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December 29th, 2020 08:00
Aurora R7, Samsung EVO 980, compatibility
Hi,
First message here.
I have an Aurora R7, and need to upgrade my NVMe SSD. I'm not a tech specialist and don't understand lots of information that I read, so I prefer to get specific information before buying my SSD.
I want to upgrade to a SSD with minimum 1TO and good performances. I saw the Samsung EVO 980 PRO that is currently the most performant ssd, but i got divergent information about compatibility. The 980 Pro is compatible with PCIE 4.0. I read that it is only compatible with PCIE 4.0, but i also read that PCIE 4.0 is retrocompatible... Could it work with my Aurora R7 ?
Does the Aurora R7 support 2TO NVMe like this one ? https://www.crucial.fr/ssd/p5/ct2000p5ssd8/ct18191041
Else, what NVMe do you recommand for Aurora R7 for a professional use (Video Game/3D Development, small VFX simulation, Machine Learning...)
Thank for your attention, and sorry for my bad english
Félix Cantet
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r72019
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December 29th, 2020 09:00
The 980 evo will work fine with z370, it will just be capped at pcie 3.0 speeds.
You can use 1 or 2 tb.
r72019
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December 29th, 2020 09:00
For long term reliability the 970 pro is a better bet than the 980 pro. Samsung cut manufacturing costs with the 980 series and switched to TLC. You'll notice the difference in the price (costs more $$ for the 970 pro) and samsung's rated useful life of the 980 pro is only half that of the 970 pro (600 tbw vs 1200 tbw).
felixcantet
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December 29th, 2020 11:00
Thank you very much for this precious information.
Last question, is there a huge difference beetwin the PRO and the PLUS version of EVO NVMe ? The 2TB version only exist on the PLUS version
Thank you !
Tesla1856
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December 29th, 2020 13:00
For long term reliability the 970 pro is a better bet than the 980 pro. Samsung cut manufacturing costs with the 980 series and switched to TLC.
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Lame.
Advantage of Samsung-Pro over their others was always the better MLC memory.
But yeah, Samsung 980 Evo (M.2/NVMe) will work fine in that machine.