Samsung 980 SSD
Two-minute review The Samsung 980 SSD is effectively an acknowledgement that we’re in a transitional period where not everyone has or needs a PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD. The Samsung 980 Pro covered the high end of the M.2 SSD market, and now Samsung’s 980 SSD offers something a little more price-friendly by ditching the DRAM and the PCIe 4.0 capabilities. TEST SYSTEM SPECS This is the system we used to test the Samsung 980 CPU : AMD Ryzen 5 3600X CPU Cooler : AMD Wraith Spire RAM : 32GB T-Force Vulcan Z CL18 @3,600MHz Motherboard : MSI B550 Pro VDH Wi-Fi Graphics card : Gigabyte RTX 3070 Vision OC OS SSD : Samsung 980 Pro @ 500GB Power Supply : Thermaltake Toughpower GF1 750W Case : ThermalTake Core V21 $129 (£119, AU$201) for a 1TB SSD is a decent bargain for any SSD, let alone a PCIe SSD and even more surprising to see it coming from Samsung. Samsung also offers a 500GB model for $69 (£64, AU$108) and a 250GB model for $49 (£46, AU$77), but their value proposition drops con