Question Samsung 980 and 990 Pro SSDs are the issues fixed ?

[pcslookout]

Should I still avoid them ?

 

[WilliamM2]

My 980 Pro has been fine for 2.5 years now. The issue was fixed with a firmware update in Dec, 2021. Long before it was ever announced.

The plain 980 is a newer model, but only PCIe 3. I never knew it had issues.

 

[pcslookout]

My 980 Pro has been fine for 2.5 years now. The issue was fixed with a firmware update in Dec, 2021. Long before it was ever announced.

The plain 980 is a newer model, but only PCIe 3. I never knew it had issues.

Your right.

 

[Shmee]

The 980 Pro should be considered a fine choice, especially now that it is so reasonably priced at many places. Just be sure to update the firmware and do backups (as always). The 990 Pro is even faster, but I personally feel that it is a bit too much $$ for the performance increase right now. Both are still good products that one could consider buying.

 

[pcslookout]

The 980 Pro should be considered a fine choice, especially now that it is so reasonably priced at many places. Just be sure to update the firmware and do backups (as always). The 990 Pro is even faster, but I personally feel that it is a bit too much $$ for the performance increase right now. Both are still good products that one could consider buying.

Your right but it is only $20 more.

Though that could make a huge difference if you buy 2 or more.

 

[Shmee]

Your right but it is only $20 more.

Though that could make a huge difference if you buy 2 or more.

Ah yeah you are right, looks like just recently there are great sales on them as well. Almost 45% off. https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-Internal-Expansion-MZ-V9P2T0B-AM/dp/B0BHJJ9Y77?th=1

 

[pcslookout]

Ah yeah you are right, looks like just recently there are great sales on them as well. Almost 45% off. https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-Internal-Expansion-MZ-V9P2T0B-AM/dp/B0BHJJ9Y77?th=1

I bet it is because of all the previous issues.

 

[coercitiv]

I bet it is because of all the previous issues.

No, the reason for these prices is the tough economic environment. NAND prices are in free fall due to much lower than expected demand. Some of the companies producing NAND memory are taking nasty losses.

This is why the 980 Pro is now in direct competition with drives that were historically considered "value" or even "cheap" drives. The 990 Pro will stay slightly more expensive as the 980 Pro supply dries out, then it will probably take it's place. The competition is very fierce, and this summer is probably a good time to buy into more storage (as much as needed anyway).

 

[pcslookout]

No, the reason for these prices is the tough economic environment. NAND prices are in free fall due to much lower than expected demand. Some of the companies producing NAND memory are taking nasty losses.

This is why the 980 Pro is now in direct competition with drives that were historically considered "value" or even "cheap" drives. The 990 Pro will stay slightly more expensive as the 980 Pro supply dries out, then it will probably take it's place. The competition is very fierce, and this summer is probably a good time to buy into more storage (as much as needed anyway).

Ok thanks.

I wonder how low prices can go ?

 

[R81Z3N1]

Oh how memory fades, just look up Samsung firmware errors on Google, most of the lines needed a firmware upgrade to fix that error.

If your a Linux user good luck, as they don't have an official client, and your left to your own devices and skill to do it without bricking your device.

I have a 250GB 970 evo, that even with a firmware upgrade, won't fix the smart log errors on Linux. It tells me error log increased by one, I had to pull the device my log error count was like 375, every boot it would increase.

I had to pull that device and put it in a cheap NVME external enclosure, I would not touch another Samsung device given the current options.