Various Retailers have
2TB Samsung 990 EVO Plus PCIe 5.0 x2 M.2 Internal SSD (MZ-V9S2T0B/AM) on sale for
$119.99.
Shipping is free.
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Alternatively,
Samsung has for Samsung EDU/EPP members:
2TB Samsung 990 EVO Plus PCIe 5.0 x2 M.2 Internal SSD (MZ-V9S2T0B/AM) on sale for
$113.99.
Shipping is free.
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tDames for sharing this deal.
Specs:
- M.2 2280 Form Factor
- PCIe 5.0 x2 / 4.0 x4 Interface
- Host Memory Buffer (HMB) Cache
- Sequential Reads up to 7250 MB/s
- Sequential Writes up to 6300 MB/s
- Samsung In-House Controller
- Samsung V NAND TLC NAND (V8)
- Endurance (TBW): 1200TB
- AES 256-Bit Data Encryption
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Heatsinks serve no purpose on an SSD other than appearance. They actually perform slightly better when warm.
Not entirely true, but having one won't be detrimental so it doesn't matter a whole lot one way or the other
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The controller can thermal throttle when running at too high of a temperature.
This is the function of the heat spreader: to bring the heat *from* the controller to both *cool* the controller and *heat* the NAND.
That's what enclosures on enterprise U.3 NVME drives do. That's why M.2 SSDs ship without installed heatsinks.
The only time a heatsink makes a positive difference is if you're actively writing tons of information to a drive *and* you haven't exhausted the SLC cache space.
That's why SSDs doesn't happen with PS5s as they are basically write-once (limited by your Internet speed.)
Jayz video is simply him running benchmarks that don't represent real-world usage and reporting temperatures with no regard to if it is "good" or "bad"; only "higher number bad."
(Also, random but reminder that TBW values are warranty values with little bearing on actual write endurance. Write endurance would be tested with a JEDEC endurance rating. TBW values are largely a way to attificially segment products.)
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