Samsung - 990 EVO PLUS SSD 2TB, PCIe Gen 4x4 | 5x2 M.2 2280, Speeds Up to 7,250 MB/s

When this Samsung 990 Evo Plus PCIe 4x4 5x2 M.2 2280 with 2TB capacity became available I certainly wanted to try it out. Especially as I was getting near capacity on my desktop boot 1TB WD SN850 Black PCIe 4 x 4 M.2 2280 drive. It doesn’t disappoint, but moving from the WD to the Samsung didn’t really provide much in the way of performance gains, which I expected. I have external PCIe drive enclosures, so I dropped the Samsung into one of these to format as a GPT drive which left 1863GB for use. I then cloned the WD to the new Samsung using MiniTool Partition, which allows you to expand any of the existing partitions when moving to a larger drive. The C drive (partition) went from 83% use of 930.7GB to 42% of 1861.4GB. Then I just replaced WD with the Samsung in desktop and booted it up with no issues. Make sure to download the Samsung Magician Software which allows for checking for updates, drive health, speed test, etc. There is Performance Optimization where you can select from Full Performance, Standard, Power Saving and Custom Modes. These probably would help if using a laptop to help extend battery life, but as mine is in desktop I choose Full Performance mode. It is rated Maximum Read Speed 7250 megabytes per second and Maximum Write Speed 6300 megabytes per second. I got close to that as you can see from my CrystalDiskMark tests. It was a wash when compared to WD. But this Samsung is the same price I paid for WD 2 years ago and its twice the storage capacity with basically same performance. TLC NAND flash memory There are no lighting effects – which is fine for me. No heatsink provided. 5-year limited warranty. If you are looking for more capacity reasonably priced with nice performance this is worth a look, and I recommend it.

I really thought that this would a difficult install.( I don't know why I thought that.) But as simple as taking it oout of the box and screwing in a high-tech lightbulb. The SSD card is the only thing in the box. I installed in my desk-top PC, that aleady has 1 terabytes of storage in it. Fortunately, my PC had an extra SSD slot, so the whole process was painless, and almost instantaneous. It is pretty self explanatory and I would think that if you're looking at this particular piece of tech, that isn't your first foray into the world of PC builds. But if it is, i would like to share with you , just how easy it was for my to install this. First: I unplugged my PC and then pressed the power button for 15 seconds( to make sure that all of the power out of the system.) That is a very important step. I then, loosen the screw in the back of my PC. Then pulled the tab and released the side paneling. I then. located the extra SSD slot right next my original SSD. Removed the screw in the new slot, and carefully placed the new one in to the slot and gently place the screw back in place. Be sure tonot make it too tight. Don't use power tools. Once you've replaced the side paneling and plugged your PC back in, go to disk management and configure your new SSD. If you are replacing the old one.make sure that you back your memory unto an external drive to re-install. I definitely think it'dworth it. It can also be used to to replacce that meagar PS5 memory. But the toturial is on Youtube.

So far so good! Faster than the regular 990 EVO, less expensive than than the 990 Pro.