It was $108.50 back in July during last prime day.The SK Hynix P41 is on sale at a very good price on Amazon for Prime Day. $105 + tax for 2TB if you have a Prime subscription.
That is pretty nice. Sadly, I gave up waiting for a super hot deal on a 4 TB NVME and settled for a simple Inland Prime 2 TB TLC drive from Microcenter the other week. Finally retired an old WD Blue 1 TB spinner.Oh FFS, deal was too good and I couldn't resist. Samsung 990 PRO 4TB for $200 if you belong to a variety of EPP programs (including AAA membership):
Samsung Military/Gov/EPP/AAA: 4TB 990 PRO PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD (No Heatsink) $200 + Free Shipping
Samsung has for Samsung Military/EPP/AAA Members: 4TB 990 PRO PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD (MZ-V9P4T0B/AM, No Heatsink) on sale for $199.99. Shipping is free. Thanks to Community Member wicked123 for shar ...slickdeals.net
If you use a Chase credit card, also check your Chase Offers for a Samsung cashback offer to sweeten the deal.
The thing is I wasn't exactly in the market for a high end 4TB SSD. I do have tentative plans to build a new desktop PC, but that's entirely dependent on Black Friday deals. Technically BF is already starting, so it's unclear if we'll see any spectacular savings on components. So a fast, affordable 2TB drive was on my parts list, but yesterday's deal was too good to pass on.That is pretty nice. Sadly, I gave up waiting for a super hot deal on a 4 TB NVME and settled for a simple Inland Prime 2 TB TLC drive from Microcenter the other week. Finally retired an old WD Blue 1 TB spinner.
Team group 4TB for 140.00 at NE... cheap storage.
I posted it earlier in this thread; there is a design issue with the wd black ssd and the resisters are too large for the ciricuit board (or something like that) and breaking. It is a design issue esp in larger drives and not fixable with firmware and result in pretty much large amount of data loss. Haven't head of actual design problem with samsung drives - do you have a source - is it a design issue or people just expected them to last longer than their stated r/w cycles ? I mean i know older samsung drives the specs understated significantly but as long as they are accurate that is user error.Interesting ..... while I was aware of a firmware issue with a couple specific Sandisk-branded EXTERNAL drives causing data-loss, this is the first I've heard of any problems with WD Black drives in any format. Source?
HOWEVER what I am also aware of for a fact is that quite a few late-version Samsung 980 Pro's and an entire generation of of the 990 Pro's took things a step further and frequently DIED along with the data loss.
The two WD Black 1tb NVME drives I'm currently running (one 24/7) for nearly 2 years have been flawless. (to be fair however so have about 20 Samsung SATA/NVME SSD's in the past)
I posted it earlier in this thread; there is a design issue with the wd black ssd and the resisters are too large for the ciricuit board (or something like that) and breaking. It is a design issue esp in larger drives and not fixable with firmware and result in pretty much large amount of data loss. Haven't head of actual design problem with samsung drives - do you have a source - is it a design issue or people just expected them to last longer than their stated r/w cycles ? I mean i know older samsung drives the specs understated significantly but as long as they are accurate that is user error.
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I found the issue - it sounds similar (almost identical to the bug seagate had a few years ago - when you write a small amount of data it writes a much larger amount causing the wear to be magnified). Like seagate the issue is fixable via firmware update - i wouldn't be shocked if the bug is the same bug. However the wear actually done to the drive is done since it really did write that much data.
The short answer is no, prices are up significantly since last fall when there still was a NAND glut. But it can't be a permanent situation (like say GPUs*), so if you don't need something soon, $/TB will eventually drop back down to good deals.Any good deals on TLC based SSDs now 2tb+?
That article was from over a year ago. I thought Samsung developed a firmware fix??If you want more you'll need to Google it yourself. A smaller number of 980 Pro's were also affected.
Users say Samsung’s latest Pro SSDs have health problems (theverge.com)
Don't get me wrong now .... I've owned by far more Samsung SSD's than any other brand and had exactly ONE failure. (buggy firmware in a SATA 840 Pro) Promptly RMA'ed under warranty by Samsung)
They did per my post. I don't know if this is the same bug that seagate had but if it was the problem was that for every block it wrote it would write (i think) 1MB. So if you wrote large amounts of data it wasn't a big issue but if you committed a bunch of small blocks you amplified the wear. I think in our case we were burning out the seagate drives in months (these were enterprise drives) before the firmware fix. Fortunately since we were doing 100 of million of dollar of business we were able to expediate response (we being the company i worked with at the time).That article was from over a year ago. I thought Samsung developed a firmware fix??
This is a good deal for today. Eventually prices will go back down, so buy when you need it OR around Black Friday when sale prices tend to be great.2TB WD Black SN770 PCIe Gen4x4 NVMe Solid State Drive $107 + Free Shipping from Amazon.
* Get into the game fast as you zoom past load times with blazing speeds of up to 5,150MB/s(1) (1TB and 2TB models).date transfer rate:5150.0 megabytes_per_second.Specific uses: Gaming
* Equipped with a PCIe Gen4 interface(4), the WD_BLACK SN770 NVMe SSD helps fuel in-game responsiveness, minimize stutter, and provide smooth streaming for a performance boost you can see and feel.
* Get tons of space for your latest games, future updates, and downloadable content with capacities up to 2TB(2).
* Supports future games developed for Microsoft’s DirectStorage technology for faster load times.
* Optimize peak performance in gaming mode and monitor your drive’s health with the WD_BLACK Dashboard (Windows only) so you can game with confidence using this reliable drive from a trusted brand.
* (1)Based on read speed. 1 MB/s = 1 million bytes per second. Based on internal testing; performance may vary depending upon host device, usage conditions, drive capacity, and other factors.
* (4)PCIe Gen4 storage technology requires a compatible motherboard. WD_BLACK SN770 is backwards-compatible with PCIe Gen3.
* Sequential Read Performance - 5150MB/s and Sequential Write Performance - 4850MB/s
Would this be good for game storage? If so is this a good price or wait for a better deal on something else? This was $75 - $85 last October.
That article was from over a year ago. I thought Samsung developed a firmware fix??