Customer Ratings & Reviews
- Model:
- MZ-V8V500B/AM
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- SKU:
- 6454199
Customer reviews
Rating 4.9 out of 5 stars with 165 reviews
(165 customer reviews)Rating by feature
- Value4.8
Rating 4.8 out of 5 stars
- Quality4.9
Rating 4.9 out of 5 stars
- Ease of Use4.9
Rating 4.9 out of 5 stars
Customers are saying
Customers highly value the 980 500GB Internal Gaming SSD PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVMe for its excellent performance, ease of installation, and affordable price. Many appreciate the fast boot times and ample storage it provides, while some note the absence of DRAM and potential for heat generation under heavy use. The five-year warranty is also a frequently cited positive. Overall, the drive receives praise for its speed and ease of use, making it a popular choice for gamers and PC users alike.
This summary was generated by AI based on customer reviews.
- Pros mentioned:Ease of use, Speed, Ssd
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fantastic SSD
||Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Love this ssd. Easy to install and super fast. It works with no issues in my pc.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Ease of use, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Easy and fast
||Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Great and fast product. Samsung is the best for ssd and hard drive especially bc of the magician cloning software. Easy was able to clone my original ssd and replace with Samsung. Great purchase.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fastdrive
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I love this m2 drive I put windows onto it and speed is amazing. I went from 15 seconds booting time to 5 seconds. I was using a 2.5 ssd drive before for my boot drive, I simply installed the m2 and cloned from the old drive to this one and all was ready, 5 minutes later I was booting from this =device and was amazed.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
It’s great, but go for the 1TB if you can
||Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.It has been rock solid as a boot drive and holding some games. While I definitely recommend going up to the 1TB version, as storage is dirt cheap right now, this is a solid budget option, especially as a pure boot drive.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:SsdCons mentioned:Heat
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent!
||Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I put a sabrent heatsink on this and used it to run Windows on my gaming PC. So far it has worked perfectly and, with a suitable cooling solution, doesn't suffer at all from heat. Samsung makes excellent SSDs of all types, and I will always default to them.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
You can trust Samsung!
||Posted . Owned for 1.5 years when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Has work really well for my business laptop, plenty of storage and great speed. One the best cost/benefit you can get
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
A budget Samsung
||Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.When faced with either this or a Western Digital M.2 drive, I opted to go with this one due to Samsung's reputation for their drives. I installed it on an AMD B550 board and was able to install Windows 10 immediately without issue, it's snappy as advertised, makes for a great boot drive.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Price, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great price + decent speed = great value!
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Great price (bought on sale) + decent speed = great value from a dependable brand! Just took an extra step in device manager/storage settings to properly have it recognized, but no biggie even for a novice.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Upgrade
||Posted . Owned for 7 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Added this as a boot drive for my gaming PC and was very impressed with the increase in speed. My computer will boot up or restart in seconds and loads games much quicker. I highly recommend this as an upgrade.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Ease of use, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
HDD Upgrade.
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Converting my 3 destops to all NVMe drives. Super fast, and easy to use.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Ease of use, Performance, Speed
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Samsung does it again
||Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Easy to install and pc starts up extra fast. More expensive then other brands but very reliable
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Performance, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Awesome!
||Posted . Owned for 7 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.This is really fast and reliable! Twice as fast as old one. Has not given me any trouble since I installed it.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Performance, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
You cant beat it if youre on PCIe Gen 3
||Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Read and write numbers almost always performed as advertised. This is not a Gen4 device, but I don't think you can find a better combination of speed and reliability than these drives.
I would recommend this to a friend Rated 5 out of 5 stars
M.2 drive fast speed and good quality.
||Posted . Owned for more than 2 years when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.M.2 drive was easy to I stall however you will need the screw to Install it which didn't have it. Runs good and is decent quality drive.
I would recommend this to a friend- Pros mentioned:Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fantastic SSD!
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Amazing SSD! Now my laptop starts up super fast and the data transfer speed is excellent! Thank you to the BestBuy staff for the help, I appreciate you guys!
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Can't beat Samsung quality
||Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Samsung SSDs are pretty much the benchmark with which to measure other brands. They're fast, efficient (easy on the power in laptops), and the prices are not much higher than the bargain brands. If you're a gamer, or you just want to have the best, Samsung is the way to go. On the other hand, if speed is not important, or money is a consideration, other less expensive solutions are usually quite adequate.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Budget Friendly PC Super-Charger
||Posted . Owned for 1 week when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Drop this new SSD in to a Dell G3 3579. Model came with only an optical sata hdd. Used Macrium Reflect to image the old drive to the ssd. Done. This laptop is now one of the fastest machines in my house. This is marketed as a budget drive, it performs like much more. Speed tests had it above 2000/mbps for both read and write. This PC isn't used for gaming, but I'm sure there are a ton of ssd's currently in circulation for gaming that this would blow out of the water.
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Ease of use, Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Fast!
||Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Installation is simple. Speed is phenomenal! About 30-40 seconds from hitting the start button to opening a browser
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great performance and speed
||Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.I have laptop with 12 GB of RAM and intel I7 processor and a TB drive but the performance of it was real bad that it takes 15 mins for to log on and each click have to wait but no errors on HDD and all hardware was good so decided to get this drive and the system is super fast that i need not wait on anything from logon to browsing and what not ..Very happy with this product..
I would recommend this to a friend - Pros mentioned:Performance
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Good but implemetation of the Migician not there.
||Posted .This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.Performance is great. I had a service clone my 128G onto the 500G because it only had 10% free space. Personal files are on a standard dis drive. Even the service could not load the Samsung driver. They kept the tobshia driver. This means that the Samsung Magician software does not recognize the device.
No, I would not recommend this to a friendBrand response from Samsung
Posted .Fussy:
Thank you for purchasing the Samsung 980 SSD.
If your drive is not being detected after installing Magician, please update the driver to the latest firmware to prevent compatibility issues. If the SSD is connected to a RAID/SCSI storage device controller, it may cause a failure to detect the SSD properly. If this is the case, please install the MS default drivers.
The latest downloadable Samsung Tools & Software can be found here:
https://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/download/tools/
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