In June, I wrote an article that Samsung’s flagship PCI 4.0 SSD, 980 Pro, only comes in capacities up to 1TB. When this became clear, I made a mistake, and I’m really happy about that.
In a listing via the UK e-Tailor scan, 980 Pro 2TB is very welcome in Samsung’s range. To date, the only PCIe General 4M2 SSD Saber Rocket 4 Plus with a capacity of 2TB is the Samsung 1TB980 Pro, the company announced two days after its official unveiling.
The 980 Pro 2 TB Scan is listed in the UK for $ 443.99, paying about $ 590 in taxes. If you have storage for games after you, it is a good idea to take a look at our list of the best SSDs where you can find a capacity drive similar to more than half the money. You may have to give up TLC flash and 7GB / s data transfer speed, but you may not notice anything other than the money you did not spend in your wallet.
Until the appearance of the 980 Evo, the 980 Pro was the only PCIe Gen 4 option in Samsung’s lineup. Full specifications for the 2TB flavor have not yet been listed, but the 1TB drive is happy to read up to 7,000 MB / s and write up to 5,000 MB / s, with a tolerance of 600 TBW. You can find the review of 1TB 980 Pro here.
You may ask why I am so excited about this, the answer is simple: I recently bought the 1TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus, but somehow, I was able to fill it in games within weeks. Since modern games take up hundreds of gigabytes, filling storage space is not as difficult as it used to be. As an example, Bungee recently had to cut a ton of Destiny 2 content because its player base could not maintain a large install size, and the installation of the latest Call of Duty Modern Warfare game would be as good as 250GB.
That being said, I’m not jumping on the 980 Pro 2TB right away, and neither should you. The benefits of using PCIe Gen 4 storage above Gen 3 are not really noticeable in the game, and the prices for Gen 3 storage are very low.
If you are a creative professional Need A great lightning fast drive for your editing tasks, the 2TB Samsung 980 Pro is not easily brainwashed.
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