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Review: Samsung 970 EVO M.2 500GB m.2.SSD
Samsung today releases the new 970 EVO and PRO models M.2. SSDs, these offer even faster perf than the 960 series and come with increased TBW values as well. The new M.2 EVO units will be the most popular ones, now with 5-years warranty for the desktop end-users and can be purchased in volume sizes up-to 2TB.
Read the full review here.
Review: Corsair HS60 Headset - 04/23/2018 07:14 AM
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Review: Gigabyte Aorus X470 Gaming 7 Wifi - 04/21/2018 06:57 AM
We take X470 to the next brand as this round we review the 239 USD Gigabyte Aorus X470 Gaming 7 Wifi. All ready for the Ryzen 5 2600X and Ryzen 7 2700X, yes AMD decided to add a new chipset as well, X...
Review: ASUS ROG Crosshair VII HERO (Wifi) - A Proper Mobo For 2nd Gen Ryzen - 04/20/2018 07:03 PM
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#5540547 Posted on: 04/24/2018 07:22 PM
Just wondering about the launch dates on page 2, weren't the 970 EVO and PRO just released? The table says April 2017 though
And yep, still reading to see if Samsung gets even more of my money...
Just wondering about the launch dates on page 2, weren't the 970 EVO and PRO just released? The table says April 2017 though
And yep, still reading to see if Samsung gets even more of my money...
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#5540576 Posted on: 04/24/2018 08:51 PM
This worth it over the 960 pro m.2?
Or the difference that marginable that you wouldn’t notice the differences in a day to day world?
This worth it over the 960 pro m.2?
Or the difference that marginable that you wouldn’t notice the differences in a day to day world?
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#5540579 Posted on: 04/24/2018 09:11 PM
The 960 EVO 1TB can be had for €356 which comes out to €0,35/GB vs €0,43/GB(€429).
edit: The 960 EVO 500GB comes out €0,38/GB vs €0,44/GB for the 970 EVO 500GB.
But obviously the 970 EVO was just released so it commands a 14%(€27) price premium for the 500GB model and 20%(€73) for the 1TB one.
This worth it over the 960 pro m.2?
Or the difference that marginable that you wouldn’t notice the differences in a day to day world?
As I went from a 950 PRO 256GB to a 960 EVO 500GB recently, I'm inclined to say nill difference noticed in day to day usage.
The 960 EVO 1TB can be had for €356 which comes out to €0,35/GB vs €0,43/GB(€429).
edit: The 960 EVO 500GB comes out €0,38/GB vs €0,44/GB for the 970 EVO 500GB.
But obviously the 970 EVO was just released so it commands a 14%(€27) price premium for the 500GB model and 20%(€73) for the 1TB one.
This worth it over the 960 pro m.2?
Or the difference that marginable that you wouldn’t notice the differences in a day to day world?
As I went from a 950 PRO 256GB to a 960 EVO 500GB recently, I'm inclined to say nill difference noticed in day to day usage.
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#5540597 Posted on: 04/24/2018 10:40 PM
And still no protection against data corruption/loss caused by power loss/issues.
Not talking about AC power loss here,
as a ups covers that.
crucial/ocz/toshiba have it, sot is not rocket science and it doesn't cost billions to implement ...
And still no protection against data corruption/loss caused by power loss/issues.
Not talking about AC power loss here,
as a ups covers that.
crucial/ocz/toshiba have it, sot is not rocket science and it doesn't cost billions to implement ...
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#5540600 Posted on: 04/24/2018 10:52 PM
Like he said in review you aren't going to notice a difference in gaming at all really. You are going to notice slight differences in certain types of things that are already negligible for 99.9% of people.
It's doing a bit better on some of the graphs. That's about it. More solid build too.
For those that need it well the product is the best out there. But most people as he said do not even need more than SATA3 SSDs.
Like he said in review you aren't going to notice a difference in gaming at all really. You are going to notice slight differences in certain types of things that are already negligible for 99.9% of people.
It's doing a bit better on some of the graphs. That's about it. More solid build too.
For those that need it well the product is the best out there. But most people as he said do not even need more than SATA3 SSDs.
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#5540686 Posted on: 04/25/2018 08:59 AM
It's funny, HDD's even with their fancy advanced technologies ... PMR, Helium, SMR, HAMR or whatever they want to do next... never caught up with interface speed.
SATA3 (600MB/s) is still over 200% faster than the fastest harddrives.
With SSDs it only took a few years to saturate the SATA3 speed.
Now the same thing happens with NVMe... these new Sammys are basically hitting the limit of 4X PCI-e .
PCI-e 4.0 can't come soon enough !
(Or something else, beyond PCI-e...)
It's funny, HDD's even with their fancy advanced technologies ... PMR, Helium, SMR, HAMR or whatever they want to do next... never caught up with interface speed.
SATA3 (600MB/s) is still over 200% faster than the fastest harddrives.
With SSDs it only took a few years to saturate the SATA3 speed.
Now the same thing happens with NVMe... these new Sammys are basically hitting the limit of 4X PCI-e .
PCI-e 4.0 can't come soon enough !
(Or something else, beyond PCI-e...)
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#5540694 Posted on: 04/25/2018 09:58 AM
This worth it over the 960 pro m.2?
Or the difference that marginable that you wouldn’t notice the differences in a day to day world?
Prob not, especially if you're using ramcache too
This worth it over the 960 pro m.2?
Or the difference that marginable that you wouldn’t notice the differences in a day to day world?
Prob not, especially if you're using ramcache too
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#5540862 Posted on: 04/25/2018 06:13 PM
It's funny, HDD's even with their fancy advanced technologies ... PMR, Helium, SMR, HAMR or whatever they want to do next... never caught up with interface speed.
SATA3 (600MB/s) is still over 200% faster than the fastest harddrives.
With SSDs it only took a few years to saturate the SATA3 speed.
Now the same thing happens with NVMe... these new Sammys are basically hitting the limit of 4X PCI-e .
PCI-e 4.0 can't come soon enough !
(Or something else, beyond PCI-e...)
Actually thats not true anymore.
New Seagate dual actuator drives can double in certain situations throughput of normal drives, which is currently around 240MB/s, giving it teoreticaly up to 480 MB/s.
It's funny, HDD's even with their fancy advanced technologies ... PMR, Helium, SMR, HAMR or whatever they want to do next... never caught up with interface speed.
SATA3 (600MB/s) is still over 200% faster than the fastest harddrives.
With SSDs it only took a few years to saturate the SATA3 speed.
Now the same thing happens with NVMe... these new Sammys are basically hitting the limit of 4X PCI-e .
PCI-e 4.0 can't come soon enough !
(Or something else, beyond PCI-e...)
Actually thats not true anymore.
New Seagate dual actuator drives can double in certain situations throughput of normal drives, which is currently around 240MB/s, giving it teoreticaly up to 480 MB/s.
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#5540886 Posted on: 04/25/2018 07:28 PM
@Hilbert Hagedoorn
Hey boss, did you get a newer NVMe driver for this review?
Version 3.0.
If so could you post it?
@Hilbert Hagedoorn
Hey boss, did you get a newer NVMe driver for this review?
Version 3.0.
If so could you post it?
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#5540888 Posted on: 04/25/2018 07:34 PM
Yes Sir, v3
Hey boss, did you get a newer NVMe driver for this review?
Yes Sir, v3
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#5540889 Posted on: 04/25/2018 07:37 PM
Download link pls?
Yes Sir, v3
Download link pls?
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#5540904 Posted on: 04/25/2018 08:05 PM
It can go life once Samung has posted it on their website. Last time we posted the v2 software I jumped the gun and posted prior to their public release, and got a world of hurt from Samsung.
It can go life once Samung has posted it on their website. Last time we posted the v2 software I jumped the gun and posted prior to their public release, and got a world of hurt from Samsung.
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#5540906 Posted on: 04/25/2018 08:15 PM
Would be interesting to retest a 960 EVO with the new driver.
Perhaps some of the speed in the new model comes from lower driver overhead, and not just from the SSD itself.
Would be interesting to retest a 960 EVO with the new driver.
Perhaps some of the speed in the new model comes from lower driver overhead, and not just from the SSD itself.
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#5540910 Posted on: 04/25/2018 08:24 PM
It can go life once Samung has posted it on their website. Last time we posted the v2 software I jumped the gun and posted prior to their public release, and got a world of hurt from Samsung.
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Wonder why some results are so different from Anand's in respect to WD Black SSD / Sandisk Extreme Pro.