Samsung 990 PRO 2TB PCIe 4.0 (up to 7450 MB/s) NVMe M.2 (2280) Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (MZ-V9P2T0BW)

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Higher performance usually consumes more power but, 990 PRO uses less power with up to 50% improved performance per Watt over 980 PRO*. All product images shown are for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product. But it’s not the step up we’d been hoping for on account of the claims Samsung makes for IOPS throughput. On paper, the new 990 Pro certainly looks like it has closed the gap to the newer and quicker drives that have blown past the 980 Pro since its launch two long years ago. That disappointment should be mollified though by this SSD’s performance, which approaches the theoretical limit of what the PCIe 4.

Meaningful upgrades, such as a new proprietary controller and support for PCIe Gen 4, drive drool-worthy performance on this humble PC component that's worth an upgrade if you're a PC enthusiast, dedicated gamer, content creator, video editor, data scientist, or 3D modeler. seconds, which is just under 9% faster than the Samsung 980 Pro, while in our 10GB folder transfer test, the 990 Pro copied over a folder containing 1024 10MB files in about seven seconds, while the 980 Pro took just shy of 11 seconds to do the same, giving the 990 Pro a nearly 32% faster result. It combines Samsung MLC 3-bit V-NAND flash memory with a homegrown controller that Samsung says is the first on a consumer SSD to employ 8-nanometer architecture. It's fairly easy to use, and I appreciate that it includes Encrypted Drive, a simple option to activate the 990 Pro's built-in hardware-level 256-bit AES encryption. fileSize":"1","contentsTypeCode":"SW","filePath":"SW/202212/20221229103243648/Open_Source_Announcement_7_0_0_v1.The heat spreader label controls NAND chip heat, while Dynamic Thermal Guard keeps temperatures optimal. Once the app has run a diagnostic on the eligible device you wish to trade in, enter your trade ID below.

Samsung will also offer 4TB versions of the 990 Pro, but the expanded capacity drive won't be ready until 2023. Since then, he has covered a range of consumer and enterprise devices, raning from smartphones to tablets, laptops to desktops and everything in between for publications like Pocketnow, Digital Trends, Wareable, Paste Magazine, and TechRadar in the past before joining the awesome team at Windows Central. Its results on the 3DMark Storage gaming-centric test were middling compared with other high-performance PCI Express 4. Credit is provided by Latitude Finance Australia ABN 42 008 583 588 Australian Credit Licence number 392145. This toolkit supports Integrative Drive health checks, performance benchmarks and optimisations, and encrypted drive andfirmware updates.

Download the Samsung Trade-Up app on your eligible device and follow the prompts to get your unique Trade ID. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, when not working, he likes exploring the diverse and eclectic food scene, taking short jaunts to wine country, soaking in the sun along California's coast, consuming news, and finding new hiking trails. The heat spreader label controls NAND chip heat, while Dynamic Thermal Guard keeps temperatures stable. In our test, we got 4,929 points for Samsung’s latest flagship drive, which is 615 points ahead of the Fury Renegade and nearly 575 points ahead of the WD Black SN850.

In addition to the general SSD, Samsung will also offer configurations of the 990 Pro with Heatsink that will come with RGB lighting for gamers.Samsung reckons the new controller is up to 50% more power efficient thanks to both a new nickel coating for the chip package and revised thermal control software. Over the years, I have reviewed iPad and iPhone science apps, plus the occasional camera, laptop, keyboard, and mouse. This controller, the company claims, improves power efficiency by up to 50% compared to the 980 Pro. A surcharge equal to the amount of the discount you received will apply if you do not recycle or have your product ready for recycling.