Almost the same price as the Amazon US deal and this is local stock. You can currently backorder it from Amazon US via AU for $378.60, which makes it a great option to use with the 10% off with Zip Pay offer to get it for $340.74, and even less with regular cashback from CW/SB.
Doesnt include AC Valhalla. Futu has it for $420 which does https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2TB-SSD-Samsung-970-EVO-PLUS-NVM…
I was deciding between the 2 aswell. Chose to go with gen 3, and wait for directstorage to get a gen 4
Does upgrading from 512gb to 2TB will effect cpu performance ? Its ideapad s540 R7.
It would makes no difference because you have an 8 core laptop CPU. The Samsung PM981 in the S540 is the OEM equivalent of the 970 Evo(non plus).
is it Samsung PM981 512GB in laptop of WD SSD ? I read somewhere that its western digital in laptop and was under the same impression, maybe in the review you shared before.
I think opening the laptop before 1year will void the warranty. SO holding my horses. Its no doubt a beast in this form factor. Loving it.
Have you managed to kill the sleep issue ? Closing the lid sometimes doesn't make it sleep.
No issues on mine with sleep. I have been testing it out multiple times and cannot replicate it.
Yups, page 3 says its WD in 13 ARE and PM981 in IML version,
https://next.lab501.ro/notebook/english-lenovo-ideapad-s540-…
I thought that it would be a WD as well, but mine has a Samsung. They normally alternate between different brands depending on availability, so yours could be something else.
Does signing up to Zip Pay affect your credit score?
yes
Signing up doesn't, making purchases and not making repayment does.
Great price, nor sure whether to grab this or get a PCIe 4 one when I build