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expiredIntelpimp posted Feb 25, 2025 11:21 AM
2TB Samsung 990 EVO Plus NVMe Internal Solid State Drive
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Various Retailers have 2TB Samsung 990 EVO Plus NVMe Internal Solid State Drive (MZ-V9S2T0B/AM) on sale for $129.99. Shipping is free.
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- Sequential read/write speeds up to 7,250/6,300MB/s
- Intelligent TurboWrite2.0's enhanced large-file performance
- Nickel-coated controller to utilize less power while achieving similar performance to other SSD
- Compatible with PCIe 4.0 x4 and PCIe 5.0 x2
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Update: This popular deal is still available.
Various Retailers have 2TB Samsung 990 EVO Plus NVMe Internal Solid State Drive (MZ-V9S2T0B/AM) on sale for $129.99. Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Member Intelpimp for sharing this deal.
Available from:About this product:
Various Retailers have 2TB Samsung 990 EVO Plus NVMe Internal Solid State Drive (MZ-V9S2T0B/AM) on sale for $129.99. Shipping is free.
Thanks to Community Member Intelpimp for sharing this deal.
Available from:About this product:
- Sequential read/write speeds up to 7,250/6,300MB/s
- Intelligent TurboWrite2.0's enhanced large-file performance
- Nickel-coated controller to utilize less power while achieving similar performance to other SSD
- Compatible with PCIe 4.0 x4 and PCIe 5.0 x2
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- Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
- If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.
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- Please see the original post for additional details and/or view the Wiki and forum comments for further helpful discussion if available.
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DRAM and the pSLC cache serve totally different purposes. DRAM primarily stores a copy of the mapping table (FTL). It mostly helps with random I/O performance and slightly reduces write amplification. DRAM-less NVMe drives usually have HMB, which allows a small amount of system memory to be used to help compensate for the lack of DRAM. It's not as good as having a large amount of onboard DRAM but it still yields pretty good results. Note that NVMe drives used in USB enclosures or the PS5 can't use HMB. I think many people massively overstate the need for DRAM, especially with NVMe drives. Plenty of people would be happy with a DRAM-less (inherently HMB-less) SATA drive for their OS.
The pSLC cache is a write cache. It allows a limited amount of data to be quickly written to the drive. Virtually all modern consumer drives have this (whether they have DRAM or not), though the implementation can vary. Once the cache is full, write speeds drop substantially. The drop is much larger on QLC drives. The Samsung 990 EVO Plus can maintain roughly ~1.5GB/s post-pSLC. The Samsung 990 Pro is virtually the same. There are some other TLC drives that can do a bit better. On the other hand, there are QLC drives that won't even be able to maintain 100MB/s.
Just to add, this drive is more than enough for the vast majority of users and uses.
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Does dram still help? I thought SLC pretty much equaled or surpassed dram speed? Or is it just for really big files it still helps? Thanks
Dram helps mostly to look up where the files are on the drive. There may also be some caching for small files recently accessed etc.
The dram-less drives cache these in system ram. Big files almost never benefit from cache because they are writing in a stream. The cache is not helpful unless the other side is writing too quickly.
None of these are an issue for this drive and the higher end WD dram-less ssds because they are too damn fast to miss caching.
. In a laptop or pc, you will not miss the cache.
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I did find a 2TB from staples on clearance and this evo one is at the same price so debating on pcie 4 or 5 and less wattage on the evo is better or not. All data is saying the pro is better in raw performance.
Same question on my end. Likely will pick this up if it is indeed compatible with PS5. I seem to run out of space all the time which is weird cuz I don't play/install a ton on it. I just think games are so damn large these days.
Just looked up some m.2 heatsinks on Amazon and they are really cheap at around $10
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NVM, just realized this was a internal SSD vs portable hehe
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I did find a 2TB from staples on clearance and this evo one is at the same price so debating on pcie 4 or 5 and less wattage on the evo is better or not. All data is saying the pro is better in raw performance.
The 990 Evo is not great and not worth saving a few $.
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But for $100, you can get a reasonably well performing MP44L. Rock bottom pricing for a 2TB SATA drive is $80.
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The 990 Evo is not great and not worth saving a few $.
I'm planning to get the 9900x for video editing and monhun wilds. All the benchmarks does seem like the pro is still better for performance unless power and heat is a problem.
I took a look at the board I was going to get and it could support 2 PCIe 5 device granted I don't use a USB 4 device but those are rare.
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