In the US here. Got a 1TB 980 Pro in my Laptop a year ago. But now only have 200GB free space, so was looking to replace with a 2TB. Right now, both the 980 Pro and 990 Pro 2TB are the same price $169.
l got the Samsung 990 PRO Heatsink 2TB PCIe 4.0 for £138 now =£191 and Samsung 980 PRO SSD with Heatsink 2 TB for £139.97 both work great you just have to keep look them up
Great video! This was super helpful in helping me decide what I will be doing for the ssd upgrades for my new Samsung Galaxy Book4 Pro which can run two m.2 pcie 4.0 ssd's. Planning on buying Two 990 Pro's (4 TB each) to replace the standard 1 TB SSD the laptop comes with. I'm not a hardware IT Technical Guy but you did an excellent job making it easy to understand in lay man terms -- I work in Construction & Civil Engineering and often need to run hardcore 3D model renderings for roads, bridges, and highways for government agency clients so this was great!
Rocking 2 of these rn, they are amazing. Was using just a crucial drive in my last system, but this is miles better. Games and apps open instantly, and games download stupid fast.
With ssds running so hot nowadays, I wonder how they would fair in that 2nd ssd slot on the back of my motherboard, cooking itself in that little gap between the case and motherboard.
I believe the good ones thermal throttle themselves. If it's one thatd require a fan and i didn't have an nvme case fan id just go for something lower end that can sustain lower but still good speeds. Like I don't need or want 5gbps that much, yet to see a game. Utilize all that in a meaningful way.
Completely ignored the one factor I need to know - HEAT. If I need something for a laptop, do any of these run so hot that a heatsink is recommended? Some nvme heatsinks are so thicc that they won’t fit inside a laptop.
I have used both 990 Pro and 980 Pro (with no heatsink) in a laptop for gaming and have never had issues. Temperatures are around 50 C which as far as I know is safe.
@@windfire5380 Yeah, the laptops I have used (Razer Blade 15) have a heatsink attached to the chassis, that goes on top of the SSDs. Thanks for the clarification.
@@ejmtv3 I really don't know, the 980pro 2 terabyte version cost only 171$ while 2 terabyte 990evo cost at 196$, so in my country the 990evo isn't much of a choice.
It really sucks that they have made the EVO models so much worse than they used to be...Even the Pro models aren't what they used to be...My 970 EVO has Dram cache and uses TLC nand, and my 970 Pro used true MLC (2-bit) nand which gives you a crazy 1200 TBW rating for the 1TB model...These new ones seem like a step backward, but thats just how things go these days...I just ordered 3 990 Pros because I can't bring myself to spend that much on a drive that doesn't even have a Dram cache...
I bought the 990 evo without thinking and without seeing any videos, and now after seeing the reviews I regret it... 😥😥 they say it gets to 112 C degrees which is insane.. idk what to do now.
Thanks for the video , really helpful. I am in the market for a new nvme and didnt knew who to buy. To clone my old ssd (not samsung) to the new samsung nvme probably after this video 980 pro, can i use the data migration on the samsung magician app and be done with it in one click ? My new nvme will be larger than the old ssd so i am not sure if i had to do anything extra for the partitions. I want to just clone my data to the new one and work like one larg nvme
Lost my funny comment so how's about just the 👍 for your great work. Love the channel you have been so helpful fir a retired engineeer trying to catch up quickly on device hardware. Always watching you first as I feel your content is alway honest and straight forward to AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS 7940HS 9-Ba 2.5G LAN 9xSATA3.0 2xM.2 NVMe Mainboard build. I hope this week you have everything you need. I also would like it if you can update me on aggregating the 2.5Gb nic connections. Perhaps performance, utilization, efficiency in aggregation, fail over, and just the general advantages of aggregating these perhaps over 1 - 10Gb NIC. Thanks alway!
I am looking for a 1TB SSD for my Dell G7 7588, which supports Gen 3. Considering that all three options exceed my laptop's maximum capabilities, would it be correct to assume that any of the three would work equally well, and it would be best to purchase the most economical one?
Pcie 5.0 compatibility on the evo is not a pro for laptos/mini PCs. Its running 2x which is the exact same as 4x on PCIe 4.0. Theres no speed increase and it will have a dedicated slot with 4 lanes minimum be it PCIe 4.0 or 5.0. The only benefit is for pro-somer that have a motherboard where the pcie 5.0 PCIe lanes are shared with the m.2 slots.
I've put a t705 in a gen 4 slot. I want to know how a gen 5 will perform in a gen 4 slot? Obviously I'm limited to gen4 speeds but will it max the capability of gen4?
As mentioned several times on the intro, these are all covered in the respective reviews that are linked in the description in both written and video form
What I need when looking to replace my SSD. Just a question...from your opinion..among those 3, which one better for laptop spectre x360 bought in 2021. The internal SSD is Samsung as well. Not a gamer at all...just for video editing for the most
What I hate with these improved speeds now is that I can't start a game and go make a coffee.... I've purchade the 990 Pro recently but am slowly building my PC so I can't comment on it. I just know that it seems to be the SSD to get atm.
I snagged a 990Evo for 130$ and i was uneducated on its specs, thought i was getting a steal. I currently have a silicone 3/4 2tb as a main storage drive and booting drive Nd i needed somthing for games and general storage so i thought the 990Evo would be a good choice. Should i stick with the Evo or return it ?
Why didn't you run a test on the "Kingston FURY Renegade" when I formatted on first time on my "PS5 Slim" the read speed was "6908 MB/s" it's highest speed from all your SSD's you have tested. Can you do test on it please.
Each PCIe Gen roughly doubles with each generation, there is always some overhead so it's like 99.9999% of being 2x I think that's the question your asking anyway??
Before buying any of these Samsung drives, call their customer support. realise how awful and rude they are. then Buy a drive that's high quality from another supplier.
@@JohnUsp sequential performance at those block sizes is completely irrelevant and almost never used in the real world. The optane has 10x the random read performance and I'm not exaggerating.
In the US here. Got a 1TB 980 Pro in my Laptop a year ago. But now only have 200GB free space, so was looking to replace with a 2TB. Right now, both the 980 Pro and 990 Pro 2TB are the same price $169.
Get the 990 then
@@zekuu8076 yeah, that's what I got 😁
l got the Samsung 990 PRO Heatsink 2TB PCIe 4.0 for £138 now =£191 and Samsung 980 PRO SSD with Heatsink 2 TB for £139.97 both work great you just have to keep look them up
Your fingers are faster than your 🧠?
Thanks for the video , really helpful. I was searching for the comparison of 990 Pro and 980 Pro and you explained it very nicely.💕
I bought a Pc in June of 2023. And put the 990 pro in there. Good to see over a year later it's still top tier. Thank you.
Great video! This was super helpful in helping me decide what I will be doing for the ssd upgrades for my new Samsung Galaxy Book4 Pro which can run two m.2 pcie 4.0 ssd's. Planning on buying Two 990 Pro's (4 TB each) to replace the standard 1 TB SSD the laptop comes with. I'm not a hardware IT Technical Guy but you did an excellent job making it easy to understand in lay man terms -- I work in Construction & Civil Engineering and often need to run hardcore 3D model renderings for roads, bridges, and highways for government agency clients so this was great!
Rocking 2 of these rn, they are amazing. Was using just a crucial drive in my last system, but this is miles better. Games and apps open instantly, and games download stupid fast.
the first video in months where you didn't mention your infamous... "No 10gb network connection onboard!"
I know, right!
the 990PRO gets too hot, if not cooled properly that perf is wasted
I'm sticking with the 980PRO
So does the 980 under the same situations. A i7 7700k beats a 14900ks if you use it wrong enough
Cleanest video in a while straight to the point your awseome
With ssds running so hot nowadays, I wonder how they would fair in that 2nd ssd slot on the back of my motherboard, cooking itself in that little gap between the case and motherboard.
I believe the good ones thermal throttle themselves. If it's one thatd require a fan and i didn't have an nvme case fan id just go for something lower end that can sustain lower but still good speeds. Like I don't need or want 5gbps that much, yet to see a game. Utilize all that in a meaningful way.
I throw spare SSDs in my rig with no cooling, they get warm but been serving me well for years.
Completely ignored the one factor I need to know - HEAT. If I need something for a laptop, do any of these run so hot that a heatsink is recommended? Some nvme heatsinks are so thicc that they won’t fit inside a laptop.
I have used both 990 Pro and 980 Pro (with no heatsink) in a laptop for gaming and have never had issues. Temperatures are around 50 C which as far as I know is safe.
I do delve into this ALOT more in the 990 EVO dedicated review, I had to keep this video more pacey. Hope that makes sense
@@windfire5380 Yeah, the laptops I have used (Razer Blade 15) have a heatsink attached to the chassis, that goes on top of the SSDs. Thanks for the clarification.
Most laptops come with heatsink inside
Great video and info!, here in thailand the 980PRO is cheaper than 990EVO so guess i'll go with 980PRO then.
How
@@ejmtv3 I really don't know, the 980pro 2 terabyte version cost only 171$ while 2 terabyte 990evo cost at 196$, so in my country the 990evo isn't much of a choice.
@@Kaizer_Rin037 thats weird.
It really sucks that they have made the EVO models so much worse than they used to be...Even the Pro models aren't what they used to be...My 970 EVO has Dram cache and uses TLC nand, and my 970 Pro used true MLC (2-bit) nand which gives you a crazy 1200 TBW rating for the 1TB model...These new ones seem like a step backward, but thats just how things go these days...I just ordered 3 990 Pros because I can't bring myself to spend that much on a drive that doesn't even have a Dram cache...
I bought the 990 evo without thinking and without seeing any videos, and now after seeing the reviews I regret it... 😥😥 they say it gets to 112 C degrees which is insane.. idk what to do now.
What did you do?
@@M.W.H.He died
He bought an heatsink
buy a heatsink.
@@M.W.H. He got grilled in his home
I have 2, 1 TB 980 Pro drives (in an Acer Predator) and 1, 970 Evo Plus in 500 GB (in an Acer Aspire.) I have not made the jump to the 990 series yet.
Hi, I will be building a B760M BTF + i7-14700k, will the 990PRO be better for that?
Thanks for the video , really helpful. I am in the market for a new nvme and didnt knew who to buy.
To clone my old ssd (not samsung) to the new samsung nvme probably after this video 980 pro, can i use the data migration on the samsung magician app and be done with it in one click ? My new nvme will be larger than the old ssd so i am not sure if i had to do anything extra for the partitions. I want to just clone my data to the new one and work like one larg nvme
Lost my funny comment so how's about just the 👍 for your great work. Love the channel you have been so helpful fir a retired engineeer trying to catch up quickly on device hardware. Always watching you first as I feel your content is alway honest and straight forward to AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS 7940HS 9-Ba 2.5G LAN 9xSATA3.0 2xM.2 NVMe Mainboard build. I hope this week you have everything you need. I also would like it if you can update me on aggregating the 2.5Gb nic connections. Perhaps performance, utilization, efficiency in aggregation, fail over, and just the general advantages of aggregating these perhaps over 1 - 10Gb NIC. Thanks alway!
I am looking for a 1TB SSD for my Dell G7 7588, which supports Gen 3. Considering that all three options exceed my laptop's maximum capabilities, would it be correct to assume that any of the three would work equally well, and it would be best to purchase the most economical one?
Pcie 5.0 compatibility on the evo is not a pro for laptos/mini PCs. Its running 2x which is the exact same as 4x on PCIe 4.0. Theres no speed increase and it will have a dedicated slot with 4 lanes minimum be it PCIe 4.0 or 5.0. The only benefit is for pro-somer that have a motherboard where the pcie 5.0 PCIe lanes are shared with the m.2 slots.
I've put a t705 in a gen 4 slot. I want to know how a gen 5 will perform in a gen 4 slot? Obviously I'm limited to gen4 speeds but will it max the capability of gen4?
Some come with heat sinks others do not. Does it matter if we use them in external aluminum drives
just got the 990 pro 2tb for 60 bucks new via mercari coupon
Where are the comparison results? I don't see any number/test/benchmark comparisons.
As mentioned several times on the intro, these are all covered in the respective reviews that are linked in the description in both written and video form
I heard that you need to update the firmware of the Pro 990 it had some problems before so I don't know why.
Yeah whatever I went with the WD X850 gen 4
The 980 Pro also had problems too
Jays Two Cents did a video about this.
What I need when looking to replace my SSD. Just a question...from your opinion..among those 3, which one better for laptop spectre x360 bought in 2021. The internal SSD is Samsung as well. Not a gamer at all...just for video editing for the most
980pro
i have 980pro 2tb heatsink and 990 2tb heatsink and need one more and duno which one..........
What I hate with these improved speeds now is that I can't start a game and go make a coffee....
I've purchade the 990 Pro recently but am slowly building my PC so I can't comment on it. I just know that it seems to be the SSD to get atm.
Straight to the point, no messing around. I love it
My 980 just died inside of my PS5... 3 years in so sending it back. Fingers crossed.
i have a carbon pro Ac x299 motherboard the 990 pro samsung will be compatible with these motherboard?
its pcie 3 sadly... I recommend 970 evo plus if u must go with samsung (most reliable brand and it's not even debatable)
I snagged a 990Evo for 130$ and i was uneducated on its specs, thought i was getting a steal.
I currently have a silicone 3/4 2tb as a main storage drive and booting drive
Nd i needed somthing for games and general storage so i thought the 990Evo would be a good choice.
Should i stick with the Evo or return it ?
How'd it go for you
When will have gen 5 ssd in the pro version
excellent review! cheers!
Why didn't you run a test on the "Kingston FURY Renegade" when I formatted on first time on my "PS5 Slim" the read speed was "6908 MB/s" it's highest speed from all your SSD's you have tested. Can you do test on it please.
Just spend the little extra money for the 990 pro, you will be thankful in the coming years.
Do read speeds and iops decrease as the SSDs fill up?
Yep
#whathesaid (mostly)
what about if i use only de 990 evo en ps5 . would it work??
Always go Pro. The only problem is the 990 getting really hot 🔥
Excellent video very informative!
*hear the tardis sound"
Ok man, you get your thumbs up
where are the tests ?
I would appreciate 1h deep comparison of all parameters. Oh, how about: "I hate seaguls!" ;-)
so pcie 5.0 or higher read/write speed (4.0) ???
Each PCIe Gen roughly doubles with each generation, there is always some overhead so it's like 99.9999% of being 2x
I think that's the question your asking anyway??
@@Pegaroo_ honestly i have no idea what was my question but thx anyway
@@Pegaroo_ i took 990 pro which was higher than max speed my motherboard can handle so... anything extra no need
Before buying any of these Samsung drives, call their customer support. realise how awful and rude they are. then Buy a drive that's high quality from another supplier.
What brand can match the dependability / longevity of a samsung pro drive ? Pretty much expected to get 8 - 10 years out of them right ?
What nalianna say onlye count for some country.
Not all country when you buy some thing you need deal with make of product.
@@robinenbernhard wut?
😂😂😂, QUALITY MATTERS 💯✅️👍🏻
Ii have talked to Samsung Tech Supoport pre-purchase twice, in the U.S....and they were very respectful and patient with my exhaustive questions. 😎
That TARDIS sound :D
THANK YOU! Sitting here WAITING for someone to clock that! Cheers man
@@nascompares Of course many of us are going to recognize that iconic sound!
thankns man i used to be a samsung fan boy
WD next? 👀
None, Samsung SSD suck.
My 980Pro 2TB died 2 times and my 3rd one sometimes only reaches 1GB/s and has extrem latencys, it needs a reboot to fix it.
My first 970 Evo plus. Did that too. After forever and a day with their customer support team, they eventually replaced it, but all my data? gone.
i heard...how about WD SN850X been eyeing it for a long time now...
Где графики и цифры?
SAMSUNG 970 PRO 1TB because is MLC
Good luck finding an unused one
@@weltschmerz88 I have 2, but I agree, is very hard and expensive.
intel optane because it's SLC
@@Frozoken ok, but is only 2200 MB/s vs 3,500 MB/s from Samsung 970 Pro
@@JohnUsp sequential performance at those block sizes is completely irrelevant and almost never used in the real world. The optane has 10x the random read performance and I'm not exaggerating.
There no way samsung ssd this cheap
He just yapped the entire video
Thanks
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just go to the point
"Samsung 990 Pro vs 990 EVO vs 980 Pro SSD Comparison - Which Is Best?" Answer: KINGSTON KC3000 ;)
Does it outperform all of them?
lol no qd1 rnd 4k the 990 pro demolishes the Kingston and that's by far the most important performance metric