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Reddit mentions of Samsung 960 PRO NVMe M.2 512GB SSD (MZ-V6P512BW)
Sentiment score: 11
Reddit mentions: 25
We found 25 Reddit mentions of Samsung 960 PRO NVMe M.2 512GB SSD (MZ-V6P512BW). Here are the top ones.
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- M.2 (2280): PCIe 3.0 x4 NVM Express SSD for Client PCs
- V NAND Client SSD ideal for GAMING, high performance tower desktops and small form factor PC’s
- Sequential Read Speeds up to 3500MB/s and Sequential Write Speeds up to 2100MB/s; Performance may vary based on system hardware & configuration
- Samsung magician software delivers SSD management and automatic firmware updates; 5 year limited warranty; Reliability (MTBF) : 1.5 Million Hours Reliability
- Interface:PCIe 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.2
Features:
Specs:
| Height | 0.09055123 Inches |
| Length | 3.149608 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Release date | November 2016 |
| Size | 512 GB |
| Weight | 0.118388094 Pounds |
| Width | 0.8661422 Inches |
How significant is the speed difference for the PRO vs the normal EVO? Amazon has 512gb PRO for $100 less
Peripherals:
Tower:
Tower Cooling:
Behind the scenes:
Amazon's price has returned to $329.99
The ram you found is desktop ram and they are bigger in size. You need laptop sodimm ram which are smaller (Half) in size. I hope it helps. with the ssd you have m.2 sata ssd. which will be fine in your laptop but you can get much more better performance with m.2 NVMe ssd.
Like this one. https://www.amazon.co.jp/Samsung-%E3%83%99%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%AD%E3%83%83%E3%83%88-Type2280-V-NAND%E6%90%AD%E8%BC%89-MZ-V6P512/dp/B01LXS4TYB/ref=sr_1_5?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1503359031&sr=1-5&keywords=m2+nvme
Or this one. https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B01MXVHYA9/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1503359113&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=samsung%2B960%2Bevo&th=1
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-960-PRO-Internal-MZ-V6P512BW/dp/B01LXS4TYB/ref=dp_ob_title_ce?th=1
Was giving advice on m.2 SSDs to /u/Stryker__
SSDs:
HDDs:
Corsair makes some good all in one liquid coolers. As far as an m.2 drive something like this . They’re pretty expensive but ridiculously fast!
I'm running SC PTU (along with my OS and other critical applications) on a [Samsung 960 Pro M.2] (https://smile.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01LXS4TYB/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1509229002&sr=8-5&refinements=p_85%3A2470955011&rps=1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=M.2) which is just about the fastest thing on the market (save for the Optane drives).
Also have 16 GB (have seen usage up to about 9 GB personally) and it seems to take a solid minute or two to load.
Not sure if getting faster RAM would help me with load times, as it seems to want to load about 6.5 GB into memory before it lets me play. But, simply put, I haven't done enough digging to figure out where my true bottleneck is.
But, long story short, yes moving from a HDD to a SSD should help load times a solid bit.
CPU | Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor | Purchased For $300.00
CPU Cooler | EVGA - CLC 280 113.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler | Purchased For $81.85
Motherboard | Asus - ROG MAXIMUS X HERO (WI-FI AC) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard | Purchased For $248.96
Memory | G.Skill - Trident Z RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory | Purchased For $204.89
Storage | Samsung - 960 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive | Purchased For $319.00
Storage | Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive | Purchased For $58.33
Video Card | EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB FTW Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card | Purchased For $600.00
Case | Phanteks - Enthoo Pro M Tempered Glass (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case | Purchased For $97.41
Power Supply | EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply | Purchased For $79.99
Optical Drive | Asus - DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer | Purchased For $14.98
Operating System | Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit | Purchased For $89.89
Case Fan | BitFenix - BFF-SPRO-P14025WW-RP 122.2 CFM 140mm Fan | Purchased For $24.06
Case Fan | Akasa - AK-FN073 109.5 CFM 140mm Fan | Purchased For $22.55
Case Fan | Prolimatech - PRO-USV14-WH 98.0 CFM 140mm Fan | Purchased For $19.87
Monitor | Acer - Predator XB271HUA 27.0" 2560x1440 165Hz Monitor | Purchased For $649.99
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total | $2811.77
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-09 16:04 EDT-0400 |
Yeah, this is not a storage problem. I have an M.2 SSD in my desktop which has a theoretical max write of 2100MB/s, and like I stated in my OP, I can download games from Steam at ~60MB/s (~480Mbps). MS Store on PC or Xbox doesn't get anywhere as close.
13 . November:
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-960-PRO-Internal-MZ-V6P512BW/dp/B01LXS4TYB/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1478657939&sr=1-1&keywords=samsung+960+pro
> 960
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https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-960-PRO-Internal-MZ-V6P512BW/dp/B01LXS4TYB
Damn, the stats sound impressive on the 950 Pro M.2 NVMe. I assume there'd be no real benefit in the speeds if you need to run programs off of secondary or tertiary drives?
My games and OS are running off of an Intel 520 240 GB I bought (~$300 CAD) years ago. Would buying the 950 Pro M.2 NVMe as my main drive and then using my Intel 520 for less demanding programs/games be a good idea?
Edit: I have 2 750 GB HDDs for file storage.
Edit2: Well shit, if samsung is already releasing this beast early next year maybe we'll be seeing a large price drop on NVMe? The $220 850 Evo would meet my needs for a year.
Edit3: Alright I'm going to hold off on getting a M.2 SSD for now and see what happens next year with the 960 Pro series. There is a significant improvement over the 950 Pro: http://www.anandtech.com/show/10754/samsung-960-pro-ssd-review
not really, what I'm advising you is what I did exactly, I got 2x 850 SSD 250GB for RAID 0 and later when the M.2 drives become cheaper, I will probably get one.
Here are the specs:
Intel 600p 512GB vs 850 EVO 250GB x2
Up to 1775 MBps vs 540 MBps x2 (1080MBps)
Up to 560 MBps vs 520 MBps x2 (1040MBps)
Up to 128,500 IOPS vs 97,000 IOPS x2 (194,000 IOPS)
Up to 128,000 IOPS vs 88,000 IOPS x2 (176,000 IOPS)
You also get double the lifespan
EDIT: Also I don't know if you've seen this but it is crazily faster than the cheaper M.2, which are the ones I wouldn't get right now
The 960 Pro is 2x as fast as the 950 Pro, but isn't yet released. It releases the 13th according to Amazon, so would be a good idea https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-960-PRO-Internal-MZ-V6P512BW/dp/B01LXS4TYB
Cheers on your new build, you'll have a blast with it.
Is there any particular reason why you're going EATX? You don't seem to have any need for it.
Besides that, you should [consider the Samsung 960 Pro] (https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-960-PRO-Internal-MZ-V6P512BW/dp/B01LXS4TYB) which releases in 10 days. If nothing else, the price of the 950 Pro will drop.
You should also look at some cheaper parts... that's really expensive RAM and GTX 1080.
Are there any features that you want on a motherboard? I can suggest an alternative.
As far as limitations go, you are I/O bound by using the 850 EVO and the good ol' spinning rust. The EVO will do about 520MB/s, where the WD will put out about 100MB/s.
That's not to say any of this is "bad". Thats just where I see the "limit" of your build based on the parts you listed.
The motherboard you are getting does have slots for faster SSD's.
1 x Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1), supports type 2242/2260/2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32Gb/s) (with Ryzen Series CPU)
and
1 x M.2 Socket (M2_2), supports type 2230/2242/2260/2280/22110 M.2 SATA3 6.0Gb/s module
So you could get a M.2 SSD which can go faster (3500MB/s) than what SATA can handle (600MB/s)
Do you have to? No.
Thanks for the info. Looks like I'll be waiting a few more months to build this PC.
Is this a good NVMe SSD?
Is it pretty easy to switch over to the NVMe SSD if I just buy it at a later date?
Which version of Windows do you recommend for this?
The best type of SSD is an m.2 NVMe SSD. These have a new form factor and connector that connects directly to the PCI bus for speeds greater than is possible with the common SATA connector. For example, the Samsung 960 Pro.
But really any common SATA SSD is fine, and for the huge price premium of an m.2 NVMe drive the noticeable difference is minimal. There are lots of good brands such as SanDisk, Crucial, and PNY (and Samsung's cheaper line, EVO).
Any reason for this? A ~50% reduction from the Samsung price seems too good to be true.
I was actually looking at getting
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-960-PRO-Internal-MZ-V6P512BW/dp/B01LXS4TYB?psc=1&SubscriptionId=AKIAIPHVZTVH6LZ5BFZA&tag=hawk-future-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B01LXS4TYB&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&ascsubtag=pcg-2040283282-20
but that wasn't on the site for me to include into the build. I placed that one in as a placeholder
Edit: I should include that I am new to this so somewhat don't know what I am doing.
The drive fits into an M.2 slot, which connects to the CPU via the PCIe bus because SATA3 is not fast enough (in fact SATA3 would be a bottleneck). I did not, and would not overclock the PCIe bus. I'm pretty sure that's not the problem.
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-960-PRO-Internal-MZ-V6P512BW/dp/B01LXS4TYB
But since it still uses SATA 3, I thought that meant it was still limited to SATA 3 speed? I thought that an M.2 drive was just a different form factor (vs. a 2.5" drive -- what I have on the list) that CAN attain PCIe speed IF it uses NVMe, which I don't think that drive can.
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From that M.2 listing you linked:
From the 2.5" drive benchmarks:
M.2 NVMe drives use an M.2 slot but go through a PCIe 3.0 4x lane (~1 GB/s per lane) and can achieve way faster speeds (e.g., Samsung 960 PRO can do up to 3,500 MB/s and 2,100 MB/s)
Yeah, the one I'm looking at [has NVMe]9https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-960-PRO-Internal-MZ-V6P512BW/dp/B01LXS4TYB). NVMe is one of the reasons I chose to try an iPhone this time (last four phones ran Android, IDGAF about the brand wars). So yeah I know all about that. ;)
Xeon 1231v3, 16GB DDR3 RAM, GPU is a bit light, it's AMD R9 280. Fallout 4 is the latest game I run and the most demanding and I can play it with settings maxed and get 30-60FPS depending on where I am. I think I might dip into the 20s downtown where everyone takes a hit, though. But if I lower the settings a bit, I can get it over 40. I don't really chase high FPS that much, though if I can get it over 60, that's obviously better than ~30. But I ran Skyrim at 20-30FPS for years on a dual core, so I'm not spoiled.
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-960-PRO-Internal-MZ-V6P512BW/dp/B01LXS4TYB/ref=sr_1_2_mimg_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1523035127&sr=8-2&keywords=samsung+960+pro330$https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-960-PRO-Internal-MZ-V6P512BW/dp/B01LY3Y9PH/ref=sr_1_2_mimg_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1523035127&sr=8-2&keywords=samsung%2B960%2Bpro&th=1
1.250$