Samsung PM961 1TB M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD

[FTLN]

Just been offered 2 of these for 350 euros for the pair, there brand new OEM.


There from a shop in Paris, no idea where they offloaded them from but the performance looks not to far off a 960 pro.

Should I buy them , and put them in a raid 0 (not bothered about losing data, everything important is on the NAS) ?

https://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/8176/samsung-pm961-1tb-2-nvme-pcie-ssd-review/index.html

 

[Davva2004]

Can you afford them? Do you want them? If yes, buy. If no, don’t buy.

 

[Bartacus]

I don't know if I'd bother RAIDing them, considering how fast they are. Once speeds get up that high, it becomes a matter of added complexity for diminishing returns. Not to mention slow boot times due to the RAID bios. But if you've got the cash, I'd grab em!

 

[FTLN]

Aint really got the cash, but I can eat baked beans for the rest of the month.

Picking them up tomorrow morning @ 11H30, will raid 0 them just for the fun.

 

[FTLN]

Ok, got the NVME drives picked up this morning.

Whacked them in a raid 0 and here is some Aida / Anvil test's :





What do your reckon ? Worth it for 300e ?

 

[FTLN]

A couple more tests this morning, I'm definatley being bottlenecked by DMI 3.0 link to the CPU with Raid 0 , but I'm happy with the results 2tb NVME for 300 euros (knocked the price down in the shop):

 

[hmmblah]

2TB of fast NVMe goodness, yes please.

 

[Senzelian]

That's a great price!

But to be honest I'd flip them on eBay as they cost around 370€ new here in Germany.
You could probably make quite a profit on them.

 

[WYP]

2TB of NVMe storage is a steal at those prices.

 

[FTLN]

It is pretty mental at starting up my vmware lab, about 20 seconds to start up 12 vm's.

Defo gonna keep them...