Significant price reduction for 970 pro (and a smaller one for 970 evo)

[Deus Voltage]

According to PCWorld, the Samsung 970 pro 1TB will cost 500$ instead of 630$, thats a 130$ price reduction. The 512GB version will cost 250$ instead of 330$.

 

Quote with regards to the price reduction for 970 pro:

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Those are steep cuts, and they aren’t listed as sale prices either. B&H Photo lists the 512GB and 1TB drives at the original higher prices, but is offering “Instant Savings” deals that bring actual prices in line with Newegg’s.

 

The 970 EVO reductions are as follows:

 

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• 250GB for $110 (originally $120)
• 500GB for $200 (originally $230)
• 1TB for $400 (originally $450)
• 2TB for $800 (originally $850)

So it is a marginal reduction, but still worth noting.

 

 

I was personally planing on purchasing the 1TB 960 evo for 450$, but now that the pro version 970 costs 130 less, I think will be reconsidering it.

 

Source:

https://www.pcworld.com/article/3269780/computers/samsung-970-pro-970-evo-nvme-ssd-launch-prices.html

[Crunchy Dragon]

Dang, SSDs are getting pretty cheap. More reason to stick that on my upgrade list for this year.

[2FA]

 

Is it significant or is it marginal?

[Deus Voltage]

1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Dang, SSDs are getting pretty cheap. More reason to stick that on my upgrade list for this year.

Indeed, I hope the trend continues. I wonder if 2019 will be the golden year of PC building, maybe 2020. Time will tell.

[Drak3]

1 minute ago, 2FA said:

 

Is it significant or is it marginal?

Marginally significant.

[Deus Voltage]

Just now, 2FA said:

 

Is it significant or is it marginal?

Significant for 970 pro, and marginal for 970 evo

[TheGlenlivet]

Just now, Drak3 said:

Marginally significant.

Significantly marginal.

Also, Taste's Great, Less Filling.

[2FA]

1 minute ago, Deus Voltage said:

Significant for 970 pro, and marginal for 970 evo

Maybe put the 970 pro info in a quote box, easy to miss.

[Silentprototipe]

I cry harder, I bought my 960 Evo not that long ago dammit  

[Deus Voltage]

6 minutes ago, 2FA said:

Maybe put the 970 pro info in a quote box, easy to miss.

Agreed, helps to avoid the confusion

 

Edit: edited the topic to reflect the delineation between 970 Pro and 970 EVO more clearly

[jagdtigger]

14 minutes ago, Deus Voltage said:

Indeed, I hope the trend continues. I wonder if 2019 will be the golden year of PC building, maybe 2020. Time will tell.

Only if DRAM price fixing going to get punished really hard and crypto finally bytes the dust. Our chances arent that good ....

[Deus Voltage]

2 minutes ago, jagdtigger said:

Only if DRAM price fixing going to get punished really hard and crypto finally bytes the dust. Our chances arent that good ....

Fingers crossed for the class action lawsuit to have a noticeable effect. Alas again, time will tell.

[Guest The Viking]

basically, no reduction of price in europe.

 

yay.

[Kamjam21xx]

Im just gonna get a bunch of the patriot 480gb ssd. Really cheap, basically the same specs. Same type of memory, idr what its called.

 

120$ a pop, can set em up in raid asnd get em for all of my systems.

[TopHatProductions115]

And here I thought I was doing a fool's errand, waiting years for SSDs to drop in price  

[Deus Voltage]

5 minutes ago, Kamjam21xx said:

Im just gonna get a bunch of the patriot 480gb ssd. Really cheap, basically the same specs. Same type of memory, idr what its called.

 

120$ a pop, can set em up in raid asnd get em for all of my systems.

It is true that regular SATA SSD's are more affordable, I think the form factor of m.2's however is equally attractive (not to mention file movement speeds). Less cable clutter is always a big plus I believe. 

[MoonSpot]

42 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Dang, SSDs are getting pretty cheap. More reason to stick that on my upgrade list for this year.

Less costly does not necessarily mean cheap.  For may part, call me when SSDs are in the $180 range for 500GB.  I've been strongly suggesting people only buy the 240/256GB models around the $100 mark as more than that is fairly asinine IMO(Professionals needing more are obviously different), and the same is true for 500GB models.

 

As far as I see it they're just gouging less, and not soo much that these are 'cheap'.

[DeScruff]

3 minutes ago, Deus Voltage said:

It is true that regular SATA SSD's are more affordable, I think the form factor of m.2's however is equally attractive (not to mention file movement speeds). Less cable clutter is always a big plus I believe. 

Not to mention the ability to add a 2.5" drive later on in those tiny PC cases that only have 1 or a few drive slots anyway. (Like a laptop)

[DocSwag]

Cool. 970 evo wasn't a performance improvement over the 960 evo so it's nice to see them cut the price at least.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, MoonSpot said:

Less costly does not necessarily mean cheap.  For may part, call me when SSDs are in the $180 range for 500GB.  I've been strongly suggesting people only buy the 240/256GB models around the $100 mark as more than that is fairly asinine IMO(Professionals needing more are obviously different), and the same is true for 500GB models.

 

As far as I see it they're just gouging less, and not soo much that these are 'cheap'.

It should be noted that these reductions are for NVMe drives. You can already get a new SATA SSD for less than that. (For instance the 500GB 860 Evo is $159.99 USD for m.2) (Unless you mean CND or AUD)

[MoonSpot]

7 minutes ago, tjcater said:

It should be noted that these reductions are for NVMe drives. You can already get a new SATA SSD for less than that. (For instance the 500GB 860 Evo is $159.99 USD for m.2) (Unless you mean CND or AUD)

I do mean CND, AKA Canadian Pesetas.  And as for SSD or M.2, I'm indifferent.  If M.2 wants to supplant SSDs then that means they've got to hit the money metric despite being superior.  It's not like SATA SSDs are as bad as HDDs.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, MoonSpot said:

I do mean CND, AKACanadian Pesetas.

Woops, didn't look at location. At least Crucial and WD blue sale at that price.

[TigerHawk]

Not even listed on newegg.ca at all. Not just not in stock or coming soon. Not listed.

Oh well, got a 960 Evo.

[paddy-stone]

Just reminded me I need to get a new SSD, interestingly can get the 970 evo 250GB for £100 approx, while the slower 960 evo 250GB is approx £108, so cheaper for the newer faster model

 

[Cole5]

Not significant in any sense, But still pretty good, Might pick up a few 2tb's for my computer.