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Samsung 980 Pro (2000 GB, M.2 2280)
173,45 EUR 86,73 EUR/1TB

Samsung 980 Pro

2000 GB, M.2 2280

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Anonymous

3 years ago

Hi Digitec, Samsung is misleadingly advertising its memory technology as "Samsung V-NAND 3-bit MLC". A 3-bit cell is a TLC (Tripple Level Cell) memory [for 2-bit=MLC (Multi Level Cell), for 1-bit=SLC (Single Level Cell)]. What Samsung is doing here is redefining the term MLC by no longer equating "multi" with 2-bit, but using it in such a way that everything that has more than 1-bit has multiple (several) bits. According to Samsung's own logic, QLC should also be called MLC, but this is obviously not the case. Because the performance of TLC memory is much lower than MLC, Samsung, like all other manufacturers, has to use a pseudo SLC cache despite the "Samsung V-NAND 3-bit MLC" technology. This cache can be over 100GB in size for a 1TB SSD; but when it is full, there is a "degrade" and the performance drops sharply. (this is known from QLC drives, where this effect is even more drastic). With SSDs with real(!) 2-bit MLC, this trick was not necessary. Unfortunately, MLC memory is practically no longer manufactured because TLC is just cheaper. Links: https://www.anandtech.com/show/16087/the-samsung-980-pro-pcie-4-ssd-review https://www.anandtech.com/show/13761/the-samsung-970-evo-plus-ssd-review https://www.anandtech.com/show/12670/the-samsung-970-evo-ssd-review The search filter "MLC" is therefore misleading for Samsung SSDs (970/EVO/PLUS/PRO, 980/Pro). As a customer, you get the impression that Samsung uses a fundamentally different technology than the competition. Despite exorbitant claims such as a write rate of 5000MB/s, only the drives from 1TB are actually able to maintain a constant write rate of 1000MB/s (1GB/s) when transferring large amounts of data (e.g. over a 10Gb/s network). For comparison, with MLC, even 256GB drives can do this easily. TLC is so slow that it really needs many chips that the SSD controller can write to at the same time to achieve comparable performance.

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Brimstone

3 years ago

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You should write a blog yourself. Great post!

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joelsuter2003

10 months ago

I have installed the SSD properly, but it is neither initialised nor recognised by the system. I use the ASUS ROG Strix Z390-E motherboard and wanted to use it as a secondary SSD for games, etc. I checked the M.2 slots. Checked the M.2 slots, it's not them. I got a replacement product, but it didn't change anything either. Does anyone have any idea what the problem could be?

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Joe Waschl

10 months ago

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the ssd is a pcie4.....but the board only supports pcie 3.0 x 4...here's info on rog.asus.com/ch-de/motherboards/rog-strix/rog-strix-z390-e-g...

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AlfonsX

1 year ago

I advise against buying Samsung NVMEs for the following reason: Samsung has found that there were problems with firmware version 3 in 2021 that make the NVMEs unusable in a very short time. The necessary firmware update is available - but can only be installed under Windows. This company policy is unacceptable, because I have paid for performance and receive poor (or no) service. Now I have to remove all my NVMEs, put them into a Windows computer, test them, update the firmware and put them back again.

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Shaggy99

1 year ago

Hello, I have the following problem: I am trying to install Windows 11 on my Samsung 980 Pro on my ASUS ROG Strix Z690-F Gaming Wifi, but it is not recognised by the Windows installer. I have already invested several hours in fixing the problem. BIOS recognises the m.2 hard drive, also displays it accordingly. Since I can't update the ME of the mainboard due to my Intel 13700K without working Windows, so that it works in the first slot, I put it in the second slot. Do you have another solution to this problem? I have already gone through the settings in the BIOS several times. Drivers have also been made available on the boot stick, without success. Activated CSM and also made sure that the m.2 is not configured for RAID. Please help!

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Bumi69

1 year ago

Hi - what is the advantage over a Kingston Fury Renegade or Curcial P5 Plus? According to the read & write rates, Kingston > Samsung > Crucial...but are there other reasons that speak in favour of Samsung compared to the others? For my Omen 16-c0709 (still with standard SSD), any of the 3 would probably be an upgrade. Even thought my Omen had a 2nd slot.... Thanks for the inputs. MFG

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Stardustone

1 year ago

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The Crucial P5 Plus is not one of the faster SSDs, that crown belongs to these SSDs: WD Black SN850X, Samsung 990, FireCuda 530, Kingston Fury Renegade (and the practically equally fast KC3000) and one that doesn't have NVRAM but is also very good, that would be the WD Black SN770, which also manages 5150 MB/s and 4900 MB/s, a very good performance for one without DRAM cache and in the PC Mark 10 Quick