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expired Posted by Bojjihuntindeals | Staff • Mar 31, 2023
Mar 31, 2023 8:40 AM
2TB Samsung 980 Pro PCIe M.2 Gen 4 Internal Solid State Drive SSD w/ Heatsink
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Also, for PC gamers, there's not much reason to shell out for this compared to something like the Intel 670p which has been $80 for 2 TB for close to a month. You're not going to see more than a 5% difference in load times going with a higher end drive. Maybe DirectStorage will change that, but initial DirectStorage games don't seem to really take much advantage of SSD speed.
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Also, for PC gamers, there's not much reason to shell out for this compared to something like the Intel 670p which has been $80 for 2 TB for close to a month. You're not going to see more than a 5% difference in load times going with a higher end drive. Maybe DirectStorage will change that, but initial DirectStorage games don't seem to really take much advantage of SSD speed.
However, I'd still go with a Gen4 for one's primary boot/OS drive, if one has a MB and CPU that can run at Gen4, and get a slower and bigger drive for secondary storage, e.g. for games. At these prices you might as well spend a bit more for better overall performance and future-proofing.
However, I'd still go with a Gen4 for one's primary boot/OS drive, if one has a MB and CPU that can run at Gen4, and get a slower and bigger drive for secondary storage, e.g. for games. At these prices you might as well spend a bit more for better overall performance and future-proofing.
I had the same attitude as you and bought a 980 Pro last summer. If I was better educated, I would have bought a cheaper drive for my use case (gaming). It's not as though games in 3-4 years are going to saturate a PCIe Gen4x4 link. A Gen4x4 link is 8 GB/s. Even after accounting for the protocol overheads, you're still getting way faster transfers than a game is ever going to use. In fact, Microsoft, when designing the XBox Series S/X opted for a Gen4x2 link, even though quick load times are a major selling point of that platform.
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If it makes you feel better, I got the 980 pro w/ heatsink for $144 from this deal
https://slickdeals.net/f/16468399-samsung-edu-epp-discount-samsung-980-pro-nvme-m-2-ssd-1tb-95-or-2tb-144-free-s-h?src=SiteSearc
And I checked the firmware, it was already up to date..
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