FS: Samsung 960 EVO 500GB M.2 NVMe SSD (SOLD)

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#214112 28-Apr-2017 10:13

Purchased 7 April but I no longer need the laptop I brought it for so selling. It is hardly used and has a 3-year warranty. Purchased from PBTech Wellington and I will supply the receipt. Comes in original packaging.

R/W 3200MBs/1800MBs 330K IOP This thing is fast.

$300 with free shipping or pickup in Wellington.

SOLD

sxz

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#1771775 28-Apr-2017 11:42

I would if it would fit in my laptop!

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#1771838 28-Apr-2017 13:01

We have one of these in a laptop and they are amazing. 3 times faster than a normal SSD in real world application.

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#1771917 28-Apr-2017 14:46

So tempting to replace my desktop 2.5" 256gb Samsung 840 Pro with this and a PCI-E adapter card.

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#1771919 28-Apr-2017 14:52

Amosnz:

So tempting to replace my desktop 2.5" 256gb Samsung 840 Pro with this and a PCI-E adapter card.

Do it!

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#1771924 28-Apr-2017 14:56

Amosnz:

So tempting to replace my desktop 2.5" 256gb Samsung 840 Pro with this and a PCI-E adapter card.

IMO worth it, I've got an NVMe in my desktop and my work laptop. Plus $300 is a damn good price, I'm almost tempted.

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#1771957 28-Apr-2017 15:23

Hi There!

I'll take it.

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#1771987 28-Apr-2017 15:47

Sorry to spam you but does the adaptor get the higher speeds the drives are capable of?

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#1771997 28-Apr-2017 16:01

I've just been doing some reading, it seems so long as the drive, the adapter card and the slot are all PCI-E x4 then yes.

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#1772006 28-Apr-2017 16:24

I did look at suitable adapters as I was keen on this, seems there is a bit of variance. I am not sure if they were just released at a time where 2200MB/s was the highest speed so that's what the market BS says, but it was pretty hard to find a controller that stated it would run this drive at full speed. If someone has a recommendation, let me know.

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#1772011 28-Apr-2017 16:31

There were some recommendations for this one on some forum when I was also considering this :)

https://www.amazon.com/M2-PCIE-SSD-3-0-4-LANE/dp/B00KDM75XK

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#1772015 28-Apr-2017 16:39

Sorry I think I just got in before you.

I didn't even realise there was differing keys on m.2 drives. I've ordered https://www.pbtech.co.nz/product/ADPSTT3310261/StarTech-x4-PCI-Express-to-M2-PCIe-SSD-Adapter , it doesn't mention speeds but with PCI-E 3.0 x4 I'm hoping it'll be good.

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#1772016 28-Apr-2017 16:39

Thanks, I was hoping to find one locally.

I Actually have a very similar one to this in my home PC, but I got it in the US, where I can find plenty of suitable adapters.

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#1772018 28-Apr-2017 16:41

I'd be interested if it does fall through.

From memory only about a possible 9% real world performance increase over normal SSDs. Hardly anything in it for Windows and application load times.

Want to eventually get a 1TB+ M.2 NVMe...