Samsung 980 Pro

mjeccs · 8 Sep 2020 at 21:56

Any news on the release date on this? On paper looking extremely fast. Pretty sure if it will be extremely expensive when it is released.

alec · 22 Sep 2020 at 16:48

Out now
https://www.anandtech.com/show/16087/the-samsung-980-pro-pcie-4-ssd-review

EsaT · 22 Sep 2020 at 20:05

alec said:
Out now
https://www.anandtech.com/show/16087/the-samsung-980-pro-pcie-4-ssd-review

And very overpriced.
Price of that quarter TB pipsqueek is just insane.

Ayahuasca · 23 Sep 2020 at 10:05

Outside of professional work would a gamer even notice any difference on one of these? Say going from a 950/960 Pro to a 980?

MrRockliffe · 23 Sep 2020 at 10:08

EsaT said:
And very overpriced.
Price of that quarter TB pipsqueek is just insane.

Worse yet it’s TLC, not MLC like the predecessor. Don’t see a reason to go for the pro anymore

alec · 23 Sep 2020 at 10:27

Could have named this 980 Evo Plus Plus
Seems to beat previous gen while being cheaper, and mostly beats other Pcie4 drives.
Expect Phison E18 drives to be faster tho.

EsaT · 23 Sep 2020 at 15:31

MrRockliffe said:
Worse yet it’s TLC, not MLC like the predecessor. Don’t see a reason to go for the pro anymore

Think positively: Evo might be with "4-bit" MLC...
Though 3D NAND actually made TLC behave/perform like old planar MLC.
So performance wise there really aren't much problems.
Though write endurance is disappointing for "Pro".

MrRockliffe · 23 Sep 2020 at 16:59

EsaT said:
Though write endurance is disappointing for "Pro".

That would be my main concern - vs phison based SSDs, it’s a bit lower :confused:

AStaley · 24 Sep 2020 at 10:32

That's more money saved, I'll stick with my 970's.

megatron · 25 Sep 2020 at 04:14

https://www.storagereview.com/review/samsung-980-pro-pcie-4-0-nvme-ssd-review

Conclusion
The Samsung SSD 980 Pro is the latest consumer-grade SSD to hit the PCIe Gen 4×4 market, featuring the company’s V-NAND 3bit MLC technology, an all-new Elpis controller, backward-compatibility with PCIe 3.0, and NVMe 1.3 support. The 980 Pro is targeted at gamers and professionals with high-end machines as well as prosumers looking to leverage the latest and greatest in SSD technology.

....

Though the price gap is noticeable, you definitely get what you pay for in this instance. The 980 Pro is a must-buy premium drive and is certainly worth dishing out the extra ~$50, especially if for enthusiasts who have a system that supports the technology.

I believe the 970 pro has 2 bit nand. I'm waiting for the E18 Phison reviews.

pc-guy · 1 Oct 2020 at 00:07

Ayahuasca said:
Outside of professional work would a gamer even notice any difference on one of these? Say going from a 950/960 Pro to a 980?

I would definitely keep your 950 pro or 960pro. Those are MLC much more robust. And faster.
Old MLC SATA drives sell for ridiculous prices on fleebay

Rofflay · 4 Oct 2020 at 01:42

Waiting for the 2tb version i suspect £499 roughly it will go well with Zen3 i think this will be a popular setup for most Ryzen 4000 and a 980 pro 1tb or 2tb.

uscool · 5 Oct 2020 at 11:28

I'll wait for the sabrent rocket plus which is usually cheaper

Grim5 · 10 Oct 2020 at 22:19

was thinking of upgrading from e16 controller drive I have now to the 980 pro, but I think I'll wait for the E18 drives as there on paper seems to be no downsides, they are apparently faster than the 980 pro at everything

zoffster1 · 13 Oct 2020 at 15:17

uscool said:
I'll wait for the sabrent rocket plus which is usually cheaper

Any news on when that's coming out? Been looking but can't find a date.

IvanDobskey · 13 Oct 2020 at 15:20

The Samsung drives are way overpriced and have no real world advantages over the competition. I just bagged a gen 4 1tb sabrent rocket for a bargain price

uscool · 13 Oct 2020 at 16:42

IvanDobskey said:
The Samsung drives are way overpriced and have no real world advantages over the competition. I just bagged a gen 4 1tb sabrent rocket for a bargain price

Ive seen them around the £110-120 mark , I went with the blue gen3 for £80

zoffster1 said:
Any news on when that's coming out? Been looking but can't find a date.

No info on release date yet

Grim5 · 13 Oct 2020 at 18:51

IvanDobskey said:
The Samsung drives are way overpriced and have no real world advantages over the competition. I just bagged a gen 4 1tb sabrent rocket for a bargain price

it doesn't have any competition yet it's the only 7GB/s drive for sale today

uscool · 13 Oct 2020 at 19:06

Grim5 said:
it doesn't have any competition yet it's the only 7GB/s drive for sale today

This can't be far off and certainly will be cheaper worth just waiting ?

https://www.sabrent.com/rocket-4-plus/

Frubeling · 13 Oct 2020 at 20:22

IvanDobskey said:
The Samsung drives are way overpriced and have no real world advantages over the competition. I just bagged a gen 4 1tb sabrent rocket for a bargain price

"competition"
Doesn't it only have the 980 beat on endurance? It's like 3 times the endurance but nowhere near the performance