Samsung 970 PRO 2048 GB NVMe PCIe SSD Starts Listing at Webshops

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 04/26/2019 10:20 AM | source: tweakers.net | 15 comment(s)

When Samsung released their rather excellent 970 Pro M2 SSD series we already mentioned in our review that the documentation is indicating a possible 2TB model as well. Well, indications are now here that such a unit will be released soon.

Basically the 960 Pro and 970 EVO series did already have a 2TB model, as to why Samsung would wait to release a 970 Pro version a year after the original remains a bit of a question. An Asian etailer is listing the product, as well as a German webshop. You'll notice the 2TB model listed. It's not available yet, but the SKU entry is there alright.

The previous models have been based on Samsung 64-layer TLC written NAND paired with a Phoenix controller, we can only assume it's the same for the 2TB model. The pro model will receive a proper endurance TBW value for sure, I expect 2400 TBW. The possible prices are an unknown at this time as the listed YEN price is definitely not correct, it could be in the 900 Euro range though.

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er557
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#5663646 Posted on: 04/26/2019 12:46 PM

Overpriced , overhyped. Just get the hp ex950 2TB, same performance and features for a fraction of the price.

Junglist724
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#5663650 Posted on: 04/26/2019 01:16 PM

Overpriced , overhyped. Just get the hp ex950 2TB, same performance and features for a fraction of the price.

It's more expensive because it has almost double the write endurance/lifespan. If you're doing extememly IO heavy work the 970 Pro(and even the EVO if you want to spend less) has significantly better latency and throughput. Ofc the target market for such a drive is rather small and it makes no sense to buy one if you're just gonna put games on it.

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#5663755 Posted on: 04/26/2019 07:18 PM

The 2TB 960Pro has 48 Layer MLC-chips, which could be even more reliable than a 64 Layer TLCs.

When I bought the drive as bootdrive 9 month ago (over Ebay@1/2 the price - still uninitialized) I wanted sth. that lives long and is big enough to not need a 2nd internal drive.

@heise.de they tested the much smaller and slower brother (850Pro 256GB / MLC but SATA) for write endurance - an they were able to write up to 9.1 PB on that drive(!).
-> https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/SSD-Langzeittest-beendet-Exitus-bei-9-1-Petabyte-3755009.html

It is said that MLCs can be written 10k times per cell, where TLC can only do 1k rewrites. So I'd be interested in a realworld endurance comparison of the biggest 960Pro & 970Pro.

And last but not least it'd be interesting in what structuresize the chips are made... especially the 970Pro (2TB)... 'the smaller the structures, the shorter the life' (please correct me if I'm wrong).
-> I bought my Crucial C300 (256GB / 32nm MLC) in September 2009 and it still runs perfectly in my old gaming-rig.

floppyedonkey
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#5663759 Posted on: 04/26/2019 07:27 PM

Umm I'm hoping for the announcement of availability for the 2 TB Evo Plus seems like the sweet spot. Over this Pro pricing nonsense.

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#5663779 Posted on: 04/26/2019 08:57 PM

Overpriced , overhyped. Just get the hp ex950 2TB, same performance and features for a fraction of the price.

You realize that for something to have the same performance.....it has to have...the same...performance....right?

In normal tasks i would say normal users wouldn't notice a difference, but that is not the same thing as "same performance"

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