Samsung 990 PRO SSD NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen4, M.2 2280 Internal Solid State Hard Drive, Seq. Read Speeds Up to 7,450 MB/s for High End Computing, Gaming, and Heavy Duty Workstations, MZ-V9P2T0B/AM

I had to order this ssd disk because the one I had prior (Patriot VP4300 Lite) of the same capacity died the same day, minutes after being installed into a brand new gaming rig.This one, being a 4tb pcie gen4 drive is built on Samsung's 8th Gen vnand memory and is really fast, it's a good value for money because, even without installing Samsung Magician and turning on "performance mode" I get 7100+ mb/s read/write speeds. it's REALLY FAST for a pcie gen4 drive. Installing it is easy as well, like any other ssd, formats quickly and offers customization via Samsung's "Magician" software but, even if you don't install it, it will perform well in its default settings. Most importantly, it WORKS, without dying, for now anyway and is silent, with no gate wine.The "full performance mode" raises speed only a little bit, I recommend going with the standard mode, mostly because it allows for the disk to be turned off which will probbaly impact its longevity and may result in data loss. It's really fast the way it is setup by the default, enjoy it!

I'm no fanboy but when it comes to storage, I love Samsung. It used to be Western Digital when I was young but something has happened to them over the years.This is one of their better drives. They do have newer ones targeting AI but unless you're decking out your machine for LLM and have hundreds of gigs of RAM to support it, this will suffice for basically everything except maybe the actual amount of space. So, buy a couple or look for an 8TB.These drives work well. I have a lower model in my desktop by mistake. Honestly though it's so fast compared to "faster" models from other brands, I can't tell I bought the wrong one.This one is in one of my laptops. The laptop mount wasn't correct so I had to make a rubber washer for UNDER the SSD which is unusual. Otherwise it mounted fine. Not the drive's fault but the computer.It was recognized perfectly but one note: If your computer has Intel RST/VMD and you intend to use linux, you may need to disable it. This may prevent Windows from booting until re-enabled. Luckily for me, I just deleted Windows. Problem solved. This is a side-note for those of you purchasing these for dual-boot to hopefully save you some headache.Anyway ... 4tb ... super fast .. I have it luks encrypted, full-bore. You simply cannot tell. That's why I love these drives. I work on sensitive projects. Some legal. Some health. Some security. Etc. I run full disk encryption on my project storage and active machines with different keys each obviously and other security measures we won't get into but with this sort of NVME the performance loss is absolutely negligible. For example the "AI" nvme is absolutely not needed in my case.I actually do a lot of AI code. Financial predictions to massive patterns that I can't explain here without breaching contract but the point is, the drives are never maxed out even while fully encrypted. My GPU, NPU or CPU always bottlenecks first.The same with Video Games. Even VR games.Basically, there are few cases where this drive will not suffice. You'll know if you truly need better. If you aren't sure then, this drive will probably be perfect but it doesn't hurt to double-check.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:The SSD is extremely fast with quick load times. Easy to install and works perfectly. Great upgrade for any system.

The performance of this SSD is outstanding. Great capacity and ease of installation. Highly recommend using this with the Samsung Magician software to get the most performance out of the SSD. I have not had any heating issues with this as I have had with other brands.

These are justifiably the reference standard. No speed drop with small or large files (reading or writing), compliant to all relevant desktop and gaming standards, unreasonably durable. And no "cheats" or "shortcuts". Produced by an allied country :)

Amazing SSDs really are the best. I have had an 850, 860, 970, 980 and now this 990 Pro. Installation was super fast and the Magician software made cloning my drive a process of about 10 minutes, and the drive is super fast. Very happy with it!

Very satisfied with this M.2. If you're a gamer, this is the best M.2 you can get right now. Large storage, super fast write speeds. On my old SSD, my internet would download much faster than the SSD could write. With this M.2, it keeps right up with my download speeds, which makes installing anything much quicker. Gaming on this M.2 has been amazing, say goodbye to those long Skyrim loading screens. Loading screens on any game are soo short that you don't even have time to read the "tip" descriptions that are sometimes on loading screens.

Cost effective and good speeds, have one or two of these in all my builds/laptops in the house. No complaints and they are all running fine.