MZ-V8V500BW
Controller: Samsung Pablo
Memory: Samsung V-NAND 3-bit MLC
Sequential Read: 3,100 MB/s
Sequential Write: 2,600 MB/s
Endurance (TBW): 300 TB
Warranty: 5 Years
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Samsung 980 500GB PCIe Gen 3 NVMe M.2 (2280) SSD $79 Delivered + Surchage @ Computer Alliance
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https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/samsung-980-m2-nvme-ssd…
how are they putting no dram on an alleged 'premium' product?
Samsung IT: "Hey, design an SSD with no DRAM"
Samsung R&D: "OK, done"
Samsung IT: "Thanks"it feels like these are dud 980 pros or something else that they have an exorbitant amount of and just decided to slap an "upgraded" 970 evo/plus m.2 nvme for a quickie profit
@dfg555: 980 was introduced to compete with WD SN550. The old batch of SN 550 was better than 980 in quite a few areas. However, WD now does cost cutting on SN550. Then, WD introduces SN570.
Samsung needed a DRAMless SSD product.
Seems they have larger SLC and use driver uses motherboard ram … The throughput numbers still look good for the price .
wow, so the 980 pro is their premium product with dram and gen 4 pcie, the 980 is worse than the 970 evo plus.
I have have 980 pro in one build, and 970 plus in another, was about to buy 980 last week when I realised the 980 comes as a normal and pro version , and 970 plus costs more than 980 non-pro.
The 980 is Samsung's first retail entry level NVMe SSD (they've sold entry level dramless OEM drives before), see anandtech's review here: https://www.anandtech.com/show/16504/the-samsung-ssd-980-500…
D-ramless absoulty doesnt mean it is a bad product automatically.
Seems SLC is bigger and like most drivers it uses a bit of motherboard RAM …..so keeps write speed up via SLC and read is easy.
no dram lol