Samsung 980 Pro vs Western Digital 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.

Has worked without a flaw for almost a year now and has been the best investment I have made for my computer. Bought the 1 gig version and I no longer have to bother with USB sticks to store photos and music. No more "range anxiety"! Installed this in a Dell XPS 13 9360 (I think it is) using Macrium Reflect and Aomei Partition Magic to adjust partitions afterwards - both free. I needed a USB adapter cable to set up the drive initially (some kind of way) for the drive to be recognized by the laptop first

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.

9GB folder that includes 2,502 files and 110 folders. The SN550 took 77,821ms with an average transfer rate of over 860MBps. In the create file test, ...

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..

All this is well and good but to be honest, it's a bunch of stuff that WD basically has all over their website but that's not what we do around here. ...

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

I picked this up because, at the time, it was cheaper than the comparable WD m.2 SATA ssd. It still is but the price gap has narrowed. My laptop can take an NVME drive

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.

It so happens inside my own PC, I've got a one terabyte black SSD, so I've run dashboard on my own PC and it does indeed identify the black. Funnily e...

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.

After applying the non-conductive cooling mat on top of a small appliance below the SSD install location I was then able to install the SSD in its slot which is when I started to wonder how you're supposed to lock down the far end of the SSD? (the missing hardware). Once you figure all this out you use two screws to lock the fancy looking anodized aluminum-cooling bar, back over the SSD. 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