Samsung 980 Pro or 990 Pro

[SaVag3]

If i'm just gaming is it even worth it to spend more for the 990 Pro?

 

[P4-630]

For game storage a 980 pro will do fine.

Since May 2022 I use one for the OS and some games installed.

 

[docnorth]

980 pro is more than enough. I recently ordered my new build with 980 pro 2 tb, even 970 pro would be fine (was not available anymore from the store I ordered the parts). 990 pro is probably slightly better, but we won't be able to notice the difference.

 

[Darkholm]

Cannot be wrong with 980Pro, but if Samsung is not a must - Kingston KC3000 2TB is a very very good SSD comparing to 980Pro and cheaper.

 

[SaVag3]

For game storage a 980 pro will do fine.

Since May 2022 I use one for the OS and some games installed.

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Thank you, I'm gonna get the 2tb one, it should be a huge upgrade from my 970 evo plus 500 GB

 

[Assimilator]

Thank you, I'm gonna get the 2tb one, it should be a huge upgrade from my 970 evo plus 500 GB

Why do you expect that? Most SSDs are equally as fast in desktop use, the increased sequential read/write speeds of the "high-end" models really only makes a difference when copying large files.

 

[P4-630]

Why do you expect that?

"Huge" upgrade from 500GB to 2TB?

 

[ErLucaGiurato]

Why do you expect that? Most SSDs are equally as fast in desktop use, the increased sequential read/write speeds of the "high-end" models really only makes a difference when copying large files.

It's true for gaming scenario. My 990 pro allow me insane response time and instant browser and play samples in my 500gb library of audio plug in and audio sample for ableton live (90% of them are really tiny files). Much better experience than my sabrent. It's also faster in loading autocad and doing other things.

This is a benchmark, sure, but the difference when you start doing something else other than browing or playing can be big.

 

[Fizban]

The real reason I'd pick a 990 Pro over a 980 Pro is the 990 comes in sizes larger than 2 TB.

That said, I'd buy a 4 TB SN850X, and neither Samsung drive. Similar performance, but usually much cheaper. It was recently ~$250 from WD's site for the 4 TB model.

 

[SuperConker]

The real reason I'd pick a 990 Pro over a 980 Pro is the 990 comes in sizes larger than 2 TB.

The 4 TB version of the 990 PRO is still an unreleased product that you cannot buy anywhere (and the ETA is still unknown).

So currently, you can only buy up to 2 TB with the 990 PRO (just like the 980 PRO).

 

[chrcoluk]

SN850X +1 from me, WD unlike Samsung dont seem to have multiple weird issues with drives.

 

[kony]

Got 990 pro, specifically because I needed to use Bitlocker and it states everywhere it has hardware encryption.

Turns out hardware encryption doesn't work on 990 Pro (unlike earlier models), and I tried to do it multiple times, it always did software encryption despite ensuring everything is set up correctly in Samsung magician and BIOS. There is a long topic on Samsung forum with a lot of people having this issue. Samsung released a firmware update to fix it and apparently it fixed it for some but not the others.

What a clusterfuck, money down the drain. I'll have to use software encryption and waste some performance.

 

[csendesmark]

Cannot be wrong with 980Pro, but if Samsung is not a must - Kingston KC3000 2TB is a very very good SSD comparing to 980Pro and cheaper.

Samsung 980/990 PRO, Kingston KC3000 or Seagate FireCuda 530 should be a great choice.

 

[AsRock]

It's true for gaming scenario. My 990 pro allow me insane response time and instant browser and play samples in my 500gb library of audio plug in and audio sample for ableton live (90% of them are really tiny files). Much better experience than my sabrent. It's also faster in loading autocad and doing other things.

This is a benchmark, sure, but the difference when you start doing something else other than browing or playing can be big.

Yes it will get you insane response how ever by minor percentages and maybe a second here and there. Should only get these drives when there are crazy sales on them other wise a SATA3 6G drive will just plenty.

 

[A Computer Guy]

Yes it will get you insane response how ever by minor percentages and maybe a second here and there. Should only get these drives when there are crazy sales on them other wise a SATA3 6G drive will just plenty.

The 980's had pretty good sales price at $99. I was eying that WD 4TB that recently went on sale but going to wait it out until the Christmas season.

 

[AsRock]

The 980's had pretty good sales price at $99. I was eying that WD 4TB that recently went on sale but going to wait it out until the Christmas season.

I picked up 2 990's 2x2TB for $220 just a few days ago.