Samsung's 980 PRO SSD Spotted With A 2TB Capacity On British e-Tailer, SCAN For A Price Of $590

Whenever anyone thinks about the best storage options, the first name that comes to mind would be Samsung and its lineup of solid-state drives. A couple of months ago we saw the release of Samsung'due south adjacent-generation 980 PRO SSDs and nosotros very excited to see Samsung take advantage of the PCIe Gen 4.0 interface. At the fourth dimension, the maximum capacity was 1TB, but that has changed. The 980 PRO now has a maximum capacity of 2TB seen on SCAN, a British e-tailer.

Samsung's Simply PCIe Gen four.0 SSD With 2TB Of Storage Space

The 980 PRO SSD is the successor to the 970 PRO SSD. The about significant upgrade is the bulldoze being PCIe Gen 4.0. This allows AMD's X570 and Intel'south Z490 platforms to take total advantage of faster storage. The drive also comes in the standard 1000.2 2280 form factor. The 980 PRO SSD is the only series of SSDs from Samsung to use PCIe 4.0, then the excitement for a 2TB drive is completely warranted.

Although the 980 PRO SSD in a 2TB format is a huge upgrade for whatever system, it will come up at a hefty price. The listing on Browse is £443.99, and if we convert that to The states dollars, it is effectually $590. That is quite a high toll for the SSD and is keen for storing big amounts of games. The functioning of the drive has not been listed still, we tin go off the 1TB drive's operation. The 1TB drive has a read speed of up to seven,000 MB/s and a write speed of upwardly to 5,000 MB/s with an endurance of 600 TBW.

Samsung's latest offering is quite an expensive SSD, simply for those who accept the coin and the need for 2TB of the fastest storage, it is certainly a bully option. This a no-brainer for artistic professionals needing a large bulldoze with excellent speeds.