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2TB version Samsung 980 Pro with 136 Layer (V-NAND v6) surfaces in webshops
Samsung released its Samsung 980 Pro series in September last year, however only up to 1TB. Now a 2TB version has been spotted in etail.
Samsungs PCIe 4.0 SSDs dubbed the 980 Pro, are on that PCIe Gen 4.0 link, it achieves read speeds of up to 7 GB/s; as mentioned, the connection interface supports PCIe 4.0 x4, and the sequential access speed reaches up to 7,000 MB/s for reading and 5,000 MB/s for writing. IOPS are listed at 4K read/Write 1000k/1000k. The controller used is the Samsung Elpis (S4LV003) that utilizes 8 channels, next to a pSLC cache the unit has 2 GB of LPDDR4 DRAM. NAND is written as TLC and is based on the latest 136 Layer (V-NAND v6).
The new 2Tb version holds SKU code MZ-V8P2T0BW but is not yet listing at Samsung itself. The SSD should have a TBW value of at least 1,200 TB. Prices are indicating the 2TB version to cost anywhere from 400 to 500 EUR.
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#5880839 Posted on: 01/24/2021 11:39 PM
honestly if you need mass fast storage, SSD's are more than enough for the majority of tasks, then have a smaller m.2 for newest of games that may benefit from m.2.
Similar to how it was couple years ago with HDD for mass storage and SSD for modern games/OS
Nah, iv got the 4tb Sabrent (tlc memory) for games only, plan to get another 4tb sabrent for games only (but would like bigger), and iv a 1tb samsung 970 evo nvme for os only, i plan to get a normal sata samsung ssd 4tb just for backup/music pics etc
The price difference to me is so small between good quality 4tb sata and nvme that its better to just pay the small extra for faster nvme since my motherboard supports them fine.
honestly if you need mass fast storage, SSD's are more than enough for the majority of tasks, then have a smaller m.2 for newest of games that may benefit from m.2.
Similar to how it was couple years ago with HDD for mass storage and SSD for modern games/OS
Nah, iv got the 4tb Sabrent (tlc memory) for games only, plan to get another 4tb sabrent for games only (but would like bigger), and iv a 1tb samsung 970 evo nvme for os only, i plan to get a normal sata samsung ssd 4tb just for backup/music pics etc
The price difference to me is so small between good quality 4tb sata and nvme that its better to just pay the small extra for faster nvme since my motherboard supports them fine.
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#5880849 Posted on: 01/25/2021 12:02 AM
Later this year we should have DirectStorage which will make better use of NVMe storage and improve load speeds etc once game developers start to use it. Whether or not it's compatible with PCIe gen 3 drives or requires gen 4 I don't know, but in the not to distant future we should be able to better utilise fast storage.
Later this year we should have DirectStorage which will make better use of NVMe storage and improve load speeds etc once game developers start to use it. Whether or not it's compatible with PCIe gen 3 drives or requires gen 4 I don't know, but in the not to distant future we should be able to better utilise fast storage.
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#5880851 Posted on: 01/25/2021 12:08 AM
I thought paying just in case is pretty normal in PC tech. And in fact quite a few other techs.
Paying just in case is pointless.
I thought paying just in case is pretty normal in PC tech. And in fact quite a few other techs.
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#5880853 Posted on: 01/25/2021 12:18 AM
next year.
Later this year we should have DirectStorage which will make better use of NVMe storage and improve load speeds etc once game developers start to use it. Whether or not it's compatible with PCIe gen 3 drives or requires gen 4 I don't know, but in the not to distant future we should be able to better utilise fast storage.
next year.
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Why not using pci-e m.2 adapter(s)? You have enough pci-e lanes