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Amazon has 2TB Samsung 980 PRO PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Drive (MZ-V8P2T0B/AM) on sale for $139.99. Shipping is free.

BH Photo Video has 2TB Samsung 980 PRO PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Drive (MZ-V8P2T0B/AM) on sale for $139.99. Shipping is free.

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Best Buy also has 2TB Samsung 980 PRO PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Drive (MZ-V8P2T0B/AM) on sale for $139.99. Shipping is free.

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Specs:
  • 2TB Storage Capacity
  • M.2 2280 Form Factor
  • PCIe 4.0 x4 / NVMe 1.3 Interface
  • Sequential Reads up to 7000 MB/s
  • Sequential Writes up to 5100 MB/s
  • Samsung V-NAND Flash Technology
  • Samsung Elpsis Controller
  • AES 256-Bit Encryption
  • TCG/Opal 2.0, MS eDrive Encryption
  • Does not include Heatsink

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Model: Samsung 980 PRO 2TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 Internal SSD

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Should've used Macrium to begin with. It's a better software all around. The only thing worth using Samsung Magician for is updating firmware. I update firmware on a new drive, then uninstall the software.

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05-08-2023 at 02:41 AM.
05-08-2023 at 02:41 AM.
Quote from CoreyR2384 :
Should've used Macrium to begin with. It's a better software all around. The only thing worth using Samsung Magician for is updating firmware. I update firmware on a new drive, then uninstall the software.

Great advice, thank you.
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05-08-2023 at 11:40 AM.

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05-08-2023 at 11:40 AM.
980 PRO is still a good drive, 990 PRO will make no difference for anybody outside of benchmarks.

Pro tip: the one I got from Amazon last month already had the latest firmware installed. If you are putting it in PS5 and you are seeing more than 6,000 MB/sec in the speed test you are good, you got latest FW. If you are seeing less than 6,000, you need to update, which can be done with an external Thunderbolt enclosure (not USB-C, there is a difference) if you don't have a desktop PC or laptop with empty NVME slot.

Also don't forget to get a heat sink when installing it in PS5.
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05-08-2023 at 12:00 PM.

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05-08-2023 at 12:00 PM.
Quote from konradsa :
980 PRO is still a good drive, 990 PRO will make no difference for anybody outside of benchmarks.

Pro tip: the one I got from Amazon last month already had the latest firmware installed. If you are putting it in PS5 and you are seeing more than 6,000 MB/sec in the speed test you are good, you got latest FW. If you are seeing less than 6,000, you need to update, which can be done with an external Thunderbolt enclosure (not USB-C, there is a difference) if you don't have a desktop PC or laptop with empty NVME slot.

Also don't forget to get a heat sink when installing it in PS5.
To echo onto this, make sure to install the latest firmware on this thing using the Samsung Magician software. The older versions had a bug that will cause premature drive failure. I just had my just over 1 year old 980 pro with heatsink fail and completely die. Apparently a firmware update was released around January that has to be installed through Samsung's software.
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05-08-2023 at 01:14 PM.
05-08-2023 at 01:14 PM.
Quote from Chemosh013 :
To echo onto this, make sure to install the latest firmware on this thing using the Samsung Magician software. The older versions had a bug that will cause premature drive failure. I just had my just over 1 year old 980 pro with heatsink fail and completely die. Apparently a firmware update was released around January that has to be installed through Samsung's software.
Just a heads up for people buying - i purchased this 2tb last week and it had a manufacture date of 4/2023. This drive is already up to date from factory.
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05-08-2023 at 01:38 PM.
05-08-2023 at 01:38 PM.
I saw this heatsink video on YT recently where his Samsung M.2 NvME's chips are not leveled, meaning one is taller than the others, so the heatsink doesn't sit flat on all chips. Is this true for all Samsung M.2 NvMEs?
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05-08-2023 at 03:11 PM.
05-08-2023 at 03:11 PM.
i bought this in feb 2021 for 399 (yeah i know but I was building a new pc top spec). Now my disk has tons of errors but samsung magician cant fix them. Starting RMA hopefully they replace.
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05-08-2023 at 05:04 PM.
05-08-2023 at 05:04 PM.
Quote from fastlane9 :
Truth be told. 980 is still a solid option.
SATA drive wouldn't work for some use cases (PS5).
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05-08-2023 at 07:12 PM.
05-08-2023 at 07:12 PM.
WD Black SN850X 2TB, may be a better option than 980 pro.
https://www.amazon.com/WD_BLACK-S...th=1&psc=1
You can buy it for $149.
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05-08-2023 at 07:21 PM.
05-08-2023 at 07:21 PM.
Quote from fastlane9 :
980 is meh. Got the 990 2TB for $143 (before taxes). Nah bro, 990 or bust. Haters, flat Earthers, flyover states residers… please down vote my post.

DONE!


Now what? LMAO
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05-08-2023 at 07:40 PM.
05-08-2023 at 07:40 PM.
Quote from gathermewool :
I've bought a ton of Samsung drives with the expectation that I could clone replacements using the Magician software and an external enclosure. For my latest drive this didn't work. Samsung support told me my no-name enclosure didn't work, but a Sabrent enclosure would. Nope.

So, I'll need to use Macrium, just like with every other drive. After a dozen or so Samsung drives I'm done with them.

Edit: not really sure why the downvotes. Many people buy these expecting to use their very simple cloning software. I have used it on previous Samsung drives with external enclosures and had no issue. Now, for some reason, two different enclosures are not working; the drive does not show up in Magician.

So, for those of us who can use another free cloning software, choosing Samsung over another drive may not always make sense. For those who buy this expecting to easily transfer the data, not so much. I personally liked the Magician experience in the past, and it not being available gives me zero reason to choose a Samsung drive.
I had the same issue. I went from a 960 evo to a 960 pro no problem, then to a 970 pro also without issue, but when going to the 980 pro the Magician software kept failing at 99%, and I had to use Macrium. Not a huge deal, but I did waste about 2 hours trouble shooting it to no avail.

Other than that the 980 Pro has been working fine for the last year that I've had it.
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05-09-2023 at 12:53 PM.
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980 is meh. Got the 990 2TB for $143 (before taxes). Nah bro, 990 or bust. Haters, flat Earthers, flyover states residers… please down vote my post.

And here we have a prime example of a Grade-A D-Bag providing no meaningful contribution all while flaunting their d-baggery. 980 is perfectly fine for most folks who are looking for something at this price point. As someone else stated, please give us your time machine so we too can get the deal on the almighty 990.
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05-09-2023 at 05:20 PM.
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But but I got 990 for the same price...
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Quote from juliaswak :
I had the same issue. I went from a 960 evo to a 960 pro no problem, then to a 970 pro also without issue, but when going to the 980 pro the Magician software kept failing at 99%, and I had to use Macrium. Not a huge deal, but I did waste about 2 hours trouble shooting it to no avail.

Other than that the 980 Pro has been working fine for the last year that I've had it.

That's good to hear, thank you. I've only used Macrium once. I got a deal on an Evo 950 way back when and was really impressed with how easy it was to transfer everything over and get it setup. THAT has been the draw for me when the price difference was close for the other Samsung drives I have. We'll, except for the SD black I got for the PS.
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05-11-2023 at 07:52 PM.
05-11-2023 at 07:52 PM.
On Samsung's website with edu pricing it's 125.99 direct
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05-14-2023 at 10:10 AM.
05-14-2023 at 10:10 AM.
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Link?

how u get 990 140$ .980 just drop its price recently without heating btw.
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