Samsung 960 pro problems?

[danielhowk]

im planning to buy samsung 960 pro 500gb,im wondering if theres any issue with samsung 960 pro 500gb version?

previously the samsung 950pro have some thermal throttling problems. 

[MorganO]

36 minutes ago, danielhowk said:

im planning to buy samsung 960 pro 500gb,im wondering if theres any issue with samsung 960 pro 500gb version?

previously the samsung 950pro have some thermal throttling problems. 

none that im aware of, but maybe you could try google or samsung forums?

[NoCarrier]

The new 960 series drives should not have throttling issues.  The label on them now have a layer of copper to help dissipate the heat.

[Mira Yurizaki]

The 950 Pros only had thermal throttling issues if you were constantly hammering the drive.

 

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Samsung-950-Pro-M-2-Throttling-Analysis-776/

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9702/samsung-950-pro-ssd-review-256gb-512gb/12

 

Also, unless you have something that needs the bandwidth, don't bother with an NVMe drive. Most consumer applications don't even come close to saturating the bandwidth provided by SATA 6Gbps.

[NoCarrier]

7 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

The 950 Pros only had thermal throttling issues if you were constantly hammering the drive.

 

https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Samsung-950-Pro-M-2-Throttling-Analysis-776/

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9702/samsung-950-pro-ssd-review-256gb-512gb/12

 

Also, unless you have something that needs the bandwidth, don't bother with an NVMe drive. Most consumer applications don't even come close to saturating the bandwidth provided by SATA 6Gbps.

Depends on your usecase i guess?  If you're constantly editting and transferring 50+gb files around and zipping/unzip ginormous amounts of data, it will make a difference.

 

In some cases it has cut install times for large games in half or even more.  A second here, a second there, it all adds up to a better experience and overall lower perceived lag.

 

Not to mention clearing up the clutter inside your cases - saving a drive bay and 2 cables is always a good thing.

[Mira Yurizaki]

23 minutes ago, NoCarrier said:

Depends on your usecase i guess?  If you're constantly editting and transferring 50+gb files around and zipping/unzip ginormous amounts of data, it will make a difference.

 

In some cases it has cut install times for large games in half or even more.  A second here, a second there, it all adds up to a better experience and overall lower perceived lag.

 

Not to mention clearing up the clutter inside your cases - saving a drive bay and 2 cables is always a good thing.

Unless you're installing from the NVME drive itself, install time limited to the media from which you are installing.

 

And if your life is literally dictated by the amount of seconds you save, I think you have more things to worry about than a game loading a second faster.

 

And if it's online, you're going to be held back by the other players anyway.

 

EDIT: Ultimately here's why I think a SATA SSD is worth more than an NVMe SSD: You get more space with a SATA SSD. While this may sound like a "duh" situation, here's why it's better. SATA to NVMe produces marginally better results than going from an HDD to a SATA SSD. But an NVMe SSD usually costs twice as much as a SATA SSD for the same capacity. I would rather be able to store more things on an SSD with the much noticeably faster load times than go with something that may improve it further, but slightly so, and lose half the capacity.