Samsung 980 pro - need to run at pcie gen 3, will it work well? Other options?

[CriSis_]

Hi,

I currently have a b550-e with a 980 pro 1tb, 5900x and 2060 (yes ik underpowered af gpu, its being upgraded xD) and since i bought a b550 board my second m.2 can only run at pcie gen 3. I found a killer deal on a 980 pro 1tb for £67 and was wondering if it would run any better or perhaps worse than the 970 evo plus 1tb i found on sale for £42 if it were to be ran at pcie gen 3 speeds? 

 

Also, if you can think of any other better options at or below £67 for an ssd of 1tb or more with a dram cache please say so

 

Thanks for any help in advance, 

Lex.

[PDifolco]

It'll work at PCie3 speed

Not really a good deal then, a SN770 1TB  at £45 will be as good (and is still Gen4)

[podkall]

Gen 3 Pcie is 4GB/s

[CriSis_]

2 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

It'll work at PCie3 speed

Not really a good deal then, a SN770 1TB  at £45 will be as good (and is still Gen4)

sn770 doesnt have a dram cache, the 970 evo plus is slightly cheaper is it worth the buy? UK prices have been kinda weird lately im not really certain whats a good buy at this point lmao 

 

[PDifolco]

4 minutes ago, CriSis_ said:

sn770 doesnt have a dram cache, the 970 evo plus is slightly cheaper is it worth the buy? UK prices have been kinda weird lately im not really certain whats a good buy at this point lmao 

 

Thought the SN770 had a cache, at least it performs quite good

Anyway then a SN850X is still cheaper at £64

Really for a bit more (£80-90) I'd get a 2TB P3 /P3 Plus if it's used as game drive on Pcie3

[CriSis_]

3 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

Thought the SN770 had a cache, at least it performs quite good

Anyway then a SN850X is still cheaper at £64

Really for a bit more (£80-90) I'd get a 2TB P3 /P3 Plus if it's used as game drive on Pcie3

found the samsung 970 evo plus 2tb for £81, 2tb sn770 for £85 and the p3 for £87 which do your reckon? p3 and sn770 dont have a dram cache and ill be running the sn770 at pcie 3.0 :9

[PDifolco]

2 minutes ago, CriSis_ said:

found the samsung 970 evo plus 2tb for £81, 2tb sn770 for £85 and the p3 for £87 which do your reckon? p3 and sn770 dont have a dram cache and ill be running the sn770 at pcie 3.0 :9

i'd say get the SN770, it has good reviews all over the place, for example https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/wd-black-sn770-ssd-review, or in Techtesters YT benchmark of Gen4 drive vids

 

[Doobeedoo]

It will. The IOPS and random read is more important not max bandwidth.