You can now get one of the most popular SSDs for PC and PS5 cheaply on Amazon

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The Samsung 980 Pro is one of the best rated and most frequently purchased PCIe 4.0 SSDs and the 1 TB version is available cheaply from Amazon.

The price is so good: Amazon currently offers the Samsung 980 Pro with 1 TB for only 84.90 euros instead of 124.90 euros RRP on.

According to price comparison sites, this is up to date the cheapest price for the model including shipping costs, while Cyberport also has the same price. The fast PCIe 4.0 SSD for PC and PS5 including shipping has hardly been listed anywhere so far.

Besides, that’s still slightly better version with heat sink for only 94.89 euros, currently also the cheapest at Amazon. Alternatively, the 2 TB version can also be selected in the shop.

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This is what the Samsung 980 Pro offers

With up to 7,000 MB/​s reading and 5,100 MB/​s writing the NVMe SSD Samsung 980 PRO in M.2 format is one of the fastest PCIe 4.0 models and is primarily aimed at enthusiasts as well as professional users.

In order to exploit the full performance, a current mainboard should also be included PCI Express 4.0 interface to be available. It is also well suited for the PS5, although the version with a heat sink is recommended here.

Samsung SSD 980 Pro on Amazon

reviews and tests

Top ratings: Average 4.8 out of 5 stars in over 20,000 reviews on Amazon speak for themselves.

Above all, praised the strong performancewhile there are rarely reports of transfer rates that are not quite achieved.

In the test: The website kitguru.net put the model to the test at launch and with awarded a “Must Have” award:

It’s been quite a while since we’ve seen a high-end NVMe SSD from Samsung, and it was definitely worth the wait as the SSD980 PRO has put the company back in the spotlight of the high-performance consumer market .

kitguru.net

Per

  • overall performance
  • 5 year guarantee
  • AES 256-bit encryption
  • Magician software
    • cons

  • Requires PCIe 4.0 motherboard to get the most out of it
  • tested 4K performance could not keep up with the official maximum values

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    Technical key data

    designSolid State Modules (SSM)form factorM.2 2280interfaceM.2/​M key (PCIe 4.0 x4)To read7,000MB/sWrite5,000 MB/s SLC cached (2,000 MB/s TLC)Read/write IOPS 4K1000k/​1000kmemory modules3D NAND TLC, Samsung, 128 layers (V-NAND v6)TBW600TBreliability forecast1.5 million hours (MTBF)controllersSamsung Elpis (S4LV003), 8 channelscache1GB (LPDDR4), SLC cache (6-36GB)protocolNVMe 1.3cprivacy features256-bit AES, TCG Opal 2.0power consumption8.9 W (maximum), 6.2 W (operating), 0.035 W (idle), 0.005 W (sleep)Dimensions80 x 22 x 2.38mmparticularitiesL1.2 low power standbymanufacturer warrantyfive years or until reaching TBW

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    Alternative and other offers

    Who cares less about performance and instead about a better value for money in storage capacity can fall back on the equally inexpensive Kingston NV2. Here you get 2 TB for almost the price of the 1 TB of Samsung’s 980 Pro.

    Other current offerswhere you can save a lot can also be found at our deals overview page.

    There are good ones, for example gaming graphics cards like the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti or RTX 4070, as well as cheap RAM to upgrade. In addition, the Nintendo Switch OLED available again from Amazon in the Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Edition.

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