Samsung 970 EVO NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Drive: 500GB

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11-23-2020 at 08:05 PM #61

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Imagine buying this same 500GB for $179.99 two years ago. That was me https://static.slickdealscdn.com/ima...lies/frown.gif
Excellent deal on an excellent drive!

Same but it was the 970 Pro I believe in this machine I am using. Amazing right?

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11-23-2020 at 08:05 PM #62

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Is 970 EVO Plus better than EVO? Thought I remember reading EVO was better without the plus moniker?

Yes EVO Plus is better.

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11-23-2020 at 08:22 PM #63

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Evo plus is better. Not sure why anyone is buying this. The evo plus is the same price through Samsung with cash back...

what cash back? thanks

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11-23-2020 at 08:35 PM #64

Quote from GrantG2811

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Imagine buying this same 500GB for $179.99 two years ago. That was me https://static.slickdealscdn.com/ima...lies/frown.gif
Excellent deal on an excellent drive!

Samesies, hold me bro

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11-23-2020 at 09:07 PM #65

Any good usbc case for the EVO plus?

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11-23-2020 at 09:07 PM #66

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Yea these have come down in price a lot! Wow.

At least the speeds are the same so performance is still high, just volume has gotten better. Of all my components that has aged the best.

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11-23-2020 at 09:42 PM #67

I'm not a tech guy, is it easy to transfer OS from ssd to this? Just simply copy and paste all the file? I have window 10 OS running on Evo 860..

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11-23-2020 at 10:04 PM #68

Theyre comparable, but the P31 will be better overall.

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11-23-2020 at 10:08 PM #69

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The Hynix P31 is on sale for cheaper and looks by all accounts to be the better drive.

Ur comparing a 2.5" SATA SSD to a PCIe 3.0 NVMe, theyre not even comparable in form factor let alone speed bro.

Edit: nvm....somebody posted the S31 as a link to your comment lmao. P31 is awesome! And yeah I'd pick the p31 over the 970 any day! For only like $10 more too!

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11-23-2020 at 10:14 PM #70

I have a question. Should I use a heatsink on this ssd or not. Found some videos on youtube which made me more confused.

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11-23-2020 at 10:22 PM #71

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In for 2x 500GB for Synology DS920+ cache

I wouldn't use these drives in the synology; these drives don't have the write endurance for use in a file server environment. I recently bought an ironwolf m.2 ssd for mine

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11-23-2020 at 10:40 PM #72

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I'm not a tech guy, is it easy to transfer OS from ssd to this? Just simply copy and paste all the file? I have window 10 OS running on Evo 860..

No, you cannot just copy the files from your old drive to the new drive. That will not work. You will need to use software to clone your old drive to your new drive. Hope others can chime in, but I believe a viable free cloning software is http://clonezilla.org/. I have personally never used them, so I cannot comment how good is the software.

To me, I find it easier to just do a clean install of Win10 and reinstall everything else. If you can install/replace a hard drive, I think you will be fine reinstalling the OS.

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11-23-2020 at 11:28 PM #73

Here's the link to the SK hynix Gold P31 500GB PCIe NVMe.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product...423ER&th=1

$74.99 and tick the box for 15% coupon = $63.74 before tax.

Much better deal IMO.

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