Samsung 970 PRO SSD 512GB - M.2 NVMe Interface Internal Solid State Drive with V-NAND Technology (MZ-V7P512BW), Black/Red

I recently acquired the new MBP 15.4" and wanted to utilize its Thunderbolt 3 technology to the fullest and started looking around for a great external SSD. I settled on the TEKQ Rapide Thunderbolt 3 SSD and decided I want it maxed out in terms of performance so I took the plunge on this Samsung 970 PRO 1TB PCIe NVMe - M.2 to replace the TEKQ's internal SSD.Well, I'm truly blown away by the performance of this SSD. Samsung is definitely on the cutting edge with SSD. This thing smokes. I'm not a video/photo pro myself but do handle large media files for the company's marketing work which involves editing and shuttling of studio photos of products and demo videos. I also oversee operations so I don't want such work to slow me down in anyway.I can happily say that the TEKQ Rapide Thunderbolt 3 with this Samsung 970 PRO SSD is, by far, the best external SSD I've ever had the pleasure of using. I suppose it'll only get faster and better in the future but, for what I do, this is about as good as it gets. It feels and works as fast as my iMac 27" 5K and MBP's internal SSDs. An HD movie file transfers in a split second.I'm not a geek so I don't care to measure the speed using an app like Blackmagic. I can easily sense it while doing real life work and it makes me more productive. I have the HP P800 as well in the work office and it's great but the TEKQ with this Samsung SSD is a step above, even if we're talking a fragment of a second. Awesome stuff. I don't see myself outgrowing this SSD for a long time to come.

The Samsung 970 Pro 1TB NVMe SSD is the best SSD on the market today. With the revised Samsung pricing been 130 dollars less than the original MSRP this SSD is now a very very good value. When you look at the performance and advantages of the 970 Pro over the 970 EVO and other SSDs on the market it becomes very clear this SSD is the best. First of all, the type of NAND the 970 Pro uses is different than almost any other SSD on the market. While almost every SSD on the market is made of 3-bit 3D NAND, the 970 Pro uses the much better 2-bit MLC V-NAND. This NAND has several advantages over 3-bit 3D NAND, much better performance, much better endurance, more reliable and the most important one, doesn't slow down like 3-bit 3D NAND does. Samsung has 5 years warranty on this drive, has the best support in the business and when you look at the overall picture, the Samsung 970 Pro is well worth the extra money over the 970 EVO in my opinion. The experience by using this SSD is awesome. Your PC feels so fast and responsive. I highly recommend that if you can spend the extra 100 for the 970 Pro just do it. The advantages are very clear. This is a wonderful wonderful SSD. 10/10.

I remember buying my first sata ssd and being blown away with how fast it was compared to my old sata hard drive, now I've been blown away again. The speed of this thing is insane. Boot up is less than 10 seconds, games like Wolfenstein and Shadow of War load up quickly and smoothly, media located on the same drive pulls up instantly.There is no waiting, no hesitation. If it were any quicker, it'd load things before I thought of it.Installation was a breeze, though I had to remove my video card to get easier access to the M.2 slot. For a new build it would be much easier. And because it slots onto the board, there is no cable management to speak of. Laptop users should have a similar experience: pop it in the slot at a 30-40 degree angle, push it down, tighten down with a screw. Done. Windows installation took only a few minutes (installing from a usb).Next to my video card, this is the best money I've spent on my home desktop.

I bought the 2950x, Corsair 760T chassis, Asus Zenith Extreme, Corsair HX1000I PSU, Thermaltake Floe Riing 360, Corsair LPX 32GB (2x16GB) 3200MHz C16 DDR4 DRAM Memory Kit, Black (CMK32GX4M2B3200C16), SamSung EVO 970 512G NVMe, WD 1TB Blue NVMe, Toshiba HD 6TB x3 from Amazon. The CPU arrived but the chip was loose inside the box. I could not install Windows 10 but was able to install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. When I ran Chrome or Firefox under , the CPU kept hanging up. I changed to Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 DRAM 2133MHz (PC4 17000) C13 Memory Kit - Black, thinking may be memmory compabibil;ity from what I read on Youtube, web. But the problem still occured, can not install windows, kept on hanging when runing Chrome, FireFox under Ubuntu. Changed to G.SKILL Flare X Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM DDR4 3200 (PC4 25600) AMD X370 Memory Model F4-3200C14D-16GFX. Same problem occrued. I changed the mem clock to from 1600-3200 for 3200 MHZ and 1600-2133 MHZ for 2133 MHZ and 1600-3200 for G.Skill. Same problem. Can not install Windows 10. hung when ran Chrome under Ubuntu. Hung when ran Geekbench when it run under multi core, single core is ok. I ran mem test and it was ok. Thinking the CPU was damage during ship, I ask for replacement and got one. When i installed in the system ansd ran with G.Skill, It was able to boot windows 10, Ubuntu and no problem.I had to upgrade the BIOS to 1402 for the Asus Zenith to boot with 2950x.Now it works very smoothly. It run fast!!!!,Very happy with the unit.

Bought this to replace a 128GB M.2 drive in a gaming laptop. Samsung provide tools for cloning which worked well form. Cloned the existing 128GB drive to a Samsung EVO 850 then installed the 970 PRO driver (again, from Samsung). Finally cloned the EVO 850 back to the 970 PRO. Worked perfectly - the laptop immediately booted with no issues. Finally installed Samsung Magician which manages the health of the SSD and gives you plenty of warning when the drive is beginning to wear out (600TBW on the 512GB drive, 1200 on the 1GB drive).The 970 PRO is one of the last to offer MLC technology which equates to superior wear over TLC. There was a huge difference in boot-up times over the stock 128GB M.2 drive that came with the laptop (almost 50% faster) so make no mistake, this is a fast drive. Probably the only thing better would be Intel Octane (at a much higher price point)