Samsung Announces the 950 PRO Consumer M.2 PCIe SSD

[WYP]

Samsung Announces the 950 PRO Consumer M.2 PCIe SSD, an NVMe M.2 SSD with speed of up too 2500MB/s reads and 1500MB/s writes. Best of all it has a black PCB.



Read more on Samsung's 950 Pro Series Consumer SSD.

 

[CreatiXx]

they seem very cheap for the performance they deliver ;o and they look very nice

 

[RandomBadger]

Are these suitible for boot drive / OS?

 

[Quincy]

Are these suitible for boot drive / OS?

Yes they are.

I am glad I waited to buy one now for my X99 system

 

[Kushiro]

Certainly does seem quite nice.

 

[JR23]

This would be kinda wasted on PCIe2.0 x2 but still, much want!

JR

 

[Antimorph]

Hello everyone. I would like to know how does this SSD connects into a motherboard. Can you show me a pic of the mobo connector for this SSD? I only know the SATA and IDE connectors for hard-drives, and where's the pricing list for this SSD?

Thank you very much,
best regards,
Antimorph.

 

[SPS]

Hello everyone. I would like to know how does this SSD connects into a motherboard. Can you show me a pic of the mobo connector for this SSD? I only know the SATA and IDE connectors for hard-drives, and where's the pricing list for this SSD?

Thank you very much,
best regards,
Antimorph.

 

[Agost]

I don't even know how could other brands beat Samsung in the SSD game

Samsung has an advantage on price, performance and now (thanks to 3d nand) even on endurance

 

[fat4l]

Will there be any benefit of using this SSD on Z97 ? =00=

 

[dwatterworth]

Will there be any benefit of using this SSD on Z97 ? =00=

Speed at the expense of PCI lanes for Z97 I think.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Is the Z170 chipset the only one that supports M.2 PCI 3.0 x4? Or does Devil's canyon boards support that too? If not, then you only get the full potential of this drive when using a brand new system

 

[JR23]

Is the Z170 chipset the only one that supports M.2 PCI 3.0 x4? Or does Devil's canyon boards support that too? If not, then you only get the full potential of this drive when using a brand new system

Z97 and X99 chipsets only support 2.0 x2 but some boards will allow you to dedicate CPU PCIe lanes to the M.2 slot.

I discarded getting one for my X99 build for that reason, however it would still be faster than SATA III running off 2.0 x2 on the chipset.

SATA III - 6 Gb/s
PCI-E 2.0 x2 - 8 Gb/s
PCI-E 2.0 x4 - 16 Gb/s
PCI-E 3.0 x4 - 32 Gb/s

JR

 

[NeverBackDown]

Z97 and X99 chipsets only support 2.0 x2 but some boards will allow you to dedicate CPU PCIe lanes to the M.2 slot.

I discarded getting one for my X99 build for that reason, however it would still be faster than SATA III running off 2.0 x2 on the chipset.

SATA III - 6 Gb/s
PCI-E 2.0 x2 - 8 Gb/s
PCI-E 2.0 x4 - 16 Gb/s
PCI-E 3.0 x4 - 32 Gb/s

JR

Pretty interesting then.. sata 3 really needs to go then!

 

[jimma47]

only thing I dislike - the sticker is upside down. Oh and I don't have an M.2 slot.