The former flagship still offers excellent PCIe 4.0 performance.
Samsung’s high-end 980 Pro PCIe 4.0 SSD has dropped in price on Amazon UK, and now costs £91.82 for a 1TB model with preinstalled heatsink rather than the £125+ it normally costs. This is an awesome price for one of thefastest SSDs on the market, with the advent of theeven faster(but significantly more expensive) 990 Pro pushing the previous flagship to nearly bargain basement territory.
Note that the 980 Pro was in the headlines recently for the wrong reasons, with some 2TB models facing an issue where the drives suddenly flipped into read-only mode, rendering them unusuable as OS drives (although recoverable via cloning). This can be prevented by a firmware upgrade to the new version 5B2QGXA7, so it’s worth doing this even on the 1TB size of the drive that shouldn’t be affected. This doesn’t affect my recommendation, but is something to be aware of!
Similarly, while this is a PC site through and through, it’s worth underlining that this drive could also be popped into a PS5, thanks to those impressive speeds and the built-in heatsink.
I think those are all of the details covered - so do consider this drive if you’re in the market for a speedy 1TB model with heatsink at a great price, but don’t forget that firmware update to be on the safe side!
