Samsung PM961 Polaris 1TB M.2-2280

Yaayuh! · 22 Feb 2017 at 19:26

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sams...3.0-x-4-nvme-solid-state-drive-hd-22f-sa.html

Any reason not to go for this instead of the Evo?

Yaayuh! · 22 Feb 2017 at 19:38

Indeed, that's all i could find. It's still silly quick though and it's more about the read speed than write anyway huh?

Yaayuh! · 7 Mar 2017 at 11:49

Big.Wayne said:
Hello Rossi~

Do you really need 1TB of blazing fast storage? . . . Would it not be possible to squeeze your programs/data on 500GB . . .

Yes. I use it for games, which are frequently well above 50GB these days.

I bought a 512GB Pro M.2 and a 1TB Evo SSD in the end.

Yaayuh! · 7 Mar 2017 at 11:57

Big.Wayne said:
Fair enough . . . wow that's a lot of game storage man.

So you bought a regular 1TB EVO SATA SSD and which M.2 NVMe drive?

I like to have around 10-12 games installed to switch between.

I bought the Samsung 960 PRO M.2 NVMe https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sams...-3.0-x4-nvme-solid-state-drive-hd-22j-sa.html

OS: 512GB Samsung 960 PRO M.2 NVMe
Games: 1TB Samsung 850 EVO SATA
Media/Downloads etc: 2TB WD RED

Yaayuh! · 8 Mar 2017 at 13:20

Richdog said:
I really don't understand why someone would buy a 512GB 960 Pro for the same price as a 1TB PM961. They are awful value for money for little tangible performance gain.

To be fair, I was going to get the 1TB PM961. But I went for the better write speed, far better warranty option and got it cheaper than it should've been.
A part of me feels should still have got the 1TB, but overall happy with the smaller capacity top-dog. 512GB is more than enough for uses.