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    October 20, 2020

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    970 PRO vs. 980 PRO Discussion

    Posted: 19 Oct 2020 02:39 PM PDT

    I originally posted this here, then thought it belonged in a different subreddit, then they said it more fit this one, so trying again...

    OK, commenters in the anandtech review for the Samsung 980 PRO ssd go on and on about how it makes no sense to get a 980 PRO and that they would rather have a 970 PRO. Why? What am I missing here? The 980 PRO finishes ahead of the 970 PRO in the vast majority of tests. Even if Samsung seemingly put ridiculous listed specs for random writes, reviews say it's still better than gen 3.

    If the 970 PRO were CHEAPER, maybe I'd slightly understand, but it's more expensive. Maybe if someone said get the 970 evo plus, it would make some sense.... they'd be saying yes the 980 PRO does better, but isn't worth more than the 970 evo plus. But how is the 970 PRO better? And a 2tb evo plus costs less than a 1tb 970 pro. So you'd get the same TBW for a lower price, with double the capacity to work with.

    I actually ordered a 1tb 970 pro, so I am mainly figuring out if it was mistake and I should return it. I got it for under $270 BEFORE a lot of credits. But even with the much lower than MSRP price, I am wondering if ANY situation still warrants one. Maybe if you're moving around 200GB files? But even then you'd be bottlenecked by whatever other drive is involved in the moving.

    Everyone talks so much about MLC so I fell for it, but I really don't see how that is as big of a deal anymore. Even when the cache runs out on the 980 PRO the transfer rate only goes down like 20%, IIRC. So even for large files or groups of files it would still be faster than 970 PRO most likely.

    I am going to use 2 or 3 nvme ssds. My original thinking was have a 970 pro, 980 pro, and 970 evo plus to then use them for the best situations for each.... but wondering if there even "is" a best situation for the 970 pro anymore. The evo plus I got for $111 so didn't pay much more than a SATA for that one.

    I am not really asking about whether or not pcie 4 ssds are necessary, it's all about whether the MLC drive is better at anything now (other than longevity per TB).

    Anddddd one other thing I am wondering is if anyone knows when the 2tb 980 PRO will release yet other than "this year".

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