M.2 500GB Recommendations

easyrider · 22 Sep 2016 at 22:06

Looking and the read write speeds are not that much better than a standard SSD?

Or am I missing something?

Dave2150 · 23 Sep 2016 at 02:02

960 EVO should be awesome for you.

bledd · 23 Sep 2016 at 07:45

Not much better? 4- 5x faster in benchmarks.

Pro 950 or the new Evo 960.

I've not used one, but many say the real world difference is hard to notice in most situations.

easyrider · 23 Sep 2016 at 09:17

The new Evo 960 looks juicy with those read and write speeds..

Any idea on pricing?

Roalith · 23 Sep 2016 at 13:07

Been looking at these myself as well. Most prices being thrown around are in dollars at the moment, but looks to be about £220 for the 500gb Evo after currency conversation and tax and such.

HoneyBadger · 23 Sep 2016 at 14:36

Out of stock at the moment, but this. Basically a non-pretty Evo 960.

FredFlint · 23 Sep 2016 at 15:11

I have a Samsung SM951 256GB and an Intel 600p 512GB. The SM951 is fast for the stuff I have used it for (database work), have not tried it with other things. I just got the Intel 600p to use as a games drive as it’s a lot cheaper than most other makes and the write speed should not mater that much for games. I have only tried Forza Horizon 3 and Forza Apex on the 600p so far. Think its ok but it gets hot (50C+ at idle), have ordered some small heatsinks to put on it, hopefully that will sort it.

Here is how the Intel 600p scores:

Joop · 23 Sep 2016 at 23:21

Hello

I am looking at getting the Intel 600p 512GB do you know if it will work with my motherboard?

GA-Z97-D3H

Thanks

Joop

Vanilla · 24 Sep 2016 at 15:22

So is the new Samsung 960 m2 the SM961?

Caracus2k · 28 Sep 2016 at 00:25

Vanilla said:
So is the new Samsung 960 m2 the SM961?

Both the 960 evo and pro share the same 'polaris' controller chip as the SM961 but there will be some other slight differences outside of aesthetics' mostly down to the nand used the chip layout on the 2tb pro to squeeze all the chips in and a buffer on the evo to keep up read/write speeds until its full

http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/samsung-960-evo-960-pro-speeds-price-specs

Omega · 10 Oct 2016 at 09:16

Any news on when Ocuk will get these drives in?