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expiredcapulatio posted Aug 09, 2023 12:22 PM

2TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus M.2 PCIe Gen 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive

$74

$100

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Amazon has 2TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus M.2 PCIe Gen 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive (MZ-V7S2T0B/AM) on sale for $74.30. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member capulatio for sharing this deal.

Specs:
  • Up to 3,500 MB/s Sequential Read
  • Up to 3,300 MB/s Sequential Write
  • Random Read (4KB, QD32): Up to 620,000 IOPS
  • Random Read (4KB, QD1): Up to 19,000 IOPS
  • Random Write (4KB, QD32): Up to 560,000 IOPS
  • Random Write (4KB, QD1): Up to 62,000 IOPS
  • NAND Flash: Samsung V-NAND 3-bit MLC
  • 2GB LPDDR4 Cache

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Amazon has 2TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus M.2 PCIe Gen 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive (MZ-V7S2T0B/AM) on sale for $74.30. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member capulatio for sharing this deal.

Specs:
  • Up to 3,500 MB/s Sequential Read
  • Up to 3,300 MB/s Sequential Write
  • Random Read (4KB, QD32): Up to 620,000 IOPS
  • Random Read (4KB, QD1): Up to 19,000 IOPS
  • Random Write (4KB, QD32): Up to 560,000 IOPS
  • Random Write (4KB, QD1): Up to 62,000 IOPS
  • NAND Flash: Samsung V-NAND 3-bit MLC
  • 2GB LPDDR4 Cache

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capulatio
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For what it's worth I bought this same drive last year for ~$165 and that was an excellent price at the time. Prices have dropped been dropping for solid state drives for a while and may continue to drop.
jojo_whit3
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Gen 3 vs Gen 4 doesn't really matter much for an OS drive. Random read/write benchmarks (with QD 4 or less) would be more telling of performance versus the sequential speeds.

Now if you're someone who will be copying over large files on a regular basis (such as for video editing), that's where the Gen 4 speeds will be most beneficial.

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Original Poster
Aug 09, 2023 12:25 PM
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capulatio
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Aug 09, 2023 12:25 PM
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For what it's worth I bought this same drive last year for ~$165 and that was an excellent price at the time. Prices have dropped been dropping for solid state drives for a while and may continue to drop.
Aug 09, 2023 02:38 PM
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DannyKABOOMAug 09, 2023 02:38 PM
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Is this a good drive and speed to run as a main drive for windows 11?
Aug 09, 2023 03:31 PM
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musicmanleyAug 09, 2023 03:31 PM
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Quote from DannyKABOOM :
Is this a good drive and speed to run as a main drive for windows 11?
I have been running the 1TB version of this drive and it runs great. I run it with an 11th gen i5, 32GB of DDR4 3200 RAM, and an RTX 3090. I get great benchmarks. Plus I use Samsung Drive Magician (it's free) to maintain the firmware and log the performance.
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Aug 09, 2023 03:31 PM
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gjsneptuneAug 09, 2023 03:31 PM
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Quote from DannyKABOOM :
Is this a good drive and speed to run as a main drive for windows 11?
This is Gen 3 ~3,500MB/s. If your hardware supports it, it'll be fine for the OS (faster than HDDs and SSDs). It's not the latest/greatest/fastest for high-end systems though.
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Aug 09, 2023 03:54 PM
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spike888Aug 09, 2023 03:54 PM
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Thanks got it with 10 off discover! Hope this is good for laptop since p31 never goes on sale at this price
Last edited by spike888 August 9, 2023 at 08:59 AM.
Aug 09, 2023 04:02 PM
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jojo_whit3Aug 09, 2023 04:02 PM
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Quote from gjsneptune :
This is Gen 3 ~3,500MB/s. If your hardware supports it, it'll be fine for the OS (faster than HDDs and SSDs). It's not the latest/greatest/fastest for high-end systems though.
Gen 3 vs Gen 4 doesn't really matter much for an OS drive. Random read/write benchmarks (with QD 4 or less) would be more telling of performance versus the sequential speeds.

Now if you're someone who will be copying over large files on a regular basis (such as for video editing), that's where the Gen 4 speeds will be most beneficial.
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Aug 09, 2023 04:05 PM
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gjsneptuneAug 09, 2023 04:05 PM
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Quote from jojo_whit3 :
Gen 3 vs Gen 4 doesn't really matter much for an OS drive.
...I was just pointing out what it is. I even said it was fine for the OS.
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Aug 09, 2023 10:45 PM
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slimdunkin117Aug 09, 2023 10:45 PM
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Quote from DannyKABOOM :
Is this a good drive and speed to run as a main drive for windows 11?
yes. This is a fast drive. Even ssds run windows 11 well and they're 7 times slower
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Aug 09, 2023 10:46 PM
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slimdunkin117Aug 09, 2023 10:46 PM
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Quote from gjsneptune :
This is Gen 3 ~3,500MB/s. If your hardware supports it, it'll be fine for the OS (faster than HDDs and SSDs). It's not the latest/greatest/fastest for high-end systems though.
makes no difference. You won't notice the difference between gen3 or 4 unless you're writing terabytes for hours.

same goes for ddr4 and 5
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Aug 09, 2023 10:47 PM
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slimdunkin117Aug 09, 2023 10:47 PM
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Quote from gjsneptune :
...I was just pointing out what it is. I even said it was fine for the OS.
a Samsung sata ssd is more than fine for the os..
of course an nvme m2 drive will be fine
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Aug 09, 2023 10:57 PM
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gjsneptuneAug 09, 2023 10:57 PM
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Quote from slimdunkin117 :
a Samsung sata ssd is more than fine for the os..
of course an nvme m2 drive will be fine
Why do you keep quoting me? Leave me out of whatever debate you feel like you're involved in.
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Aug 10, 2023 12:12 AM
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itsfighterAug 10, 2023 12:12 AM
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Quote from DannyKABOOM :
Is this a good drive and speed to run as a main drive for windows 11?
i am using this in my Hp Envy for at least a year now. No issues with speed. Crystal disk still shows 100% with 19TB read and 25TB write Thanks
Aug 10, 2023 12:17 AM
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DoobieBrotherAug 10, 2023 12:17 AM
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Same price as NoEgg with out any risk. Did I not see this for $80 2 days ago?.. Prices are indeed still falling and I was told the price would stabilize by now too.
Aug 10, 2023 12:23 AM
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taurus2007Aug 10, 2023 12:23 AM
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Quote from DoobieBrother :
Same price as NoEgg with out any risk. Did I not see this for $80 2 days ago?.. Prices are indeed still falling and I was told the price would stabilize by now too.
Price is stabilized now... Wink

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Aug 10, 2023 12:35 AM
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ekobk1Aug 10, 2023 12:35 AM
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Quote from slimdunkin117 :
makes no difference. You won't notice the difference between gen3 or 4 unless you're writing terabytes for hours.

same goes for ddr4 and 5
Transfers speeds make no real-world difference between the gens, but random speeds tend to be faster on the gen 4s aren't they? Random speeds are what someone might actually notice in real life use when it comes to system responsiveness.

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