ChaitanyaTook them long enough. Although like SATA SSDs, M.2 SSD are currently dominated by Samsung it would be interesting to see how this one compares against Samsung.

bugI thought you've learned by now: Samsung will still be unbeatable in benchmarks, users still won't be able to tell what SSD is being used without looking in the box.
What truly separates SSDs is endurance and features (encryption, power failure protection) and even those aren't all that different in the consumer space.

bugOne more launch that touts only sequential speeds "up to". Yawn.

TheLostSwedeRandom IOPS on their website, but I guess it took too much effort to click the link?

Here you go, a link to the image on their website, but maybe it'll be too much effort to scroll all the way down to the info you want?

TheinsanegamerNIt depends. The endurance between the 960 EVO 1TB and 960 PRO 2tb is a huge gulf. 400TB VS 1.2PB. And the 960 is a MLC drive, instead of a TLC.

What irritates me is the size. Up to 480GB. Why is samsung the only one pursuing a 2TB M.2 NVMe drive, and one of the few that makes 1TB NVMe? Ideally, M.2 could one day replace HDD storage, but not if companies dont try to push capacity up higher and higher.

HoodNo, this is a very good thing; it allows those on tight budget constraints (self imposed or customer's) to build a system with amazing response using the 120 or 240 ($109 and $169). The lower capacity Samsungs are 15-20% more expensive and rarely in stock, and they don't even offer a 120 (although the 960 Evo 250 is only $130, it's never in stock). When Samsung production catches up with demand, Corsair MP500 pricing will drop lower, but for now it's filling a gap. For a general purpose PC that doesn't need a lot of space for games or large programs, the 120 is a great option.
Don't be irritated about it; after all, how many 1TB SSDs have you bought so far? (the 2.2TB Sammys come out Jan. 2nd for $1300) They are out of my price range, but these MP500s are not...

zelnepprice is higher than samsung 960 pro! go home, corsair - u drunk!

TheinsanegamerNIt depends. The endurance between the 960 EVO 1TB and 960 PRO 2tb is a huge gulf. 400TB VS 1.2PB. And the 960 is a MLC drive, instead of a TLC.

bogamiIs the controller cost more to 120GB model as a 1000GB model, I do not think so ! a price above 480Gb or 512GB staggering to grow in abnormal numbers. Memory unit did not cost any more than at PCIe (SATA) models. Realistically it should be priced around $ 230 to 1000GB but it is about 3 times higher. That patents dealers and everyone else who pushed their position in the price steal the hard-earned money from US consumers in good numbers that are in the real application of little Use . ! Because there are differences in micro-seconds in normal use of many applications you need only one SSD.

ironwolfPricing from wh33165.html
seeing it higher than the 960 Pro listings at Newegg (example).

mohammed2006www.tomshardware.com/news/corsair-mp500-nvme-ssd-phison,33165.html

TheLaughingManWell part of that cost is the fact that they are using a very large buffer for those super high speeds which is 512MB to 2 GB of DDR3. It also has to do with the capacity itself. The post above is wrong as the Samsung 960 Pro is not MLC. It is their 3D V-NAND and all three of those (like these Corsairs) will have the same number of memory chips which means the density was increased for the higher capacities. That will obviously affect yields, cost of manufacturing, etc.

The price may be slightly inflated, but they are not just sticking an extra memory module on their and charging twice the price.

bugSamsung 960 is most definitely MLC. It's V-NAND MLC: www.anandtech.com/show/10754/samsung-960-pro-ssd-review

HoodNo, this is a very good thing; it allows those on tight budget constraints (self imposed or customer's) to build a system with amazing response using the 120 or 240 ($109 and $169). The lower capacity Samsungs are 15-20% more expensive and rarely in stock, and they don't even offer a 120 (although the 960 Evo 250 is only $130, it's never in stock). When Samsung production catches up with demand, Corsair MP500 pricing will drop lower, but for now it's filling a gap. For a general purpose PC that doesn't need a lot of space for games or large programs, the 120 is a great option.
Don't be irritated about it; after all, how many 1TB SSDs have you bought so far? (the 2.2TB Sammys come out Jan. 2nd for $1300) They are out of my price range, but these MP500s are not...

TheinsanegamerNI've bought 3 for myself, and several times that for machines I've built. Especially for holding games, a 480GB drive doesnt cut it, not when one game can eat up 50GB, and data caps are more and more restricting.

HoodThis discussion is about 1TB M.2 NVMe drives - you say you've bought 3 for yourself and several times that for other people - that's amazing! Also amazing is the fact that you're not showing your system specs after spending thousands of $ on it. Since you obviously like to brag about all your high-end hardware, it seems odd that you neglected to fill out your profile after 4 years! Please elaborate, and tell us about this triple-M.2 system you built - are those drives in RAID? What kind of throughput are you getting with that setup?
Also try to remember that not every system is built for gaming, some people actually do productive work, content creation, photo and video editing, etc. When posting on forums, credibility counts, and yours is lacking...

how many 1TB SSDs have you bought so far