Samsung 980 Pro vs WD Blue SN550

**GPU** As for the GPU, I went with a 3-fan, 2-slot RTX 3060 Ti from EVGA. This case supports even larger 3-slot cards, but I wasn't looking to break the bank on anything fancier than a 3060 Ti. There are 2-fan variants available, but considering I had the space for some extra cooling and I'm hoping this thing runs quietly, I decided to upgrade to a mid-range 3-fan card.

Dropped star rating from 5 to 2. ** End Update ** The WD Blue SN550 is an entry-level NVMe SSD that offers a lot of performance and reliability at a value price point. I purchased the 1TB model to install as a second drive inside a Lenovo P1 Gen 2 mobile workstation (which shares the same chassis with the X1 Carbon Extreme Gen 2), and what caught my eye about this particular NVMe drive was that it came from a reputable manufacturer, it offered a lot of bang for buck (1TB for $100 isn't bad as of Jan 2020), the 5-year warranty was above average for the class, and the 75mW average active power was low enough that I wasn't concerned about thermal issues or dramatically reduced battery life. Overall, I'm pretty happy with the drive and I haven't had any issues with it

99 for 1TB), launched last week, gives the SSD 980 some healthy competition, the SSD 980 has come right in and stolen the first-place performance and value crown for PCI Express 3.0 drives back for Samsung once again.

0x4 and one sata 2.5mm ssd. Making the sn550 1tb options the ideal choice for me since the price is good enough and the read/write speed at 2400/1900. I installed them and they work no problem, absolutely none

Samsung has re-ignited the debate over what an SSD should cost these days, and it enters the midrange with an MLC drive that carries a surprisingly high durability rating for its product class. Here's a breakdown of the specs and pricing by capacity..

If you must create a budget PC Gaming build this Western Digital 500GB WD Blue SN550 NVMe Internal SSD is the absolute minimum SSD size drive to consider. Anything smaller is too much of a compromise on price \ performance in my opinion. This Western Digital 500GB WD Blue SN550 NVMe Internal SSD can comfortable hold the Windows 10 operating system and a few often used \ loved PC games. Western Digital usually makes quality mass market drives at affordable prices

I do think these are a bit pricy even on sale, but if you play a lot of console games, a necessary purchase. 4 stars

If you're looking for a quality M.2 NVMe drive at a bargain price, then these WD Blue drives are a good choice. They aren't the newest, fastest M.2 drives out there, but if for example you want to use it to install Windows on a PC for faster application startup times, this will do the trick

will i recommend it to a friend? no! do your research and find out which other pcie4.0 m.2 drives beat this one and buy literally any of those.

1 Heatsink Case)”. This combination worked fine on my XP/Win7/Win10, but not on my Vista that had a “ StarTech 2 Port ExpressCard SuperSpeed USB 3.0 Card Adapter with UASP”. The Sintech’s enclosure uses JMS583 as the bridge adapter’s controller chip, and it did not seem compatible with StarTech’s ExpressCard USB3 adapter that is based on ASM Chipset Renesas uPD720200

And just to address the elephant that I’m sure somebody will try to let into the room - yes this case has the completely new PCIe riser in it. No fire risk included.

Not knowing any of this in advance, and with the kit missing the hardware to properly secure the loose end of the SSD made this more challenging (and frustrating, and time consuming) than was necessary. MUCH better instructions in-box and online would have made this whole day-long ordeal, a 20 minute job. Shame on all the manufacturers for not adding better BASIC documentation.