SAMSUNG970 PRO SSD 512GB - M.2 NVMe Interface Internal Solid State Drive with V-NAND Technology (MZ-V7P512BW), Black/Red

I recently acquired the new MBP 15.4" and wanted to utilize its Thunderbolt 3 technology to the fullest and started looking around for a great external SSD. I settled on the TEKQ Rapide Thunderbolt 3 SSD and decided I want it maxed out in terms of performance so I took the plunge on this Samsung 970 PRO 1TB PCIe NVMe - M.2 to replace the TEKQ's internal SSD.Well, I'm truly blown away by the performance of this SSD. Samsung is definitely on the cutting edge with SSD. This thing smokes. I'm not a video/photo pro myself but do handle large media files for the company's marketing work which involves editing and shuttling of studio photos of products and demo videos. I also oversee operations so I don't want such work to slow me down in anyway.I can happily say that the TEKQ Rapide Thunderbolt 3 with this Samsung 970 PRO SSD is, by far, the best external SSD I've ever had the pleasure of using. I suppose it'll only get faster and better in the future but, for what I do, this is about as good as it gets. It feels and works as fast as my iMac 27" 5K and MBP's internal SSDs. An HD movie file transfers in a split second.I'm not a geek so I don't care to measure the speed using an app like Blackmagic. I can easily sense it while doing real life work and it makes me more productive. I have the HP P800 as well in the work office and it's great but the TEKQ with this Samsung SSD is a step above, even if we're talking a fragment of a second. Awesome stuff. I don't see myself outgrowing this SSD for a long time to come.

The Samsung 970 Pro 1TB NVMe SSD is the best SSD on the market today. With the revised Samsung pricing been 130 dollars less than the original MSRP this SSD is now a very very good value. When you look at the performance and advantages of the 970 Pro over the 970 EVO and other SSDs on the market it becomes very clear this SSD is the best. First of all, the type of NAND the 970 Pro uses is different than almost any other SSD on the market. While almost every SSD on the market is made of 3-bit 3D NAND, the 970 Pro uses the much better 2-bit MLC V-NAND. This NAND has several advantages over 3-bit 3D NAND, much better performance, much better endurance, more reliable and the most important one, doesn't slow down like 3-bit 3D NAND does. Samsung has 5 years warranty on this drive, has the best support in the business and when you look at the overall picture, the Samsung 970 Pro is well worth the extra money over the 970 EVO in my opinion. The experience by using this SSD is awesome. Your PC feels so fast and responsive. I highly recommend that if you can spend the extra 100 for the 970 Pro just do it. The advantages are very clear. This is a wonderful wonderful SSD. 10/10.

I bought the 2950x, Corsair 760T chassis, Asus Zenith Extreme, Corsair HX1000I PSU, Thermaltake Floe Riing 360, Corsair LPX 32GB (2x16GB) 3200MHz C16 DDR4 DRAM Memory Kit, Black (CMK32GX4M2B3200C16), SamSung EVO 970 512G NVMe, WD 1TB Blue NVMe, Toshiba HD 6TB x3 from Amazon. The CPU arrived but the chip was loose inside the box. I could not install Windows 10 but was able to install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. When I ran Chrome or Firefox under , the CPU kept hanging up. I changed to Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 DRAM 2133MHz (PC4 17000) C13 Memory Kit - Black, thinking may be memmory compabibil;ity from what I read on Youtube, web. But the problem still occured, can not install windows, kept on hanging when runing Chrome, FireFox under Ubuntu. Changed to G.SKILL Flare X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) AMD X370 Memory Model F4-3200C14D-16GFX. Same problem occrued. I changed the mem clock to from 1600-3200 for 3200 MHZ and 1600-2133 MHZ for 2133 MHZ and 1600-3200 for G.Skill. Same problem. Can not install Windows 10. hung when ran Chrome under Ubuntu. Hung when ran Geekbench when it run under multi core, single core is ok. I ran mem test and it was ok. Thinking the CPU was damage during ship, I ask for replacement and got one. When i installed in the system ansd ran with G.Skill, It was able to boot windows 10, Ubuntu and no problem.I had to upgrade the BIOS to 1402 for the Asus Zenith to boot with 2950x.Now it works very smoothly. It run fast!!!!,Very happy with the unit.

I’m new to these NVME drives but definitely knew I wanted to try one for a new build. I installed this on a Asus x470-I mini itx motherboard with R7 2700x and 16GB of Corsair LPX 3000MHz RAM. The board recognized it and installed windows on it very quickly from a USB 3.0 thumb drive.The speeds are incredible and I’ve used SSD on my builds for the past 9 years and am blown away by how much faster these drives perform compared. The speed, physical size, and capacity are impressive and the price while higher than 2.5 inch SSD’s are pretty reasonable for what you get in performance.This is the first build I’ve used only solid state drives for all of my in build storage and this drive definitely helps to keep things snappy. If you’re on a budget then there isn’t a need to use this over a SSD. The real world performance you’ll see is improved but the jump from HDD to SSD is already huge and enough for most. You’ll be better off spending less and getting a TB in storage if you’re on a budget. If you you’re willing to spend a bit more then it is easy to recommend this drive.

Nothing speeds up a PC faster than this. Not tons of ram, Not a fast processor, not a great motherboard, nothing.This product is the best thing to come along for PC's in years. My PC is so fast it blows me away. It almost boots instantly. Fastest boot time I have ever experienced in my life. Switching from one task to another is instantly. My internet is on now when it finishing booting. Loading for programs at start up must be close to instant now. Loading programs after boot up are instantly. I have not seen an hourglass on the pointer yet. No delays or buffering of any kind what so ever. And the 970 Pro is cheaper than the SSD drive. I dont get that at all. I would think it would be hundreds more than hundreds less. This is the best thing every made to triple the speed of my PC.