Samsung 980 500GB Up to 3,500 MB/s PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2 (2280) Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (MZ-V8V500)

its good, works fast and have not found any issue or what so ever

Ultimate superfast, only used to imagine purchasing this item. My dream came true with SBI debit card discount and the price came down to my reach. with ignorance i purchased SATA based SSD earlier with less capacity whereas this SSD is a high quality SSD used in Apple Devices. Now my very old ASUS A320MK motherboard functions with good improvement as i replaced the processor 2200G with 3400G and replaced WD120GB SSD (SATA not NVME) with this Samsung SSD. Added some Corsair Vengeance 8GB more.

Samsung recently switched their top prosumer line from MLC to TLC/3D NAND. They call it 3-bit MLC, which is exactly what TLC is. For those looking at higher endurance, the MLC-based 970 Pro is still the drive to get. Sequential writes are quicker on the old drive and a 1TB unit will have 1200TBW endurance as opposed to 600TBW for the 980 Pro. This means that durability of the 980 Pro is halved from the 970 PRO line, but it does mean that all 9xx series NVMe now have TLC. Therefore it makes very little sense to get this over the 970 EVO Plus, which runs the 980 Pro close. There are a few notable differences though. The PCIe 4.0 interface on the 980 Pro only offers an improvement in peak bandwidth. Controller optimisations are where you get drive speed differences from. Samsung moved the controller to the same 8nm node as the nVidia 30xx series GPUs, and thus offer much lower operating temperatures and better power efficiency. The 970 EVO+ in my system runs 105C without a heatsink and peak writes, the 980 PRO tops out at about 78C in the same conditions. I do use a heatsink but like to test stuff just the same. Most of the speed bumps over older lines and other drives come from the massive SLC cache, coupled with 1GB onboard DDR4 memory, you can get above 100GB of high-speed writing at a time. The new Elpis controller offers 4 times the number of queues per channel and as a result you can expect 22k IOPS at 4k QD1, which is staggering. But on the desktop, you hardly notice any of this. I upgraded to this from a Crucial P1, which is a QLC DRAM-less drive and is one of the slowest NVMe units ever created. The 980 Pro feels a bit snappier and game load times are down by about 30%, but when comparing 10 sec to 7 sec it basically makes no difference. Either the 970 EVO+ or the 980 (non-pro) would be good options. The latter has no DRAM buffer, so it begins to crawl once the SLC cache is full - after about 50GB. The EVO+ has a smaller SLC cache, but the DRAM buffer makes sure that you won't notice. The prime difference is when writing large datasets to the drive, or doing a drive fill. The price drop on the PRO line is a good move, but it comes with a stack of compromises. Samsung now has a crowded range with 4 choices between 10 and 20k, so you should choose what suits your needs the best. I feel my 970 EVO+ is actually the better value, and by quite a bit.

It is easy to install. I bought this for my laptop, Asus vivobook 15, before I had Toshiba HDD which was very slow FYI. It took around 15 minutes to boot and when windows update starts laptop totally lags and not able to use anymore. After installing SSD, the boot time is 17 seconds. The packaging is good. Value for money I would say. System is not heating like before it is good. This is my initial review. Let me use it for some more time and give you a better review. (P.S they don't provide the screw to lock your SSD, you have to arrange it)

First time it take only 10-15sec to boot. I was surprised that it just take very less time, when i clone my old ssd with new 980 1tb. Performance is good enough… 2300mbps write and read speed on standard mode(Samsung magician app). I was not tested on performance mode. Free space 931gb out of 1000gb(1TB). I face no heating issue. 38-45 Celsius on December. 980 doesn’t have dram but 980 plus have..

My pc was lagging a lot due to old 7200 rpm hdd. Even booting up took like 4-5 minutes. And daily usage became like hell. I finally decided to change that crap when it crashed and my whole pc got bugged, like whole desktop became useless. I then began searching which SSD to fit in my pc, there were many options to choose from, such as Seagate, wd, crucial and this one. I was a bit skeptical about endurance as I am a heavy pc user. While others claimed about 300 tbw of endurance, this one claims 600 tbw of endurance, which sounds promising. Only time can tell it's real endurance. And as I trust samsung a lot, so I decided to buy this despite a bit high price tag. It came in like a week. Installation was easy, just you have to incline it at 45° from the slot and then push it. Whole windows 10 was installed and desktop became ready in like 10 minutes. Apps also installed in blazing fast speeds, now my pc boots up within 10 seconds. Now chrome opens up in seconds, instead of minutes in that old hdd. It also comes with magician software, through which you can monitor this SSD. Overall, it was a good purchase.

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Fast SSD, just make sure you're updated on firmware.

El SSD funciona de maravilla. La instalación fue sencilla y el sistema lo reconoció al instante. La velocidad de lectura y escritura es impresionante, se nota mucho en el arranque del PC y en la carga de juegos o programas pesados. Silencioso, estable y con un gran rendimiento. Totalmente recomendable para quien busque calidad y rapidez.

Used it for a few years now, strong, high speed storage. I bought a 2TB for in my laptop now, and use this drive in a portable enclosure. Be aware that you always need an external backup with ssd drives, since they loose their content when malfunctioning. However, this is prone to all ssd drives and hardly happens.

Después de un año usando el Samsung 980 1TB PCIe 3.0, puedo decir que este SSD sigue impresionando. Desde el primer día se notó la mejora en el rendimiento de mi PC, y después de un uso constante durante un año, sigue funcionando igual de rápido y sin problemas, lo que demuestra que es una inversión que vale cada centavo. Rendimiento y Velocidad Desde que lo instalé, la diferencia fue abismal. Los tiempos de carga se redujeron drásticamente, tanto al iniciar el sistema operativo como al abrir aplicaciones pesadas como juegos y programas de edición. Este SSD alcanza velocidades de lectura y escritura secuenciales de hasta 3,500 MB/s y 3,000 MB/s respectivamente, lo que se nota especialmente en tareas de transferencia de archivos grandes y en el rendimiento general del sistema. Lo sorprendente es que, después de un año de uso intensivo, sigue funcionando igual de rápido. No he notado ningún tipo de degradación en el rendimiento, lo que es impresionante considerando que lo uso para todo, desde gaming hasta edición de video y diseño gráfico. Fiabilidad y Durabilidad La durabilidad es otro aspecto donde el Samsung 980 brilla. A lo largo de este año, he sometido el SSD a bastantes horas de uso diario, y no ha dado señales de desgaste o errores. Samsung ofrece una garantía limitada de 5 años, lo que añade tranquilidad, pero honestamente, con lo bien que ha funcionado hasta ahora, parece que va a durar mucho más. Además, cuenta con la tecnología de control térmico de Samsung, que mantiene las temperaturas bajo control incluso bajo carga pesada, evitando problemas de sobrecalentamiento que podrían comprometer el rendimiento a largo plazo. Facilidad de Instalación y Software La instalación fue sencilla; al ser un M.2, solo necesitas conectarlo a la placa base y listo. Samsung también ofrece el software Magician, que facilita la gestión del SSD, permitiendo monitorear el estado del disco, realizar actualizaciones de firmware y optimizar el rendimiento con solo un par de clics. El software es intuitivo y muy útil para mantener el SSD en perfecto estado. Relación Calidad-Precio Si bien no es el SSD más barato del mercado, la relación calidad-precio es excelente considerando la fiabilidad y el rendimiento que ofrece. Después de un año, sigue siendo una inversión que vale la pena para cualquiera que quiera mejorar su PC, ya sea para trabajo o entretenimiento. La estabilidad y la velocidad se mantienen impecables, lo que justifica el precio. Conclusión Después de un año con el Samsung 980 1TB PCIe 3.0, sigo recomendándolo sin dudarlo. Su rendimiento sigue siendo espectacular, y no muestra signos de envejecimiento. Es perfecto para quienes buscan velocidad, durabilidad y una experiencia sin complicaciones. Si necesitas un SSD fiable y rápido para mejorar tu PC, el Samsung 980 es una opción difícil de superar incluso después de un uso prolongado.