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500GB Samsung 970 EVO Plus PCIe NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive

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Amazon.com has Samsung 970 EVO Plus PCIe NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (MZ-V7S500B/AM) on sale for $29.99 (price at checkout). Shipping is free.

Best Buy has Samsung 970 EVO Plus PCIe NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (MZ-V7S500B/AM) on sale for $29.99Shipping is free for My Best Buy Members (free to join), otherwise select free store pickup where stock permits.

Thanks to Community Member robski for finding this deal.

Key features:
  • 500GB Storage Capacity
  • PCIe Interface
  • M.2 2280 Form Factor
  • Up to 3500 MB/s Sequential Read Speed
  • Up to 3300 MB/s Sequential Write Speed
  • 300 TBW Endurance
  • 1.5 Million Hour MTBF
  • AES 256-Bit Encryption
  • Samsung V-NAND 3-Bit MLC Flash
  • SMART & TRIM Support
  • Limited 5-Year Warranty or 300 TBW.

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Amazon.com has Samsung 970 EVO Plus PCIe NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (MZ-V7S500B/AM) on sale for $29.99 (price at checkout). Shipping is free.

Best Buy has Samsung 970 EVO Plus PCIe NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (MZ-V7S500B/AM) on sale for $29.99Shipping is free for My Best Buy Members (free to join), otherwise select free store pickup where stock permits.

Thanks to Community Member robski for finding this deal.

Key features:
  • 500GB Storage Capacity
  • PCIe Interface
  • M.2 2280 Form Factor
  • Up to 3500 MB/s Sequential Read Speed
  • Up to 3300 MB/s Sequential Write Speed
  • 300 TBW Endurance
  • 1.5 Million Hour MTBF
  • AES 256-Bit Encryption
  • Samsung V-NAND 3-Bit MLC Flash
  • SMART & TRIM Support
  • Limited 5-Year Warranty or 300 TBW.

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The_Love_Spud
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Almost regret buying the 1TB when they hit the $50 mark (return window closed May 3rd).

Really this is a killer price for a solid M.2 storage option. This won't help a Playstation (the Samsung 970 EVO Plus are only PCIe Gen 3.0 x4) but for a large percentage of users these would be a great system/OS storage SSD despite the fact that there are at least two or three options from Samsung that beat this model in benchmarks. Personally, Samsung's data migration software is still the easiest to use of any option (and I own licensed software for disk/data management and transfer).

Good luck!
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You're overthinking it.

Nobody needs the storage speeds they're putting out, when nothing else in the system is working hard enough to meet those requirements.

It's all a placebo.
spunwasi
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People use them as caches, not the actual storage. NAS drives are built for long term durability, so you wouldn't normally use an SSD that wasn't made for long term storage without at least having redundancy.

A cache failure isn't that big of a deal, or replacing them 3-5 years down the road.

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Almost regret buying the 1TB when they hit the $50 mark (return window closed May 3rd).

Really this is a killer price for a solid M.2 storage option. This won't help a Playstation (the Samsung 970 EVO Plus are only PCIe Gen 3.0 x4) but for a large percentage of users these would be a great system/OS storage SSD despite the fact that there are at least two or three options from Samsung that beat this model in benchmarks. Personally, Samsung's data migration software is still the easiest to use of any option (and I own licensed software for disk/data management and transfer).

Good luck!
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Wouldn't using it in NAS damage it quickly?
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Quote from SIR_of_Cricket :
Wouldn't using it in NAS damage it quickly?
Not generally. It's designed as a cache to mirror the most frequently requested files for quick read speeds. You can also now make a normal volume using the SSD on Synology, which you would typically do for VMs, but even then it's effectively being used as a PC hard drive.
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Dude I paid 50 not to long ago this is crazy
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Playing devil's advocate: How does this compare to Crucial P3 0.5GB [amazon.com]?
- Same sequential speeds
- Both are PCIe3
- Crucial is QLC [makeuseof.com] and Samsung is TLC
Answered my own question (TLC is better).
Debating this or the 990 Pro for the system drive for new build. I won't need the 1TB the 990 Pro comes with, but MLC plus double sequential speeds. extra $70 can be used later for upgrade.
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The OP description states MLC flash, is that right?

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Quote from Sunday :
Playing devil's advocate: How does this compare to Crucial P3 0.5GB [amazon.com]?
- Same sequential speeds
- Both are PCIe3
- Crucial is QLC [makeuseof.com] and Samsung is TLC
Answered my own question (TLC is better).
Debating this or the 990 Pro for the system drive for new build. I won't need the 1TB the 990 Pro comes with, but MLC plus double sequential speeds. extra $70 can be used later for upgrade.
You're overthinking it.

Nobody needs the storage speeds they're putting out, when nothing else in the system is working hard enough to meet those requirements.

It's all a placebo.
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Quote from TekkenLord :
The OP description states MLC flash, is that right?
No, it's most definitely TLC.
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Quote from wherestheanykey :
You're overthinking it.

Nobody needs the storage speeds they're putting out, when nothing else in the system is working hard enough to meet those requirements.

It's all a placebo.
Yeah, I know. Sequential speeds and PCIe interface speeds must be taken with a grain of salt. Thanks for the comment!
I was more after "reliability". Went with this deal. 990 Pro and this have the same TBW for the same drive size, so reliability should not differ.
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Quote from Nattefrost :
Dude I paid 50 not to long ago this is crazy
I paid 48 for a geek squad refurb in Nov 😭
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My Best Buy had a $5 rewards certificate so $25
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Quote from SIR_of_Cricket :
Wouldn't using it in NAS damage it quickly?
People use them as caches, not the actual storage. NAS drives are built for long term durability, so you wouldn't normally use an SSD that wasn't made for long term storage without at least having redundancy.

A cache failure isn't that big of a deal, or replacing them 3-5 years down the road.
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In for one with a $5 My BB Cert @ BB, it's a no-brainer. I last paid $97.59 on 11/19/2019 on Amazon and at the time, that was a good price.

What a deal for upgrading computers that can handle an NVME and only have 128 or ~250GB Storage, plus a nice boost in performance compared to SATA or older NVME.

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Quote from TekkenLord :
The OP description states MLC flash, is that right?
No, it's TLC. That's a bit of semi-deceptive marketing.

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