Is the Samsung 980 Pro any good?

thewelshbrummie · March 8

I'm asking because I was sent one by mistake and haven't been asked to return it. It's a 1TB m.2 Samsung 980 Pro.

I built a new PC for my mother-in-law back in late January. However instead of the RAM I ordered, one of the 2 packages I received contained a 1TB 980 Pro. Annoyingly the RAM didn't arrive until 2 hours after I left my apartment for a 5 week holiday (though since my gaming rig wasn't being used and I have 4 sticks, I took 2 out and used them for the month so that I could at least provide a working computer).

As I'm now home again I've got the replacement memory and installed that (and reclaimed my own) but I still have the SSD and haven't had any contact about returning it, so I'm assuming that it's mine to keep.

It's a little small for my gaming PC (I'll be reinstalling Windows in the not too distant future on a 2TB m.2 drive which is as small as I'd go, with the intention of using a 4TB drive in the other slot) but would be ideal for the HTPC I'm planning on putting together later this year. Having seen recent news on Samsung SSDs not being what they were, is there any way of knowing if this drive is any good?