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- An 8TB PCIE SSD that is introduced with or without a heatcrink.
- Read and write up to 14,800 and 13,400 MB/s respectively.
- Perfect for laptop and desktop with PCIE 5.0, and PlayStation 5.
Looking for 8TB PCIE 5.0 SSD? By the way, you are in luck, because Samsung has announced the 8TB version of its outstanding 9100 Pro M.2 2280 SSD. But such an impressive SSD is going to come with an equally impressive value tag.
Available from 8TB model Samsung’s store for $ 999.99And this is for bare drive. If you want a version with heatcrink, it will set you back A cool $ 1,019.99,
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But if you need it, you need it. In my experience, Samsung SSD Heatsink is one of the best. Even with heatcrinks, the drive is still only 8.8 millimeters (0.35-inch) thick, which is very surfett in the form of SSD with Heatsink Go.
Even with Heatsink, Samsung 9100 Pro SSD is only 8.8 mm thick.
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Digging through the spec sheet, it is clear that the 8TB 9100 pro packs some severe horsepower. It is capable of sequential reeds up to 14,800 MB/s, and writes up to 13,400 MB/s, which is the same as the 4TB version of the 9100 Pro, but the 990 Pro SSD line twice as twice as the SSD line. Random reeds and rights are equally impressive on 2,200k and 2,600k iOPs respectively.
This drive is ready for AI, 4K/8K video rendering, and, of course, gaming (yes, as well as being suited to laptop or desktop, will also work. PlayStation 5,
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Samsung’s new 5-nenometer controller, the chip in the heart of this drive, claims up to 49% power efficiency compared to 990 Pro SSD, meaning that the drive is low to deal with the drive. But despite this, if you are going to push this drive closer to your boundaries, I recommend leaving an additional $ 20 at high heatsink.
Just remember, to get the best possible performance, you will need a system that uses pcie 5.0, so it is worth checking before leaving this more cash on the drive.
Dheeraj gets a major collision, 4,800 TBW (written for terabytes, it is a measure of how much data can be written to the drive, before it is done), double the 2,400 TBW of the 4TB version. The MTBF (pre -failure time) is rated in 1.5 million hours, which is very specific for M.2 SSD.
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As I said, 8TB SSDs are thin on the ground, but in $ 1,000, it is one of the most unknown in the market, so if you are something more economical, you see from SSDS WD, LexerOr SabrantThese are PCIE 4.0 drives, so you are getting almost half speed, but the price tags are slightly higher – but not too much – coordination. If you do not support the system PCIE 5.0, it is a drive to achieve.
In fact, only other 8TB PCIE 5.0 SSD I know that it has been announced WD-Black SN8100 The lineup, and I don’t know when he is going to land.
