Reddit reviews Samsung SSD 960 EVO Series - 1TB PCIe NVMe - M.2 Internal SSD (MZ-V6E1T0BW
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M.2 (2280) - PCIe 3.0 x4 NVM Express SSD for Client PCsV-NAND Client SSD ideal for high-performance tower desktops and small form factor PC’sSequential Read Speeds up to 3200MB/s and Sequential Write Speeds up to 1900MB/sSamsung magician software delivers SSD management and automatic firmware updates3 year limited warranty. Operating Temperature:32ºF - 158ºFPerformance may vary based on system hardware & configuration
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PC Specs
Item | Make/model | Link | Price
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Processor| Intel i7-8700k | Amazon | $355
Graphics Card| MSI GEFORCE GTX1080 TI GAMING X 11G| Amazon | $1,000
RAM | G.SKILL TridentZ RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3200 MHZ | Amazon | $90
Motherboard | ASUS ROG Strix Z370-E Gaming | Amazon | $350
SSD | Samsung SSD 960 EVO 1TB NVMe | Amazon | $300
SSD | Samsung 850 EVO 500GB | Amazon | $130
SSD | Samsung 850 EVO 500GB | Amazon | $130
AIO | Corsair H110i V2 | Amazon | $120
Case | Lian Li PC 011 Dynamic | Amazon | $130
PSU | EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G2 | Amazon | $100
Fans | Corsair LL 120 | Amazon | $220
Drawers | Ikea Alex | Ikea | $90
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Desk | Jarvis Bamboo Standing Desk | Jarvis | $752
Chair | Herman Miller Embody | Amazon | $1,400
Monitor | ASUS PG279Q | Amazon | $610
Monitor | ASUS PG279Q | Amazon | $610
Desk Mat | Godspeed Reverse Panda | Novelkeys | $20
Mouse | Glorious Model O Matte White | Glorious | $50
Keyboard | Tofu65 w/ Gateron Browns | KBDFans | $200
Keycaps | MT3 Godspeed | Drop | $150
Dock | Caldigit TS3 | Amazon | $280
Speakers | Audioengine A2+ | Amazon | $300
Speaker Stands | Kanto S6W | Amazon | $60
Webcam | Logitech C922x | Amazon | $83
Monitor Arm | Jarvis Dual Monitor Arm in White | Jarvis | $160
Desk Backlight | Philips Hue Light Strip | Amazon | $90
Main Lights | Nanoleaf Light Panels | Nanoleaf | $550
Headphones | Hyperx Cloud Flight | Amazon | $135
VR | Oculus Quest | Amazon | $500
Headphones | Sony WH1000XM3 | Amazon | $275
Headphones | Master & Dynamic MH40 | Amazon | $250
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$307.87 from Amazon (directly from Samsung) if you don't like Canada Computers.
Some of those upgrades could be done MUCH cheaper on your own.
They charge $850 for a 1TB m.2 SSD. A 1TB Samsung 960 Evo runs $480
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-960-EVO-Internal-MZ-V6E1T0BW/dp/B01LXS4TY6/
Same with RAM. They charge you $280 for 32GB. You can buy that yourself for $180
https://www.amazon.com/Crucial-16GBx2-PC4-17000-SODIMM-260-Pin/dp/B015YPB8ME/
That knocks $500 off your purchase price for the same specs.
I'm not sure if System76 uses different motherboards for the various configurations. It's possible that you could do all these upgrades with just the base configuration, if the base configuration comes with an m.2 slot and 2 ram slots. Email them and ask about upgradability
The card (that I bought here) plus the four [SSDs] (https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-960-EVO-Internal-MZ-V6E1T0BW/dp/B01LXS4TY6/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1509899411&sr=8-5&keywords=samsung+evo+960&dpID=411j1HwcfOL&preST=_SX300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch) cost about $2500 altogether. Fortunately, my adviser was happy to pay for it!
Amazon has it for 429 for those who want 2 day shipping + actual customer service
https://smile.amazon.com/Samsung-960-EVO-Internal-MZ-V6E1T0BW/dp/B01LXS4TY6?_encoding=UTF8&keywords=Samsung-960-EVO-Internal-MZ-V6E1T0BW&qid=1503345708&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1
This is my rig. Mostly from January, 2016, The video card is from December 2016, and the NVMe is from from mid-2017.
That would be a big downgrade, the CX2 is a PCIE drive, much faster.
Also, a SATA drive like that Samsung may or may not work in that slot. If it is only PCIE electrically then it's a no-go.
The "correct" upgrade path is a Samsung 960 EVO
I'll likely crosspost there as well, forgot that sub existed for a second.
The use-case is provisioning hosted server VMs that have a generally low workload for clients, i.e. office apps, internet browsing, etc., but with the speed of the system and the managed nature as the selling points.
The drives that will be used are these:
https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-960-EVO-Internal-MZ-V6E1T0BW/dp/B01LXS4TY6/
Or the 2tb pro version if additional space is needed.
Depending on the feasibility I'd either do a set of AICs that would have the nvme drives in the PCIe lanes for the VMs and then use a smaller SSD installed via SATA for a boot drive, or do the same using the m.2 slots as boot drives.
IOps aren't really on a -need- basis here, it's more on the level of 'how fast can we make it go'. Most new/current clients have no experience with anything beyond a standard hard drive in terms of program performance and the sell will be based on that, like I mentioned with the load, it's not inimical to the deployment as to what benchmarks are hit beyond baseline standard nvme performance, for instance, I doubt a RAID0 setup would be needed.
Nah, that's not stupid at all. You've got a preference and there's nothing wrong with sticking to it. Besides, you did end up with a more reasonable setup. The Kingpin is a "money is no object" card in my opinion, where you're paying a premium for diminishing returns. The price difference between the two packages is pretty darn wide. Wide enough to buy a 1TB NVME, an oustanding keyboard with money to spare, high-end headphones, or a quality office chair (though the Mirra is what I'd recommend).
Kinda puts the price difference into perspective, doesn't it? Besides, if the next gen drops in the next 90 days you can still take advantage of their step-up program.
Throw in one or two [Samsung 960 Pro 1TB NVMe PCI-E SSD] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LXS4TY6/ref=twister_B01N78T39B?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1)
Yeah, didn't know if you were limited by a specific MoBo or anything. My research is a few months old now, but anecdotally it seemed like the PCIe form factor never really came down in price while the M.2 form factor is quickly becoming affordable since, and therefore is seeing more development (both financially and technically). Probly has to do with it being used in laptops, so it's applicable in more places.
Anyway, the gains for hardcore gaming will be fairly minimal. Like yeah, Important People in Forums can tell the difference, but it's not gonna be like going from an HDD to an SSD. As for your virtualization needs and everyday usage, the important specification to look for is random 4K reads and writes. A lot of the new NVME drives haven't offered much improvement yet in this regard, but the latest Samsung 960 EVO is finally showing some impressive numbers. It's important to note that you need to go with the 1TB drive for best performance.
If money is truly no object, get the 1TB 960 EVO and then also make sure you've got a ton of super duper mega overclocked RAM to boot.
camel camel camel says this is the cheapest it’s ever been, by over a hundred dollars.
This is the 960 EVO you're mentioning? I know I asked in the above thread, but is the process as simple as plug and play, or will I need to purchase additional adapter hardware?
Like this one? And why NVMe?
I'm in the market for a 1TB SSD with a budget of $500. I will use the SSD only for gaming. The motherboard I'm using is Asus Z170 Pro Gaming. Which SSD offers the most bang for the buck? One
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So I'm looking at SSD's and so far this is what I've found:
Is it worth the extra speed?
What SSD do you have now?
The real world performance of a 960 EVO is very similar to what you have now. For an extra $450, or 1/3 of the cost of your laptop, you are improving your performance by maybe 20% at most, and only during loading time....
Where do you see a 960 EVO costing less than an 850 Pro? Using Amazon and Newegg as references:
Seems prices raised today; I had the 960 EVO 250GB for $129.99 on newegg and I refreshed and it's now $158.something and I can't even find the $130 page in history. Some Samsung pages on Amazon that I looked at yesterday have raised in price too.
The M.2 interface reduces warranty (3 years 850 EVO vs 5 years SATA, 3 years 960 EVO despite costing as much as 850 Pro with a 10 year warranty, 5 years 960 Pro that costs approximately 120%-150% more than the 850 Pro), has less memory cells (afaik this is supposed to make it a bit harder to hold perf under load and possibly reduce endurance, but I've been told it makes no difference on endurance at one point; so leaving it out there that it may or may not), NVMe runs very hot and needs heatsinks or other heat management techniques, adding also to the cost of it.
The read/write values that matter for about 95% of all operations you would be using on a SSD is 4K QD1-4. 4K QD32 and sequential data legitimately doesn't matter for almost everything. 960 Pro with its like 3000+ sequential read and 2100+ sequential write? That's just benchmark-inflating numbers for the most part when it comes to using the drive. For the most part, you could ignore those. 960 EVO vs 850 Pro? There should be no contest with which to buy.
If you got 500GB EVOs for your games then cool, keep em, good choices. But for your OS I suggest a 256GB 850 Pro at least.
Still $370 on Amazon at the moment for a 1TB NVMe
Yes. You can get one 512 GB m.2 SSD to have some space at the beginning, and then get something like this for 165 CAD + tx:
https://www.amazon.ca/Blue-NAND-1TB-SSD-WDS100T2B0B/dp/B073SB2MXT/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1550181174&sr=8-5&keywords=m.2%2Bssd&th=1
nvme driver are a bit more expensive (610 CAD + tx):
https://www.amazon.ca/Samsung-960-EVO-Internal-MZ-V6E250BW/dp/B01LXS4TY6/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1550181253&sr=8-6&keywords=nvme&th=1
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Agree, don't be fooled because it says "Intel", the 600p is new, but it is outclassed by many other already available nvme drives. There is a reason the 960 EVO is perpetually sold out on amazon.
Is it worth the extra $100 to get NVMe over SATA
NVMe - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LXS4TY6/?tag=pcpapi-20
SATA -https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1382504REG/samsung_mz_n6e1t0bw_860_evo_1tb_internal.html
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Well there is a lot off different roots you can take first you could get a 512GB NVMe SSD with a GTX 1070 (for future proof) and a 15.6" 120Hz 5MS Matte Diplay w/ NVIDIA G-Sync , i7-7700HQ, 32GB DDR4 and 1TB HDD like in the PROSTAR Clevo P650HS-G (i prefer this one ) or for a 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD, 64GB DDR4 RAM but GTX 1060 like in the Eluktronics Pro-X P650HP6-G but it's a littel over you budget or you just get a Samsung 960 EVO an add it your self but you have to transfer windows.
That 1TB Samsung 960 EVO will significantly affect the other specs as to get that, it will prevent you from getting a good enough graphics card.. Unless you are going to buy and install it yourself. And just to let you know, that SAGER you were looking at above has a 1 TB Hard drive and not an SSD.
If you are willing to buy this laptop and install the 1TB Samsung 960 EVO yourself, you can get a gtx 1070 graphics card which is much better than the 1060 you will get if you buy a laptop with this SSD.. For example, this Prostar Clevo P650HS plus this Samsung 960 EVO would make perfect sense though over a 2k a little..The main advantage here is that you get the gtx 1070 graphics card along with your 1 TB SSD.
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Like a poster above, I also have a 960 EVO. I jumped straight from a 7200rpm HDD to it, and the performance difference was extremely perceptible. You should definitely put your OS in an SSD, it is actually the upgrade that nets you the most significant real use performance gain in a PC.
Get something like this, and you are golden.
TBH if you're going to build or get a gaming PC, a great SSD will really improve that system as well. This might seem pricey but no other component upgrade will really come close to matching the performance gains.
Jesus Christ. 4TB SSDs are like $1500 on Amazon right now.
I know this isn't the advice you want, but in today's world of multiple household devices, I am really enjoying having a reasonably small main hard drive and a NAS for everything else. You could have gotten this SSD for free for all I know, but if you did purchase this, you could have instead bought a 1TB NVMe drive for $480 which is at least 4x as fast as SATA SSDs and an 8TB NAS for $300.
Even the 2TB NVMe drives are going for $1,280 which leaves budget for that 8TB NAS.
So, that motherboard you selected supports an m.2 drive.
Maybe look into using a 1tb Samsung 960 EVO or 1tb 960 pro. It's basically an SSD in a different physical form factor (mounts on the motherboard for data and power, so less space needed for it), and I believe uses a different bus than SATA, so it's also faster and doesn't take away from your bandwidth to those drives (might give you better shadowplay performance if you're recording to a SATA drive?). It's the same type of drive higher end ultrabooks and the Intel NUCs use these days.
I used the 850 when I rebuilt my computer a year or so ago, and it impressed me with the OS bootup time.
Thank you, I agree also do you know why this this ssd costs about 4x more?
As mentioned above, I already ordered the Samsung 960 EVO 1TB which you can find on amazon for $479.99. This ssd delivers insane performance (Read speeds of up to 3,200 MB/s and write speeds of up to 1,900 MB/s) for the price. You can get the 960 Pro which has a slightly better performance (Read speeds of up to 3,500 MB/s and write speeds of up to 2,100 MB/s) for an extra $200.