Samsung PM961 or 970 Evo?
- Thread starter Swiftz
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The PM961 has better 450k/400k IOPS vs the 200k/350k of the EVO.
TBH, both are an equal good choice and if I am to prefer something, I would go for the ADATA SX8200.
970 EVO Polaris 250GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive
MZ-V7E250BW, 250GB Samsung 970 EVO, M.2 (2280) PCIe 3.0 (x4) NVMe SSD, Phoenix, MLC V-NAND, 3400MB/s Read, 1500MB/s Write, 200k/350k
vs
PM961 Polaris 256GB M.2-2280 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive
256GB Samsung PM961, M.2 (22x80) PCIe 3.0 (x4) NVMe SSD, MLC NAND, Read 3000MB/s, Write 1150MB/s, 450k/400k IOPS
TBH, both are an equal good choice and if I am to prefer something, I would go for the ADATA SX8200.
970 EVO Polaris 250GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 3.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive
MZ-V7E250BW, 250GB Samsung 970 EVO, M.2 (2280) PCIe 3.0 (x4) NVMe SSD, Phoenix, MLC V-NAND, 3400MB/s Read, 1500MB/s Write, 200k/350k
vs
PM961 Polaris 256GB M.2-2280 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive
256GB Samsung PM961, M.2 (22x80) PCIe 3.0 (x4) NVMe SSD, MLC NAND, Read 3000MB/s, Write 1150MB/s, 450k/400k IOPS
I read that the PM961 is a OEM drive so it has limited warranty and no firmware updates/support via Samsung Magician so I will probably go for the 970 Evo as I have the 850 Evo in my other build and it is working fine however the Adata SX8200 drive does look compromising for price per GB, speed and the heatsink for cooler temps.
Soldato
Correct. The PM series won’t be updatable where as the Evo or the Pro will.