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Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD $225.54 Delivered @ Amazon US via AU

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Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD $225.54 Delivered @ Amazon US via AUAffiliate
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RtN on 23/02/2023 - 15:47 amazon.com.au (659 clicks)
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All time low I believe, solid nvme drive. Have one myself and been going strong.

Performance
Sequential Read
Up to 3,500 MB/s *

Sequential Write
Up to 3,300 MB/s *

Random Read (4KB, QD32)
Up to 620,000 IOPS *

Random Write (4KB, QD32)
Up to 560,000 IOPS *

Random Read (4KB, QD1)
Up to 19,000 IOPS *

Random Write (4KB, QD1)
Up to 62,000 IOPS *

5-Year Limited Warranty or 1,200 TBW Limited Warranty

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  • hamwhisperer on 23/02/2023 - 16:23
    +6

    under 5500MB/s :( gah

    http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/images/Commander%20Crisp%20-%20T…

    • Binchicken22 on 23/02/2023 - 16:24
      +4

      Yeah, PS5 pro will be out before I think it's worth upgrading the storage in my PS5 😅

      • hamwhisperer on 23/02/2023 - 16:44

        I found quite a few people online, reporting crashes in PS5 games, with NVME - particularly with GT7.

        Some of the drives WERE correct rating too (!) so I am hoping, it's a cooling issue or they need even faster spec than Sony has advised.
        https://www.tweaktown.com/news/71340/understanding-the-ps5s-…

        The internal SSD from Sony I believe is 5500, however, the internal SSD also supports some kind of fancy compression that NVME doesn't.
        Initial speculation before NVMe mode was added, that 3'rd party may need to max out full 7000 to keep up with the internal.

        So I dunno, I want a drive but I want to be sure it's reliable (and not $550 for 2TB either)

        • gromit on 23/02/2023 - 16:58
          +3

          likely a cooling issue or fault. so far no games I am aware of come close to needing the speed.

        • netsurfer on 23/02/2023 - 19:31
          +3

          No, it's easy to get mixed up. Heat is an issue normally with heavy writes. Just reads generally don't have heat related issue for PCIe Gen 4 SSDs.

          Hardware decompression is done on GPU or CPU. With that, compressed data is loaded from SSD either to RAM or VRAM.

          PS5's internal SSD has a fair bit of marketing hype (it has SN530 type of NAND but a custom controller that is kind of like PCIe gen 4 x4). While it has 6 priority levels, GT7 is unlikely to use that feature (it is a cross gen title). The main issue is SSD latency is still too high. Game developers are unwilling to use that over RAM. If current SSDs are so amazing, why don't we get 4GB RAM machines and use SSD as RAM replacement?

        • JerraJones on 23/02/2023 - 23:31

          An ssd wouldn't overheat from just gaming and even if it did it wouldn't be causing crashes from thermal throttling itself. Games being buggy has been the norm for awhile.

          • hamwhisperer on 24/02/2023 - 03:50

            @JerraJones: Multiple users confirming this issue, advised that once the games were copied back to regular ssd internal, no more crashes

            • JerraJones on 24/02/2023 - 17:02

              @hamwhisperer: It's 99% more likely to be an issue specific to that game, 'multiple users' also doesn't mean much considering even 'wide spread' self reported stuff like rtx 4xxx series cables melting were affecting less than 0.05% of people. It'd be a software issue not hardware issue, DigitalFoundry even ran tests on ssds that didn't meet the 'requirements' posed by Sony.

        • giordan0 on 24/02/2023 - 11:04

          Cooling/incorrect fitment of 3rd party heatsinks.

    • Guybrush57 on 23/02/2023 - 16:25
      +5

      PCIe3 drive I believe

  • Austrian Oak on 23/02/2023 - 16:24
    +10

    Better off going 980 pro for $30 more for double the performance.

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/757390

    • melans on 23/02/2023 - 16:36
      +1

      People in that thread are saying that the WD850X is a better deal?

      • Austrian Oak on 23/02/2023 - 16:37
        +5

        They are both good drives, just make sure 980 pro firmware is up to date if you purchase.

    • SoTightEcoLPI on 23/02/2023 - 17:20
      +1

      Thank you

    • ShrewdBargin on 23/02/2023 - 17:23
      -4

      This is correct. This drive should and if I recall correctly has been cheaper. It’s pcie 3.0, 2 gens old

      • OZKap on 23/02/2023 - 18:17
        +2

        Bit of a stretch to call it 2 gens old before any pcie 5.0 drives are on shelves.

        • garetz on 23/02/2023 - 18:36
          -3

          Its obviously 2 gens old, the speed of the pcie bus has nothing to do with generations.

          there is 980 pro and 990 pro.

      • O O on 23/02/2023 - 18:54
        +1

        This drive should and if I recall correctly has been cheaper.

        The cheapest price registed on OzB is $241.57 before this post.

  • xmm3000 on 23/02/2023 - 17:11
    +1

    thsnks OP, but anyone knows if samsung australia honors the stocks like this in terms of warranty?

    • Devastator0 on 23/02/2023 - 19:53
      +1

      They do not. They'll only honor it if its purchased from a retailer here in AU.

      • xmm3000 on 24/02/2023 - 12:47

        good to know and thanks Devastator0

  • gottadeal on 23/02/2023 - 19:37
    +1

    can't believe I paid 350 for 1TB, how time flies

  • idonotknowwhy on 23/02/2023 - 21:01
    -1

    I'd avoid Samsung SSDs, especially the 970 EVO. See horror stories here:
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34648149

    A mate and I got (profanity) by silent failures (reporting ok in CrystalDiskInfo) with our Samsung SSDs recently.

    • Willy Beamish on 23/02/2023 - 22:00

      my 2tb 970 Evo plus is going fine so far for the system I built in December

      • blighst on 24/02/2023 - 07:10
        +2

        It's been 3 months….

        • Willy Beamish on 24/02/2023 - 07:56
          -1

          Almost like I said "so far" and I was aware of when I built the system.

          • Chandler on 24/02/2023 - 09:26
            +2

            @Willy Beamish: I think blighst's point is that you're experience is so short it's meaningless, but some users will see that comment and use it to disregard idonotknowwhy's comment showing a larger sample of users having major issues.

            Yes, you did highlight that it was built in December, but if you acknowledge that your experience is so short, why comment at all? It's like saying you should invest in crypto because you bought yesterday and it went up, ignoring the history or the impending doom of the SEC.

      • idonotknowwhy on 24/02/2023 - 10:25
        +1

        Ours were still fine after 3 months as well ;)

    • jztilly on 24/02/2023 - 16:03

      i've been running a 970evo since july 2020 without any dramas

      they're on countless "best SSDs" lists and are solid performers. just because you, your mate and a few others online have had them fail - doesn't mean they're bad, just means they have a failure rate like every other SSD.

      if you dont recommend samsung, where do you go?

      • SexySloth on 24/02/2023 - 19:47

        Yeah have had this SSD for over a year and I haven't had any problems.

    • Budju on 24/02/2023 - 22:10

      Can anyone authenticate this guy's comments? I've got like five 970 Evo drives, do I need a firmware update?

  • Schrodinger on 23/02/2023 - 23:22
    +4

    Bought the 2TB evo plus in 2019 - still going well. Didn't feel a need to upgrade from that.

    • RtN on 23/02/2023 - 23:35

      same.

  • dfg555 on 23/02/2023 - 23:55
    +1

    i almost spent 400 on this when it came out ;_;

  • rakka on 24/02/2023 - 00:31
    +2

    This is cheap. I bought a slightly used one from another OzBargainer recently for only $20 less and to me that was a great price.

    I don’t get the warnings and complaints. I Dont think it’s as widespread as people online make it seem.

    I thought this was meant to be a decent nvme. You could do much worse right?

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