Solid state drives are the bee's knees as far as I am concerned -- the best upgrade any PC user can make. Even as prices come down, however, there is still a big issue -- limited capacities. Understandably, a user might be hesitant to replace a 1 or 2TB hard drive with a much smaller SSD.

Well, today this changes. Samsung -- a very reputable company -- launches the massive 2TB 850 PRO and EVO SSDs. While this is certainly reason for celebration (and drooling), the price tags may shock consumers.

"The new 2TB 850 SSD PRO and EVO drives remain in the same 7-millimeter, 2.5-inch aluminum case as their predecessors did. Equipped with Samsung’s advanced chip solutions, including 128 individual Samsung 32-layer 128Gb 3D V-NAND flash chips, an upgraded high-performance MHX controller that supports 2TB capacity, and four 20nm-class process technology-based 4Gb LPDDR3 DRAM chips, the 2TB 850 family provides industry-leading performance and power efficiency", says Samsung.

Un-Soo Kim, Senior Vice President of Branded Product Marketing, Memory Business at Samsung Electronics says "Samsung experienced a surge in demand for 500 gigabyte (GB) and higher capacity SSDs with the introduction of our V-NAND SSDs. The release of the 2TB SSD is a strong driver into the era of multi-terabyte SSD solutions. We will continue to expand our ultra-high performance and large density SSD product portfolio and provide a new computing experience to users around the globe".

Holy macaroni, this has me so excited. Unfortunately, as stated earlier, the prices are a bit shocking. The 2TB PRO will sell for $999, while the EVO will be a more "afforable" $799. This makes them unobtainable for many -- we can dream though, right?

Clearly, these are early adopter prices; most consumers will want to wait for price drops. Heck, many consumers spend far less than that on their entire computer!

Are you excited for these massive SSDs? Tell me in the comments.