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

Works great but did not come with screw to hold down card

After much tries and googling, I finally got this SSD to work. And I am now satisfied. So I had to return to change my review.

I like how easy it is and small it is perfect for any gamer

I installed the drive, everything was working properly until a month later where Error, after Error started appearing. I am using this drive as a gaming drive for all my steam games. Many times my computer wont even detect the drive. I read up on possible reasons for this and everything said not enough power or wattage can cause this I have a 750w power supply, I had an electricity usage monitor plug. before installing the drive usage was at 450w. I dont have a cd, DVD, Blu-ray drive. so the computer uses substantially less wattage. After installation, the consumption was a little over 500w. The constant errors and non-recognition of the drive are enough to make me regret ever spending the extra money on a top name brand with such renown. I have a Burst and a ScanDisk SSD, and I have not had one problem with either of them. where do you think my trust lyes now?

Works great, have no issues with it. Doesnt come with a screw to hold it down, so dont lose yours!!

Make sure to use USB4.0 / Thunderbolt 3+ (40Gbps) for testing if you want higher results.

Works just fine, my laptops boot time got so much faster!

This worked immediately in my barebones Minisforum EliteMini HX90 (AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX CPU) small form factor desktop unit. No issues and the benchmark achieved is attached

Use case; running vms from proxmox (on its own nvme)

I used this SSD in my first desktop build and Ive had no issues so far. It was very easy to install into the motherboard. One gripe I have about this is it doesnt come with the screw to hold it down (my motherboard did come with one though) so you may have to buy them separately if you dont already have one. I was deciding between this and the 980 Pro but went with this because of the cheaper price. Its faster than I expected and performs well enough for my standards; this is coming from someone who is used to mechanical hard drives. Very good SSD for the price!