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expiredgonzo1281 posted Aug 3, 2022 12:43 AM

2TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus M.2 PCIe NVMe Internal SSD

$163

$500

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Amazon has 2TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive (MZ-V7S2T0B/AM) on sale for $163.36. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member gonzo1281 for finding this deal.

Key Features:
  • Sequential read and write performance levels of up to 3,500MBs and 3,300MBs, respectively.
  • Random Read (4KB, QD32): Up to 600,000 IOPS Random Read

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  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that this offer is $26.63 lower (14% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $189.99.
    • See the forum thread for additional discussion of this SSD.
  • About this product:
    • Comes with a 5-year limited warranty or 600 TBW (Terabytes Written)
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Written by gonzo1281
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Amazon has 2TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive (MZ-V7S2T0B/AM) on sale for $163.36. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member gonzo1281 for finding this deal.

Key Features:
  • Sequential read and write performance levels of up to 3,500MBs and 3,300MBs, respectively.
  • Random Read (4KB, QD32): Up to 600,000 IOPS Random Read

Editor's Notes

Written by Corwin | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Our research indicates that this offer is $26.63 lower (14% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $189.99.
    • See the forum thread for additional discussion of this SSD.
  • About this product:
    • Comes with a 5-year limited warranty or 600 TBW (Terabytes Written)
  • About this store:

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Aug 3, 2022 4:51 AM
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RelaxedNose653Aug 3, 2022 4:51 AM
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Crucial P5 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 3D NAND NVMe M.2 Gaming SSD, up to 6600MB/s - CT2000P5PSSD8 https://a.co/d/gDexCuH

Is a little bit more for those looking for Gen 4
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Aug 3, 2022 5:02 AM
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GolgathaAug 3, 2022 5:02 AM
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For the original post, this drive has an endurance of 1200 TBW.
Aug 3, 2022 5:21 AM
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ShushiiTAug 3, 2022 5:21 AM
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hopefully i can price match to best buy
Aug 3, 2022 5:42 AM
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ArchmetalAug 3, 2022 5:42 AM
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They had these as refurb from best buy in May. price went as low as $129. I bought one at $149 and it has been performing flawlessly for me.
Aug 3, 2022 5:51 AM
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hardypotionAug 3, 2022 5:51 AM
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These have greater protection from data loss caused by power outage.
Samsung uses "journaling" to preserve data
Crucial and Sabrent can lose data

"However, due to the nature of DRAM chips, DRAM cannot store data when power is lost, which is a legitimate reliability concern for SSDs when unexpected power outages occur. Most consumer SSDs aren't equipped with the power loss capacitors that we see on enterprise SSDs, which makes them more vulnerable to losing data during unexpected power loss events...Thankfully, some SSD manufacturers have countermeasures in place for such an occasion. One example is a technique used by Samsung (opens in new tab) that employs journaling to keep as much data intact as possible during a power outage...

I tested a random selection of four NVMe SSDs from four vendors. Half lose FLUSH'd data on power loss. That is the flush went to the drive, confirmed, success reported all the way back to userspace. Then I manually yanked the cable. Boom, data gone.February 21, 2022

Update 2: models that lost writes:SK Hynix Gold P31 2TB SHGP31-2000GM-2, FW 31060C20Sabrent Rocket 512"

Some Consumer NVMe SSDs Reportedly More Prone To Data Loss During Power Outage
By Aaron Klotz published February 23, 2022
DRAM plus a power outage could makes for a bad situation

https://www.tomshardware.com/news...-data-loss
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Was $150 on 5/2 from Newegg. I'm gonna roll the dice and wait for the holidays for a better deal.

https://slickdeals.net/f/15763438-2tb-samsung-970-evo-plus-m-2-nvme-gen-3-solid-state-drive-ssd-149-99-ac-free-shipping-via-newegg?src=SiteSearch
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Aug 3, 2022 6:45 AM
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ThegoodslitAug 3, 2022 6:45 AM
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Picked one up, thanks!
Aug 3, 2022 7:33 AM
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lqqlAug 3, 2022 7:33 AM
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SN770 is DRAM-less

970 Evo plus 2TB has 2GB DRAM
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timta2Aug 3, 2022 8:42 AM
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Quote from xxjeffdoggxx :
$500 msrp wth
I know there a lot of younger people here, so I would like to point out that this is the way it's always worked in the electronics industry. The MSRP is set by the manufacturer (not the retailer!) when the product is first released and rarely changes, even as the technology and production gets cheaper. It's often much more obvious with computer electronics because of how quickly they lose value. Look at the insane MSRPs of those first SSDs, for example. $500 sounds very reasonable then.
Last edited by timta2 August 3, 2022 at 01:52 AM.
Aug 3, 2022 8:48 AM
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timta2Aug 3, 2022 8:48 AM
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Quote from ShushiiT :
hopefully i can price match to best buy
Quote from Archmetal :
They had these as refurb from best buy in May. price went as low as $129. I bought one at $149 and it has been performing flawlessly for me.
Quote from BillyBobBalding :
Was $150 on 5/2 from Newegg. I'm gonna roll the dice and wait for the holidays for a better deal.
How does this help us and contribute to the community? It seems like more and more threads here are becoming more and more self-centered.
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Quote from timta2 :
How does this help us and contribute to the community? It seems like more and more threads here are becoming more and more self-centered.
It helps other SD'ers learn what the floor on the price may be, which they can use to determine how good of a deal this is and whether they want to take a chance on waiting for a lower price.
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Aug 3, 2022 11:28 AM
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CompulsiveBuyerAug 3, 2022 11:28 AM
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Quote from fodif63461 :
Do all variants (250gb and 1TB) have the same speed?
No - as a general rule, the higher the capacity the faster the performance, owing to more parallel read/write NAND channels internal to the drive. Here are Samsung's specs for each capacity of this drive:

https://semiconductor.samsung.com...70evoplus/
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Aug 3, 2022 11:49 AM
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krazykellerAug 3, 2022 11:49 AM
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Quote from lqql :
SN770 is DRAM-less

970 Evo plus 2TB has 2GB DRAM
How important is that? Serious question.
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Aug 3, 2022 12:02 PM
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dabomb156Aug 3, 2022 12:02 PM
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Can or do you need to add a heatsink for these? I know the gen4s it's recommended.

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