among reviewers' top recommendations for users seeking high-speed storage for large work files, apps, and boot drives.

For Puget, problems with Samsung SSDs, which the 22-year-old boutique PC shop sells in its custom-built systems, started with the 980 Pro that came out in September 2020.

On January 31, Puget wrote a blog noting it "received a surprising number of reports of failing Samsung drives, specifically with the 2TB version of the 980 Pro.

In August, Samsung released the 990 Pro, which was met with positive reviews from publications like PCMag and Tom's Hardware.

As detailed by Tom's Hardware, various users across the web, including on Reddit, Twitter, and the Overclock.net forums, reported rapid health decline.

William George, with product development at Puget, wrote that, "if the endurance (and thus lifespan) of the [Samsung] drives is indeed dropping at this rate, it is very concerning."