[Newegg] Samsung 980 Pro 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD $220 - Page 2

Jul 2nd, 2021 3:47 pm

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hightech: Deal Expert; Dec 23, 2003; 16226 posts; 4653 upvotes; Toronto

Jul 2nd, 2021 3:47 pm

This is a good site that compares the different SSD's: https://www.anandtech.com/show/9799/best-ssds

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Jul 2nd, 2021 4:10 pm

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Iluvdeals2018: Jr. Member; Aug 26, 2018; 101 posts; 100 upvotes

Jul 2nd, 2021 4:10 pm

ManCaveGamer wrote: ↑ Thanks! Ordered

I'm upgrading to this from a SN750, so yea its better

I owned the WD SN750 and now the Samsung 980 pro and don't notice the difference 99% of time except when doing large file transfers which is quite rare anyway. The SN750 looks like the better deal to me.

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Jul 2nd, 2021 8:54 pm

#23

Dhanushan: Deal Guru; Jun 20, 2020; 12170 posts; 14668 upvotes; Toronto

Jul 2nd, 2021 8:54 pm

hightech wrote: ↑ Thank you. Have they sorted out the heat issues, as I recall people had to get heat sinks on these drives for better temperature management? I believe Samsung seems to have this better controlled.

Keeping the chips cooler with a heatsink may increase longevity of the drive.

You need to write a lot sequentially to thermal throttle an SSD, not a normal workload.

The heatsink provides a bigger buffer before the SSD controller thermal throttles.

afaik, Samsung SSD's consume less energy, therefore produce less heat than WD.

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Jul 13th, 2021 4:36 pm

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Chaindrop: Jr. Member; Aug 26, 2008; 149 posts; 252 upvotes; Oakville

Jul 13th, 2021 4:36 pm

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Aug 6th, 2021 11:59 am

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deaner835: Newbie; Apr 19, 2017; 55 posts; 118 upvotes

Aug 6th, 2021 11:59 am

Deal is back with the 1TB being $229 plus $10 off coupon code of CEMCEAEX22 from Newegg to bring it to $219. Also $229 on amazon.ca

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Aug 6th, 2021 12:14 pm

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TypeVR6: Deal Fanatic; Apr 1, 2006; 5287 posts; 520 upvotes

Aug 6th, 2021 12:14 pm

Viper98 wrote: ↑ Is this the one that will work in PS5?

It works, I have it installed in my PS5

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Aug 6th, 2021 12:19 pm

#27

Auditore212: Deal Fanatic; Mar 19, 2010; 7026 posts; 6022 upvotes; Ottawa

Aug 6th, 2021 12:19 pm

TypeVR6 wrote: ↑ It works, I have it installed in my PS5

Question for you: Did you add a heatsink to this or just installed it as is? I did read in the product description that it has its own cooling mechanism etc etc. but don't want to screw up the console.

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Aug 6th, 2021 12:23 pm

#28

Dhanushan: Deal Guru; Jun 20, 2020; 12170 posts; 14668 upvotes; Toronto

Aug 6th, 2021 12:23 pm

Said212 wrote: ↑ Question for you: Did you add a heatsink to this or just installed it as is? I did read in the product description that it has its own cooling mechanism etc etc. but don't want to screw up the console.

It has a copper heat spreader hidden beneath its sticker and a nickel coating on the controller to control temperature.

Adding a heatsink would require removing this to make direct connection to the controller and NAND chips.

from https://thepcenthusiast.com/samsung-980 ... sd-review/

Speaking of the heatsink, the 980 Pro does have some thermal control solution as this SSD can get (really) toasty under load. I’ll show you the temps that I got in a moment. Under (extreme) workloads, thermal throttling could be an issue with these Gen4 SSDs. That’s why some M.2 Gen4 SSDs that you see on the market come with a heatsink, like the Corsair MP600 Gen4 PCIe or the Aorus NVME Gen4 SSD.

To mitigate this issue, Samsung has implemented three technologies that would help keep the temperature at bay. The 980 Pro has a heat spreader, a nickel coating on the Elpis controller, and a fine-tuned controller with advanced Dynamic Thermal Guard (DTG) technology. According to Samsung, “this trinity of excellent technologies” helps prevent the 980 Pro from overheating and maintain it’s expected performance.

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Aug 6th, 2021 12:47 pm

#29

TypeVR6: Deal Fanatic; Apr 1, 2006; 5287 posts; 520 upvotes

Aug 6th, 2021 12:47 pm

Said212 wrote: ↑ Question for you: Did you add a heatsink to this or just installed it as is? I did read in the product description that it has its own cooling mechanism etc etc. but don't want to screw up the console.

I installed the following:

M.2 2280 SSD Heatsink Cooler (Green) https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B089NV5CLJ/ref ... 13A55WVHBF

I got the yellow one which is now sold out

. I made no modification, just slapped this on and installed it into the Ps5. Formatted and the moved contents from USB over to the new nvme ssd.

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Aug 6th, 2021 12:56 pm

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redflagdealsguy: Deal Expert; Feb 24, 2018; 23136 posts; 28667 upvotes

Aug 6th, 2021 12:56 pm

TypeVR6 wrote: ↑ It works, I have it installed in my PS5

I thought they had a lockout, tremendous news.

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Aug 6th, 2021 1:00 pm

#31

Dhanushan: Deal Guru; Jun 20, 2020; 12170 posts; 14668 upvotes; Toronto

Aug 6th, 2021 1:00 pm

redflagdealsguy wrote: ↑ I thought they had a lockout, tremendous news.

Enabled with beta software released July 29th

Sony’s first PS5 software beta arrives with M.2 SSD support
https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2 ... a-features

For beta users: add an M.2 SSD to a PS5™ console
https://www.playstation.com/en-us/suppo ... ll-m2-ssd/

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Aug 6th, 2021 1:27 pm

#32

AGTOM83: Sr. Member; Feb 4, 2019; 646 posts; 1030 upvotes

Aug 6th, 2021 1:27 pm

deaner835 wrote: ↑ Deal is back with the 1TB being $229 plus $10 off coupon code of CEMCEAEX22 from Newegg to bring it to $219. Also $229 on amazon.ca

$230 at best buy as well.

Does anyone know when the SSD update for the PS5 will go live for everyone and not just the beta?

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Aug 6th, 2021 1:39 pm

#33

markj: Deal Fanatic; Oct 13, 2002; 6297 posts; 619 upvotes; Calgary

Aug 6th, 2021 1:39 pm

AGTOM83 wrote: ↑ $230 at best buy as well.

Does anyone know when the SSD update for the PS5 will go live for everyone and not just the beta?

supposed to be end of this month

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Aug 6th, 2021 1:44 pm

#34

hystavito: Deal Addict; Dec 24, 2008; 3724 posts; 1229 upvotes; Belle River

Aug 6th, 2021 1:44 pm

TypeVR6 wrote: ↑ I installed the following:

M.2 2280 SSD Heatsink Cooler (Green) https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B089NV5CLJ/ref ... 13A55WVHBF

I got the yellow one which is now sold out . I made no modification, just slapped this on and installed it into the Ps5. Formatted and the moved contents from USB over to the new nvme ssd.

Thanks for confirming that fits in the PS5, especially since I already have one I haven't got around to using yet

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Aug 6th, 2021 1:49 pm

#35

JFlash20: Sr. Member; Dec 11, 2013; 572 posts; 455 upvotes; Toronto

Aug 6th, 2021 1:49 pm

I would pay for a 512GB SLC drive with this controller. Their Pro line is grabbing the wrong end of the stick now.

Aug 6th, 2021 2:03 pm

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djemzine: Deal Expert; Jun 15, 2011; 43782 posts; 7464 upvotes

Aug 6th, 2021 2:03 pm

AGTOM83 wrote: ↑ $230 at best buy as well.

Does anyone know when the SSD update for the PS5 will go live for everyone and not just the beta?

Dang no PM opportunity. Was hoping they had it retail price.

Blanka

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Aug 6th, 2021 2:17 pm

#37

Dhanushan: Deal Guru; Jun 20, 2020; 12170 posts; 14668 upvotes; Toronto

Aug 6th, 2021 2:17 pm

djemzine wrote: ↑ Dang no PM opportunity. Was hoping they had it retail price.

Why did you want to PM them?

They removed the 10% off the difference when price matching a competitor in 2019

Best Buy's Price Matching Policy Upcoming Change

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Aug 6th, 2021 2:28 pm

#38

Canada_7: Deal Fanatic; Dec 30, 2006; 5589 posts; 896 upvotes

Aug 6th, 2021 2:28 pm

With a 3rd party heatsink still makes this cheaper than the 1TB SN850 heatsink version I recently bought in anticipation of extra storage for PS5 by a bit. Tempted but not in the mood to have to do all the returns and then get this done. I guess I'll suck it up the savings I missed out.

Aug 6th, 2021 2:44 pm

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djemzine: Deal Expert; Jun 15, 2011; 43782 posts; 7464 upvotes

Aug 6th, 2021 2:44 pm

Dhanushan wrote: ↑ Why did you want to PM them?

They removed the 10% off the difference when price matching a competitor in 2019

Best Buy's Price Matching Policy Upcoming Change

Clearly I am behind the times.

Blanka

Aug 6th, 2021 5:41 pm

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wongster: Sr. Member; Jul 18, 2007; 599 posts; 344 upvotes; Markham

Aug 6th, 2021 5:41 pm

deaner835 wrote: ↑ Deal is back with the 1TB being $229 plus $10 off coupon code of CEMCEAEX22 from Newegg to bring it to $219. Also $229 on amazon.ca

Also the 980 non pro version went down to $149 on amazon.ca as well. That just uses pci gen3