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Samsung 950 Pro M.2 NVMe SSD
- Thread starter thisisevilevil
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Parramatta
Silver Level Poster
I just checked on ebay. Most of those come from America with big (e.g. 60 quid) postage. Doesn't Royal Mail then slug you for VAT?
Amazon UK is out of stock. And because the technology is so new, I wonder if there are BIOS or driver issues when trying to set these up yourself.
Amazon UK is out of stock. And because the technology is so new, I wonder if there are BIOS or driver issues when trying to set these up yourself.
Parramatta
Silver Level Poster
Perhaps one should stick with the 951 afterall... http://www.anandtech.com/show/9702/samsung-950-pro-ssd-review-256gb-512gb/7
As I want to order a PC for gaming and editing vids, I want to see full reviews on editing and game loading which I'm sure will appear very soon as I seem to remember it should be on general sale 15 Nov ?
Also I seem to remember the 951 isn't straightforward to use as a boot drive where this should be ?
Also I seem to remember the 951 isn't straightforward to use as a boot drive where this should be ?
BlackObsidian
New member
So I just had a really enlightening chat with the PC Specialist guys about the Samsung 950 Pro, having been waiting for them to stock it for months now.
It turns out they don't think there is enough demand from customers willing to pay the ~£40 extra (for the 512Gb version) over the cost of the older SM951 M.2 drives for it to be worth their while getting it in stock. Personally I don't think this is much extra for the newer, faster SSD when you're already paying £1200+ for a new PC, but my interest alone isn't enough to get them to change their view.
So if anyone else has been patiently waiting like me, please email the customer support address ([email protected]) saying you want it made available too!
It turns out they don't think there is enough demand from customers willing to pay the ~£40 extra (for the 512Gb version) over the cost of the older SM951 M.2 drives for it to be worth their while getting it in stock. Personally I don't think this is much extra for the newer, faster SSD when you're already paying £1200+ for a new PC, but my interest alone isn't enough to get them to change their view.
So if anyone else has been patiently waiting like me, please email the customer support address ([email protected]) saying you want it made available too!
Well if they havent got them by the time i get around to ordering..about 5 month away i will buy elsewhere....how silly as they dont hold large stock of parts according to some posters
I bought a cheap next day delivery last month which will fill in till new nvidia card comes out then i order my little beauty
I bought a cheap next day delivery last month which will fill in till new nvidia card comes out then i order my little beauty
thisisevilevil
Enthusiast
Well if they havent got them by the time i get around to ordering..about 5 month away i will buy elsewhere....how silly as they dont hold large stock of parts according to some posters
I bought a cheap next day delivery last month which will fill in till new nvidia card comes out then i order my little beauty
One could argue whether you would need the 4-5% increase in read/write you get with the 950Pro over the 951NVMe. If you just plan on doing some gaming + browsing, then you will not feel the difference between the 950 and 951NVMe. If you plan on running several VMs in HyperV, VMware environment etc. etc., then it would make sense to go for the extra read/write speed.
The 951NVMe and 950 Pro is almost identical, except the 950Pro has some newer tech. The 951NVMe was only initially released for OEM's, and is not normally available in stores (but I see it's widely sold through various resellers on eBay now), while the 950Pro will be aimed at the consumers directly via resellers. I found a benchmark here, where you can see how little the difference really is between the 2 drives: http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/7392/samsung-950-pro-2-pcie-gen-3x4-nvme-ssd-review/index4.html
Parramatta
Silver Level Poster
Looks like the Samsung SM961 1TB is the actual M.2 NVMe drive we were waiting for. Combined with a Samsung 4TB 850 EVO, that's great storage for a laptop. Bring it on.
Looks like the Samsung SM961 1TB is the actual M.2 NVMe drive we were waiting for. Combined with a Samsung 4TB 850 EVO, that's great storage for a laptop. Bring it on.
Think a 4TB SSD would cost half the earth............
......but what a nice idea.
and the SM961 is classed as an OEM product still, so no full support - shame.
Parramatta
Silver Level Poster
So the dream laptop would be: 4K 18.4" screen, 1080M GPU, SM961 1TB boot drive, and 4TB SSD storage. Octane III Chasis. Take my money now. :yes:
Parramatta
Silver Level Poster
The Samsung 850 Pro 2TB has been out for exactly a year on Amazon UK, and the price hasn't changed at all in that time - still high £600s. So much for the so-called "accelerating pace of technology". In the 1990s, any hardware would halve in price in a year.