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Next-Level SSD Performance
Unleash the power of the Samsung 980 PRO PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD for next-level computing. The 980 PRO delivers up to 2x the data transfer rate of PCIe 3.0, while maintaining compatibility with PCIe 3.0.
Maximum Speed
Get sequential read speeds of up to 7000 and sequential write speeds of up to 5000 with the 980 PRO and push the limits of what SSDs can do. Powered by the Elpsis controller designed to harmonize the flash memory components and the interface for improved speed, with a PCIe 4.0 interface that's up to twice as fast as PCIe 3.0 SSDs and up to twelve times as fast as Samsung SATA SSDs, so every component of this NVMe SSD is manufactured by Samsung for lasting performance.
A Winning Combination
Designed for hardcore gamers and tech-savvy users, the 980 PRO offers high-performance bandwidth and throughput for heavy-duty applications in gaming, graphics, data analytics, and more. It's fast at loading games, so you can play more and wait less.
Efficient M.2 SSD
The 980 PRO comes in a compact M.2 2280 form factor, which can be easily plugged into desktops and laptops. Due to its size and optimized power efficiency, it's ideal for building high-performance computing systems.
Reliable Thermal Control
High-performance SSDs usually require high-performance thermal control. To ensure stable performance, the 980 PRO uses nickel coating to help manage the controller's heat level and a heat spreader label to deliver effective thermal control of the NAND chip.
Smart Thermal Solution
Embedded with Samsung's thermal control algorithm, the 980 PRO manages heat on its own to deliver durable and reliable performance, while minimizing performance fluctuations during extended usage.
Samsung Magician Software
Unlock the full potential of the 980 PRO with Samsung Magician's advanced, yet intuitive optimization tools. Monitor drive health, optimize performance, protect valuable data, and receive important updates with Magician to ensure you're always getting the best performance out of you |
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These days just put in the biggest drive you can afford and install everything to C:. No use for extra partitions or a OS and a data drive. The only exception for this is servers were you might want just data on a separate partition.
Im using this for steam games as a secondary drive
The only caveat here is that if the gen 4 price delta isn't much to you, it's worth considering. Direct Storage does get a slight benefit, but the adoption has been slow, and it looks to be the difference between a 1 or 2 second load from a few benchmarks I've seen (usually just for Forspoken). Here's one: https://www.pcworld.com/article/1...-ssds.html
I bought this in July for Prime Day for this price (1TB, $50) and upgraded my boot drive from a 950 500gb to the 1tb 980. Also updated my CPU so I did a clean install of Win11
It's fast as a whistle & I can have more in the default Program Files etc
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Anyone have a recommendation for a separately sold heat sink to use with this drive in a PS5?
Use a 0.5mm thermal pad over the NAND chips (the black squares closest to the end of the SSD.
Then, for the the controller chip (silver cpu looking chip closet to the connector of the SSD) and the rest of the board, use a 1.0mm thermal pad.
Doing this will allow the whole SSD board to have direct contact to the heatsink via the thermal pad without air gaps.
Example:I have a dell laptop with 1tb pcie 3 ssd which doesn't even have dram. I am planning to buy 2tb 850x(my laptop supports pcie 4).Its a no brainer to use 850x as primary. I can save a little by buying slower ssd,but I can spend 20$ more to get the best and that amount is 2% of what I spent for my laptop.
Edit: oh thought the 4tb was nvme too. Nope, SATA!
The only time NVME is measurably faster IRL is in large file copies, like ingesting video off a pro video camera.
Also for a laptop id suggest the Hynix PCI 3 nvme. It's perhaps the most power and heat efficient drive. PCI 4 kinda sucks in laptops currently as they use a lot more power and heat.
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