SAMSUNG 980 SSD 1TB PCle 3.0x4, NVMe M.2 2280, Internal Solid State Drive, Storage for PC, Laptops, Gaming and More, HMB Technology, Intelligent Turbowrite, Speeds of up-to 3,500MB/s, MZ-V8V1T0B/AM

Tried installing this SSD in 3 different computers. NO joy. The device is not recognized in any of them. Not in BIOS or in Disk Management or under Compter. Also, since the device cant be found in any of the 3 PCs, I obviously cant initialize it or format it. Am aware that there is a specific driver provided by Samsung for this SSD which I downloaded but cant install it because software cant find the SSD in any of the PCs. And YES all 3 PCs have PCIe Gen 3x4 M.2 functionality and am currently running another SSD (Kingston HyperX Predator 256GB) in a PCIe x 4 slot with no problems. Have even tried mounting the device on another PCIe adapter card. Still no joy! Decided to buy this SSD since the existing Kingston PCIe SSD is getting a little long in the tooth ... has been running almost 24/7/365 for the past 6 years and was concerned that it may soon die (have had instances lately where it has begun throttling down). The only option left is to pay have the device tested by a local Computer store (Memory Express, Calgary @ + $55.00). Will update when the test is done.

Bought it during Prime day $110

Easy to install. I added a optional heat sink.

I picked this up as a spare drive for my NUC9i7 in case I really hated Windows 11. My intent was to replace the boot drive and install Windows 10 on this drive. I didnt have to do that, so I just use it for VM storage, which makes them nice and speedy. Lots of space and is wicked fast.

Not much to review, if your pci slot is gen 3 this is probably the fastest m.2 for the gen you can get, and 1TB is plenty of storage.

Its was good

very fast, no problems installing, does exactly what it should.

Recomendable

Works as it should

it works well so far, it is fast and i hope will continue to work well