First time posting, found the deal this morning seem lowest price for 2TB. Lowest so far is https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/735870. Cheers
Mod 23/11: Back at $277.40 from $273.14 (small increase).
25-Nov-2022 Back again at $277.54 (small price increse)
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This comes with the heatsink, right? And does it fit into the PS5?
No it does not come with heat sink and not sure with the compatibilty with PS5
It will fit in a ps5 but you need to get an additional heat sink.
Fits in a PS5 and speeds are over the recommended, all you need to buy is a heatsink.
I have had a bit of a search, but I'm not sure exactly what to type to bring up just a heatsink for it? I am absolutely doing something wrong :P
Just type "heatsink" as this is the standard form so most types of heatsinks will work
Link says no heatsink
How is it that even the normal price is close to $200 cheaper than in Aus?
d'under tax 😵
Gerry Tax … lol
Not sure if this will be compatible with the PS5, or anything else available right now…
"speeds that approach the limits of the PCIe Gen43 interface" I don't think we're anywhere near Gen43 yet. :P
This or Crucial P5 Plus 1TB PCIe 4.0 3D NAND NVMe M.2 SSD, up to 6600MB/s ?
This, because Crucial is more of a budget model. Lowest price for crucial in Au: $329. Lowest price for WD in Au: $412. The saving on the WD is therefore greater too.
Crucial make 70 percent of the NAND flash,they aren't a budget model
They usually posses the same features just cheaper as they dont have to pay licenses fees
the P5 for gaming is fine
Thanks for taking the time to post your first deal :)
This is quite a good drive for an excellent price.
There were previous reports of the previous SN850 having trouble being used as a desktop boot drive, I imagine they got past that problem.
If you plan on using this for a PS5, you'll need to get a heatsink for it.
This or 990 pro？
990 pro for sure. But 990 will be at a much higher price.
307 pre order on EDU
The 2TB model of the 990 Pro has been out of stock on the edu store for a while now and this drive has actually proven to be at least on par or even a bit better for gaming https://youtu.be/t5yC1PlhHJE?t=402
@merajaan: How much is it on the edu store? Using as a frame of reference as I have access to the EPP but as I'm OS I don't have access to my work phone.
Wondering if I should pull the trigger on this or wait until I'm home and order the 980/ 990.
I've only seen one 3rd party benchmark looking at the two and this one competes with the 990 pro comfortably and beats it slightly in gaming performance.
1Tb 990 pro is currently $265 in Australia
Yep, exactly. This 2TB SN850X is a great performer and $40 less than the now out of stock 2TB 990 Pro
Depends on the tests and the reviews. Samsung is smart in terms of knowing how to optimise 990 Pro in areas where they get people's attention. However, in reality, it doesn't improve every area. The SLC cache has been beefed up in terms of speed, but not the size of it. Sustained write after the depletion of SLC cache is actually inferior than 980 Pro (which wasn't that good to start with).
While it tops a few gaming benchmark tests and its further improved 4K random read speed is actually useful, its Windows 10 boot test did not top the benchmark and its SQL server test did not beat 980 Pro.
TBW remains the same, which means it is likely just a controller upgrade and Samsung has not added more spare blocks. It's not something most people care about, but it allows Samsung to keep the cost roughly the same. It works because most of us cannot resist those benchmark results (and we will numb our brain on sustained write remains disappointing, who cares about writing a lot of data when games spend more time doing reads).
Would you say the WD SN850X is better than the 990 Pro then? Currently on Amazon for $286 for 2TB.
I'm looking to get a Steam games installation SSD for my Asus X16 laptop but was worried about SN850X heating issues in a compact laptop form factor. Can't fit a heatsink with the SSD.
Thanks op.
Thank you got one! Was eyeing this as well and almost pulled the trigger on the KC3000 for $299 the other day for my new build good thing I held on!
This or Seagate Firecuda 530?
I'd say 530.
For those that pulled the trigger earlier with the Samsung 990 Pro, it's not too late to contact them and cancel your pre-order which ships tomorrow by using the Live Chat request. Took me about 10 minutes to cancel.
Incidentally I'd sent about 4-5 emails and 2 phone calls over the past week for Samsung to simply send the promised $50 newsletter coupon — which still hadn't arrived. Much prefer shipping from Amazon.
Would have thought the 990 Pro was the better deal
No.
Firstly, given how many problems I had from Samsung so far just to get a $50 coupon which is openly advertised and still haven't received, I don't trust that Samsung will sent it in a timely fashion. I'm not alone in this concern — read the ProductReviews on Samsung website, hundreds of 1-stars on customer service particularly on delivery.
Secondly, the 3rd party reviews that look at actual reviews often put the SN850X ahead in real-world performance. Samsung have optimised for synthetic benchmarks. I can disagree on this point that maybe it's splitting hairs so I'm happy to call it even here.
Thirdly, I wanted the 2tb and all I could pre-order was the 1tb from Samsung. I was willing to compromise and ideally wanted the +T7 500gb drive but given I couldn't get the promised $50 coupon to stack it with after a week of frustration, I then deferred to the edu-store discount at 'only' $187.
Finally, the WD is simply cheaper. Both directly compared to 2tb and the price-per-gb vs. 1tb.
You main reason to swap is you want a 2TB SSD. The price is also a big factor. As for Samsung 990 Pro vs WD SN850X, it is not really clear cut. It comes down to what you care more about and knowing what each SSD's strengths and weaknesses. No single PCIe gen 4 SSD tops every benchmark.
If all you care about is loading game speed, then 990 Pro isn't going to claim top spot. It is more if you have mixture of activities (load, save and stream), then it does really well. In general purpose usage (non-gaming), low queue depth 4K random read, 990 Pro does well. However, you need to decide what matters to you.
Samsung 990 Pro, WD SN850X and Phison E18 based SSDs (i.e. Seagate 530) are good at different aspects. The reality is Samsung and WD didn't really want to go all out for PCI gen 4, they are both holding on some of their next gen components for PCIe gen 5 SSDs.
I grabbed one. Only a couple left now.
4 left at the moment, man i need one of these but with black Friday just around the corner. I cant do it! - that said, I doubt this model will get cheaper. (It would just piss off everyone who just bought one)
Whether it will get cheaper or not depends on the strength of AUD. It could be cheaper on Black Friday (probably not by much, assuming WD and Amazon still have a lot of stock).
This or 990 Pro for a laptop if aiming to maximise battery life when running on battery?
The answer is actual 980 Pro (yes, that's not a typo). However, if you have to choose between 990 Pro and SN850X in terms of low idle battery usage, then it's 990 Pro (assuming you don't turn full power mode / aka gaming mode on). Honestly, the gaming mode / full power mode is gimmicky.
Well decided to get. Why I'd need a 2TB SSD for my PS5, I'll never know but I suppose I could use it for the PC in the future or something
Yoink, grabbed one. Legendary deal.
I was planning to use this as my D drive for games storage or should I be using it for the C drive? Also, I don't need the heatsink version if my motherboard comes with one do I?
Cheers OP, bought one, the final chefs kiss to top my AM4 platform. X570, 5800X3D, 32GB dual rank 3600 CL16 and now an ultra fast, gaming focussed NVME drive, I am ready for directstorage!
Item is in stock again but price adjusted to $277.40
I ordered one of these and they sent a Blue-ray of the The Fifth Element. Someone from the Amazon supply chain did something dodgy I reckon.
Thank the maker, mine arrived - verifying it's the 2TB No Heatsink version (when it was $273.14) from Amazon UK via AU.
(Wish its sticker was as pictured and covered the whole gumstick, then there'd be less chance of silicone thermal pads bleeding oil seeping into the sensitive components; despite what they say about that crap being electrically non-conductive, and non-corrosive… - Thick graphite pads when?)
Date Of Manufacture: 03OCT2022
Nice. Look to be 100% genuine.
Can't install until Gelid thermal pads get here (interstate rail expecting delays, yet overseas posed no problems). Got to unseat the GPU and only doing that once, need a hoist, and like hell I'm unplugging power cable [weakening the solder and what have you].
Mines in transit and not due until Dec 16th. Are the chipset levels flat over the entire board? I was planning to simply rely on my Motherboard heatsink to do the job. MSI Z690 tomahawk
My ETA was Dec 12th.
Yeah, same regards using motherboard (ASUS ROG Maximus XII Hero - PCIe 3.0, shhh!) heatsinks. Has more heat-sinking metal, figure that's more good. ;-)
The whole SN850x board is bowed out. Gonna press gently in the middle as it's getting screwed in. (No screw included.)
Gonna lay the thermal pad on to the NVMe then sit the mb heatsink. Not gonna bother cutting rectangles for each IC.
Hope that Gelid GP-Extreme 2.0mm shall compress as necessary by screw force. Tempted to get next day delivery on 3.0mm but that thickness might be pushing my luck.
4 x [IC chip + sticker + board], measured in order from connector; my ALDI digital callipers have 0.03mm margin of error and then some:
one side (one-sided of course)
6.19mm
6.44mm (idk, something in way)
7.10mm
7.10mm
the other (same chip sequence)
yes, means lousy tolerances…
6.16mm
6.09mm
7.00mm
7.00mm
Shoot, I was measuring as Circumference (of a sphere) lmao amateur mistake.
calc conversion:
6.19mm C (1.97mm L)
6.44mm C (2.05mm L)
7.10mm C (2.26mm L)
7.10mm C (2.26mm L)
6.16mm C (1.96mm L)
6.09mm C (1.94mm L)
7.00mm C (2.23mm L)
7.00mm C (2.23mm L)
new measurement:
2.00mm L
1.94mm L
2.20mm L
2.20mm L
Sorry!
Mine arrived today. Packaging was minimal with no padding at all in the small brown envelope. The item appears genuine. I'll aim to build my new PC and give it a run this weekend.
4 AM and I had just finished installing, all the hardware side of things - SN850X 2TB SSDs recognised, and per my mb, PCIe 3.0 @ x4 lanes each albeit (shared?) chipset-connected. Ran diskpart, clean and convert gpt on each of them; Windows 11 setup was a breeze (hey I only wanted the features and small advantages over 10 that are under the hood).
Couldn't wait and did order a 3.0mm GP-Ultimate thermal (15W) pad to try. Better judgement prevailed that I did not even attempt to use it, for reason, the barely compressible thickness; its too firm, dry clay-like, solid consistency.
Had this soft gel-like (alas, only 6W) stuff as backup. 100x100mm, so one square is enough for five M.2 of any length, https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B096ZNHY8F
and you get four of them, sizes 0.5mm, 1mm, 1.5mm, and 2mm.
Tried the 2 mm, I didn't believe my eyes, the amount of bend this made to the NVMe - don't use 2 mm! In hindsight, for this ASUS motherboard maybe 1.5 mm for top two slots, 1 mm for bottom. ASUS supplied small square rubber pads to stack under M.2, be sure to use those for support to counter screwed down pressure from thermal pads.
Update is that installed it in my new PC and it is very fast. First M2 for me and this one is extremely impressive. The Temps so far have not exceeded 50C although that is with the Motherboard provided heatsink. Crystal mark tests for 1GB, resulted in a max read of 6954MB/s and write of 6668MB/s.
Anyone else still not received there drive yet? Mine was shipped but hasn’t arrived, I ended up getting a full refund from Amazon as it may have been lost, although the UK are having postal strikes at the moment maybe that’s why it’s late…
Decent price for the speeds