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February 1st, 2022 10:00
Choosing an SSD
I'm looking forward to upgrading the storage in my 7750 in the coming weeks but have become conflicted on choosing what to buy. I had my mind set on the class 40 2280 2TB drive Dell recommended for my PC originally, untill I saw a Samsung 980 PRO 2TB on another page. Comparing the two on dells website doesn't yield much on what the differences could be other than price (699 vs 429). So my question is, what's the difference? Is it just the name, chip speed, dimensional difference or something else I can't spot? If my system will support the Samsung I would like to buy two compared to just one of the Dell drives.
Thanks for any help, Jim.
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rwzeitgeist
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February 1st, 2022 21:00
Note that the Samsung 980 Pro's sibling, the "SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2 2280 2TB PCIe Gen 3.0 x4", costs around $225, well under Dell's price for a drive with similar specs. And as ejn63 noted, this drive will take full advantage of your 7750's PCIe Gen 3.0 x4 drive interface.
FWIW, I installed a 2TB Samsung 980 Pro in my 7560's PCIe Gen 4.0 slot.
-Bob
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February 1st, 2022 18:00
The 980 is a PCIe 4 drive -- on systems that support PCIe4 (i.e., not the one you have, which pre-dates PCIe 4) the drive is capable of running appreciably faster than PCIe 3.
Unless you're buying with the idea you may one day move the drive to a newer system, there's no real advantage to it over a PCIe 3 drive that's less expensive.
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February 1st, 2022 22:00
This has been a much more informative post than I could've imagined. My knowledge on this topic is a lot less than I led myself to believe. Thank you ejn63 for pointing out the bus speed in my system, I was unaware of that information and to rwzeitgeist for also pointing out that I was about to go completely overboard with the speed of drive I was choosing. I have found the Samsung 970 EVO for $219 and that is and amazing price difference compared to what I was going to pay from Dell ($699 for the same capacity).
Thanks a ton!
Jim