The Samsung 980 PRO is a breakout stars of the PCIe 4.0 performance show. Offering best-in-class sequential read and write speeds, could this drive be a window into technological advances yet to come?

Samsung 980 Pro 1TB. The Samsung 980 Pro M.2 NVMe SSD competes with the best M.2 modules on the market for a top spot. It offers an impressive read and write speed of 7,000MB/s and over 5,000MB/s ...

Ever since support for M.2 NVMe drives was added via a firmware update for the console back in September 2021, the Samsung 980 Pro and WD Black SN850 have been top contenders to fill the slot.

The pitch for the Samsung 980 Pro is that it offers double the performance of PCIe 3.0 drives and it's up to 12 times faster than SATA SSDs. And in and of itself that would all be fine, but ...

Buy Samsung 980 Pro (1TB, with heatsink) at Amazon - $140 Buy Samsung 980 Pro (2TB, with heatsink) at Amazon - $250. The 980 Pro is a good choice for the PS5 because it comes in an M.2 form factor ...

Samsung's 980 Pro SSD supports read speeds up to 7,000MB/S, comes as a compact M.2 2280 form factor and uses a special thermal control algorithm to control heat levels with extended use.