[Amazon.ca] Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB NVMe M.2 Internal SSD $99.9x
- Deal Link:
- https://www.amazon.ca/Samsung-970-EVO-P ... B07MFZY2F2
- Price:
- $99.9x
- Retailer:
- Amazon.ca
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- horiah00 [OP]
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- May 12, 2009
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- tunda11
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- Mar 7, 2011
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Nice drive, terrible price...
- Sergio88
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- Mar 4, 2015
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- Longueuil, QC
Ok I ordered one. A hot deal is a hot deal !
- Loomy
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- Jan 13, 2003
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The benefit of this SSD is that it's old/proven and has abnormally high endurance.
- redflagdealsguy
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- Feb 24, 2018
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Great drive.
Not nerfed, if anything, they subbed in a 980 Pro controller, for slightly better performance in some cases.
Not nerfed, if anything, they subbed in a 980 Pro controller, for slightly better performance in some cases.
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- Poutinemaster
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- Jun 7, 2013
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- Mascouche
I installed recently the 2 Tb version of this in my Dell 9510 as second storage unit. Transferring files between the two spaces, I'm hitting (easily) 1.5 Gb/s transfer speed. Way, way enough speed for most people...
- cheapinMB
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- Qndydsb
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- wakka2u
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is anyone using this M.2 SSD to expand ps5 storage?
- horiah00 [OP]
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- May 12, 2009
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I don't have a PS5, but the Amazon product description states "Not Intended for use with the Playstation 5 - refer to Samsung 980 Pro with Heatsink. AES Encryption AES 256-bit Encryption (Class 0)TCG/Opal IEEE1667 (Encrypted drive)"
- SLee
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- Jul 23, 2002
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- Loomy
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Well, if you link them, we can talk about them, but in general: SSD endurance has been going down over time as manufacturers learn to cut away more safety margin. For example, this old mid-range drive has the same warrantied endurance as the brand new high-end 990 Pro that costs 2x more. And the 500GB has half, which is still a very good 300 TBW compared to new low-end drives close to this price. Plus this drive has a record of reliability. I personally don't know of anything cheaper and better. Things get really sketchy at this price point. I trust Crucial/Micron, and I assume that a normal person will never know that they're using a new cheapo 110 TBW drive, but there's something to be said for buying a proven workhorse.
- redflagdealsguy
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- Crichtonfan
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- Mar 18, 2015
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- CalvinZ
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- Jul 18, 2011
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This drive is Gen 3 and will not in PS5, PS5 requires Gen4 drive.
- horiah00 [OP]
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- May 12, 2009
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Fwiw 5-year limited warranty or 600 TBW.Crichtonfan wrote: ↑ Just have to hope it either fails during the Amazon return period or stays good. Samsung will happily turn you away if it fails after return window closes.
- Crichtonfan
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- Mar 18, 2015
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Ah, you must have skipped over all the threads where people share their Samsung warranty concerns and the run around they have to go through. Have fun with that 5 year “warranty” that you have to go to the retailer to claim and then the retailer tells you to go to Samsung and vice versa. Better off buying a KC3000.
- 09halu
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- Mar 27, 2016
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Finally, i got one for $90 in 2021
- cheapinMB
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- Aug 27, 2017
- 110 posts
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LOL, not at all.
Looking at https://linustechtips.com/topic/1092033-ssd-tier-list/ for tier rankings on SSD's, the OP 970 EVO Plus is C tier.Loomy wrote: ↑ Well, if you link them, we can talk about them, but in general: SSD endurance has been going down over time as manufacturers learn to cut away more safety margin. For example, this old mid-range drive has the same warrantied endurance as the brand new high-end 990 Pro that costs 2x more. And the 500GB has half, which is still a very good 300 TBW compared to new low-end drives close to this price. Plus this drive has a record of reliability. I personally don't know of anything cheaper and better. Things get really sketchy at this price point. I trust Crucial/Micron, and I assume that a normal person will never know that they're using a new cheapo 110 TBW drive, but there's something to be said for buying a proven workhorse.
KC3000 1TB rated for 800TBW and is an A tier same $100 @ newegg - https://www.newegg.ca/kingston-1024gb-k ... -_-Product
P5 Plus 1TB rated for 600TBW and B tier for $110 @ amazon - https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B098WL46RS?tag ... e=ogi&th=1
MP600 PRO NH 1TB 700TBW and A tier is $115 @ newegg - https://www.newegg.ca/corsair-1tb-mp600 ... -_-Product
Sure these aren't greatly above the OP 970 for TBW - I guess I was looking at the 2TB versions with >1PBW. BUT these are also all rated as faster drives even if the Crucial and Corsair are $10/15 more.
- cheapinMB
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- Aug 27, 2017
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Isn't that like saying the warranty on a car runs out at <100,000kms and most can hit >200,000km easy?redflagdealsguy wrote: ↑ Samsung endurances are famously understated.
This drive will likely hit north of a petabyte, easy.