Samsung 980 PRO MZ-V8P1T0CW 1 TB

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Version with heatsink specially for PS5

As soon as Sony gave the go-ahead to install external SSDs in the PS5 console in the fall of 2021, Samsung immediately jumped in and announced an update to its Evo line - in particular, special versions of the Evo 980 PRO drive with a heatsink. Indeed, it would be strange if the company's flagship drives, which until recently were a beacon for the industry, would be left out of such a promising market.

One of the fastest SSDs on the market

Otherwise, this is the same well-known M.2 SSD of the 2280 form factor with one-sided mounting of components on a printed circuit board. Its SSD 980 PRO performance is optimized using Samsung's proprietary Elpis controller, designed with the new PCI-U 4.0 bus in mind. The use of Elpis in combination with TLC's select 128-layer 3D V-NAND flash memory has achieved impressive linear read speeds up to 7000 Mbps. At the same time, the linear recording speed reaches 5000MB/s. Add in benchmark IOPS (1000k writes + 800k writes), 1GB of buffer memory, a five-year warranty, and you have one of the most advanced SSDs on the market.

Not a revolution, but an evolution

Some reviewers berated the 980 PRO for not being innovative enough. Say, before it was hoo, but now like everyone else. From our point of view, this is a plus. For comparison, the fastest model from the EVO series, running on the PCI-E 3.0 bus, physically could not deliver more than 3500 MB / s in synthetic tests, and in reality it worked clearly slower. The 980 PRO has essentially been upgraded with little bloodshed, which is why for once it can be called affordable. For a 1 TB version of the 980 PRO with a heatsink, they are now asking for about $250, which is a little more expensive than conventional A-Data drives and significantly cheaper than the critically acclaimed Seagate FireCuda 530 drive.