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2TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive SSD

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B&H Photo Video has 2TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive SSD (MZ-V7S2T0B/AM) for $199.99. Shipping is free.

Best Buy has 2TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive SSD (MZ-V7S2T0B/AM) for $199.99. Shipping is free.

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  • About this deal:
    • This price is $130 lower (~39.4% savings) from the list price of $329.99
    • This beats the previous frontpage deal by $37.03 (~15.6%) last September
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    • Includes a 5-year manufacturer's parts & labor warranty
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    • Best Buy return policy: Purchases made Oct. 18, 2021, through Jan. 2, 2022, have an extended return period through Jan. 16, 2022, excluding items purchased with a third-party contract (e.g., activatable devices [cell phones, cellular tablets, mobile hotspots, cellular wearables] and AppleCare monthly plans, etc.), and holiday products (e.g., artificial trees, lights, decorations, etc.). Other exclusions and all other terms and conditions of the Best Buy Return & Exchange Promise apply.

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B&H Photo Video has 2TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive SSD (MZ-V7S2T0B/AM) for $199.99. Shipping is free.

Best Buy has 2TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive SSD (MZ-V7S2T0B/AM) for $199.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member Makosaur for finding this deal.

Editor's Notes

Written by CChoiVA
  • About this deal:
    • This price is $130 lower (~39.4% savings) from the list price of $329.99
    • This beats the previous frontpage deal by $37.03 (~15.6%) last September
  • About this product:
    • Includes a 5-year manufacturer's parts & labor warranty
  • About this store:
    • B&H Photo Video return policy may be found here
    • Best Buy return policy: Purchases made Oct. 18, 2021, through Jan. 2, 2022, have an extended return period through Jan. 16, 2022, excluding items purchased with a third-party contract (e.g., activatable devices [cell phones, cellular tablets, mobile hotspots, cellular wearables] and AppleCare monthly plans, etc.), and holiday products (e.g., artificial trees, lights, decorations, etc.). Other exclusions and all other terms and conditions of the Best Buy Return & Exchange Promise apply.

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anzial
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Just fyi, samsung has downgraded this drive due to chip shortages, it doesn't have its phoenix controller, so the performance is much less than it used to be.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2...plus-ssds/
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randisorhlau
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While you're right in that they did do a stealth part swap, Arstechnica doesn't get the whole story right.

https://www.techpowerup.com/28600...o-plus-ssd

https://www.sammobile.com/news/sa...ontroller/

All in all, it's more in "side grade" territory. The drive now has better SLC cache, but worse sustained writes after you overwhelm said cache. Keep in mind, what this means is that you're going to be worse off when you're moving large files around. For daily use, and gaming, this actually appears to be an upgrade.

I hate to come off as a fan boy, nothing makes me angrier than blind brand loyalty, but I don't want you guys running away screaming from something that would actually be good for you.
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beermanair
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No, you need gen 4. This is a gen 3
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Nov 25, 2021 9:19 AM
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anzialNov 25, 2021 9:19 AM
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Quote from bakerzdosen View quoted comment :
Ugh. I didn't even hear about that, and that article was published within DAYS of when I bought mine and I'm too lazy to disassemble my iMac again just to check, but speed tests don't seem to crater on larger file sizes like mentioned in the article, so maybe I got lucky...
You probably got one from the old stock, which is highly unlikely now.
Nov 25, 2021 9:21 AM
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anzialNov 25, 2021 9:21 AM
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Quote from jsp872 View quoted comment :
Do you by chance know the Crucial and WD ssd that downgraded from TLC to QLC? That is so messed up... Samsung too, but atleast it was only a controller swap
It's probably easy to find, just google it. That how I found out about this drive's controller swap, I just googled it and that report was one of the first things that popped up.
Nov 25, 2021 9:22 AM
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LoveLiveLaughNov 25, 2021 9:22 AM
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Would this work on motherboard x99 a-II? I dont know much about computer. I just know i have this motherboard.
Nov 25, 2021 9:26 AM
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94SportSedanNov 25, 2021 9:26 AM
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In for 3 for my x170KM-G Laptop with it's 3 PCI-E gen 3 slots!
Nov 25, 2021 9:56 AM
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RiiotNov 25, 2021 9:56 AM
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Quote from mvjunkie View quoted comment :
Just have Best Buy price match :-p
They dont price match till after cyber monday.
Nov 25, 2021 10:42 AM
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randisorhlauNov 25, 2021 10:42 AM
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Quote from anzial View quoted comment :
Just fyi, samsung has downgraded this drive due to chip shortages, it doesn't have its phoenix controller, so the performance is much less than it used to be.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2...plus-ssds/ [arstechnica.com]
While you're right in that they did do a stealth part swap, Arstechnica doesn't get the whole story right.

https://www.techpowerup.com/28600...o-plus-ssd

https://www.sammobile.com/news/sa...ontroller/

All in all, it's more in "side grade" territory. The drive now has better SLC cache, but worse sustained writes after you overwhelm said cache. Keep in mind, what this means is that you're going to be worse off when you're moving large files around. For daily use, and gaming, this actually appears to be an upgrade.

I hate to come off as a fan boy, nothing makes me angrier than blind brand loyalty, but I don't want you guys running away screaming from something that would actually be good for you.
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Nov 25, 2021 10:54 AM
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timta2Nov 25, 2021 10:54 AM
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Quote from LoveLiveLaugh View quoted comment :
Would this work on motherboard x99 a-II? I dont know much about computer. I just know i have this motherboard.
The best way to figure that out is to Google up the manual for your motherboard. You can see on page IX of the manual for yours, it says "1 x M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 Socket 3 with M Key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (support PCIe storage device only)*".

https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASU...UM_WEB.pdf

So, yes.
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andyhiNov 25, 2021 11:13 AM
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Quote from randisorhlau View quoted comment :
While you're right in that they did do a stealth part swap, Arstechnica doesn't get the whole story right.

https://www.techpowerup.com/28600...o-plus-ssd

https://www.sammobile.com/news/sa...ontroller/

All in all, it's more in "side grade" territory. The drive now has better SLC cache, but worse sustained writes after you overwhelm said cache. Keep in mind, what this means is that you're going to be worse off when you're moving large files around. For daily use, and gaming, this actually appears to be an upgrade.

I hate to come off as a fan boy, nothing makes me angrier than blind brand loyalty, but I don't want you guys running away screaming from something that would actually be good for you.
Agreed. Some specs are better with the new controller. Sustained write performance beyond SLC cache fill up was the only notable negative... and the SLC cache on this drive is probably twice the 1TB model. Who regularly copies more than ~230 GB of large serial files at a time from a source that can keep up with this drive?

Also, I wish a full review of the 2TB model with the new controller would be posted. There has been some speculation that the sustained write performance past SLC cache fil up *may* not be affected as much as the 1Tb model as there *may* be twice the dies/chips/flash write lanes used on the 2Tb model. In years past, this gave larger drives more sustained write performance than the smaller capacity drives in the same series that were populated with fewer nand flash chips.
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zephiKNov 25, 2021 12:36 PM
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Quote from mvjunkie View quoted comment :
Just have Best Buy price match :-p
Best Buy isn't price matching during Black Friday week.
Nov 25, 2021 12:43 PM
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hisoka187Nov 25, 2021 12:43 PM
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Looking forward to the day that'll be the price for the same storage for ps5
Nov 25, 2021 1:32 PM
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jamsomitoNov 25, 2021 1:32 PM
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I got this drive last year for $250. Not sure how much the downgrade impacts perf (haven't researched) but, for $50 cheaper and good NAND, this seems worth it to me. 2TB is a good comfortable size for me, glad I chose this over 1TB.
Nov 25, 2021 2:59 PM
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mrcoolguy209Nov 25, 2021 2:59 PM
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Quote from beermanair View quoted comment :
No, you need gen 4. This is a gen 3
Is there a SD for ps5 ssd drive?
Nov 25, 2021 3:25 PM
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FreshPrinceSumNLipsNov 25, 2021 3:25 PM
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No please. The 2TB still got the PHX controller as verified by many on the AMZN reviews and myself included when the drive was on sale for 2.5 Benjamins in Sept/October. OP homeboy is wrong IMO. Good heads up to ppl but he ain't got his data points straight. Aight.
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Le-SerKaleNov 25, 2021 3:49 PM
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Quote from anzial View quoted comment :
Just fyi, samsung has downgraded this drive due to chip shortages, it doesn't have its phoenix controller, so the performance is much less than it used to be.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2...plus-ssds/ [arstechnica.com]
son of a gun... adata pull that before too.. wonder who else... chip shortage does suck but luckily these are not like cars where its 3x the price

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LoveLiveLaughNov 25, 2021 4:01 PM
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Quote from timta2 View quoted comment :
The best way to figure that out is to Google up the manual for your motherboard. You can see on page IX of the manual for yours, it says "1 x M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 Socket 3 with M Key, type 2242/2260/2280/22110 (support PCIe storage device only)*".

https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASU...UM_WEB.pdf

So, yes.
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