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Samsung 970 Evo PLUS 1TB M.2 PCIe SSD $271.20 + Delivery (Free with eBay Plus) @ Computer Alliance eBay
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Lxcornx on 22/11/2019 - 16:22 ebay.com.au (370 clicks)
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wrt SP I think the blue ones are QLC and the red A80 model is TLC???
So lots more extra flops then ?
It's a bit like, why pay more for a Mercedes when you can get a Hyundai that's just as fast.
It is Evo Plus because there was an older model called 970 Evo. The Evo Plus basically improved the SLC caching. If you looked at the benchmark figures, you will get the impression that it is giving 970 Pro a pretty tough competition (other than sustained writes and really heavy mixed read+write, Pro pulls ahead). As it is released later than Pro, there are cases the controller optimisation lets it even beat 970 Pro in some benchmark tests.
Silicon Power 1TB is also 3D TLC NAND, but with NAND flash made by Toshiba. The controller optimisation for Samsung NVMe SSDs are still a bit tough to beat (if you judge by benchmark figures) though in real life, it doesn't matter that much. However, same can be said about SATA3 vs NVMe. Honestly, most people cannot really benefit from NVMe. You really need at least two of them and/or Thunderbolt 3 devices with really heavy multi-threading. 970 Evo is still a class above Silicon Power NVMe, but the premium is too high.
One of the differences with Samsung is its warranty service. It is not uncommon that Samsung warranty department replaces a faulty SSD with a better, later model (and at times with a bigger size Samsung SSD).
What I'm curious about is why the Plus model kept having delays in it's shipment. Samsung even had a huge cashback promo earlier in the year which included the 2TB 970 Evo Plus model but there were manufacturing issues at the time which meant none of the stores actually got it in stock until just near the end of the promo.
People really in the market for a 2TB NVMe SSD would most likely pick 970 EVO Plus. If you really want the fastest consumer grade NVMe SSD, it is pretty much 970 Evo Plus. Yes, there is 970 Pro with its sustained write advantage, but honestly, it is not sensible to go crazy on heavy writes on an NVMe SSD (or any SSD) for most consumers.
Makes a difference if you are working on very large files. Otherwise, go Silicon Power.
Tomshardware speed comparison between Silicon Power and 970 EVO Plus under various sustained write durations.
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iHupMGoG4SCn4JchKJxmR5-650…
My point lol
I'd also like to know why the big price difference lol. Maybe its a case of name brands???
Brand name.. much longer warranty… might be more reliable.
@Phoebus: I have the 2TB model and chose it for performance, brand reliability and it was light on power usage which made it perfect for my laptop. At the time when I ordered, there was also a decent cashback promotion ($80).
Lowest price on staticICE is $279.95, CA have inevitably jumped on the price-jack train with the others.
mind to explain your downvote? :)
I thought my comment pretty much summed it up, but to clarify:
- This price is quite achievable elsewhere
- CA have modified the price prior to their involvement in the eBay promotion, which is proven by the point above
so you compare your cheapest 279.20 to this 271.20? makes no sense
I agree that price jacking sucks, doesn't matter in this case, its cheaper, jacking or not.so you compare your cheapest 279.20 to this 271.20? makes no sense
It makes sense to me, we're saving ~$7 here which is hardly worth posting in my opinion.
I agree that price jacking sucks, doesn't matter in this case, its cheaper, jacking or not.
Regardless, at the end of the day it's a ~5% saving at best, not 20% off as perpetrated by CA.
@magic8ballgag: 7 buck is 7 bucks, that the point of this SITE and my post.
I couldn't care less about the downvote, you seem to not getting the point.
show it somewhere cheaper, or be quiet.
5% is 5%…nuff said@xcornx: Please don't assume you know the reason why I use this site and why I think it exists.
I come here to get proper deals (true 10-20%), and to give business to those that actually deserve it, rather this penny-pinching rubbish.
@xcornx: The fact of the matter is you're saving 2.5% on this 'deal' and encouraging shady business tactics.
But as long as you're saving a buck, you do you mate.
@magic8ballgag: what's next, you suggest we don't support certain companies cause they cause climate change or whatever you come up with? welcome to the real world, there's shady business, but you're not the moral arbiter (even tho you might think you are). And yes a buck is a buck, 1% or 5% cheaper is CHEAPER, that's a fact.
@magic8ballgag: Whilst no one likes a jack before an eBay deal, doing a bit more digging and from what I can tell, $330-$340ish is still a common price point even amongst other similar specialist computer stores. It’s also still quite a bit cheaper than RRP of $385: https://www.samsung.com/au/memory-storage/970-evoplus-nvme-m…
@wakie: There's more to life than trying to save cents on absolutely everything, hopefully you'll understand that sooner rather than later instead of wasting your time on chump change.
Looking at the historical price list, it was $359 on 22/9/19 so the current price as at 22/11/19 of $339 is lower. Maybe it has been lower between these two observation points, but given it still works out to be cheapest even with the coupon codes, I don't think it's unreasonable as it should be the final price which is being compared when assessing whether something is 'cheapest'.
This is the one I bought during the last 20% off:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1TB-ADATA-XPG-SX8200-Pro-PCIe-M-…
It's $199, so more than the Silicon Power. They both come with 5 year warranty but the XPG seemed to shade the Silicon Power in online reviews.
Adata XPG can compete with 970 Evo, 970 Evo plus. Silicon Power one is still a class below.
Stupid question, what makes this so plus ? I bought a silicon power 1tb for $170 a month ago and it does a similar speed.
I know someone is going to jump in with this is TLC vs QLC and it does 1 extra flops a second and will last longe. Does it really matter ?