Samsung’s 1TB SSD gets even more approachable.
Samsung's 1TB 970 EVO Plus SSD Hits Lowest Price Ever : Read more
Samsung's 1TB 970 EVO Plus SSD Hits Lowest Price Ever : Read more
I still don't feel that the price is attractive considering that competing products offering close performance are going for a lower price. Samsung have priced themselves out of the market essentially. This correction still don't seem enough to make it enticing.
I generally recommend Samsung now, but also push WD for budget.I think it all depends. Samsung is still a brand known for premium quality and high performance.
Samsung's strength is their vertical integration. Basically they produce every part of the SSD, while others tend to need to buy NAND, RAM and other components to produce the SSD. This supposedly gives them an advantage in making the fastest drive since they create the hardware and the firmware to support it. However looking at other SSDs around, I don't think they are that far off in terms of performance. In fact, others have caught up with Samsung in terms of being more power efficient.I think it all depends. Samsung is still a brand known for premium quality and high performance.
Are there cheaper drives out there? Of course. But Samsung SSDs have great warranties, very good quality control, and awesome software to go along with it (Samsung Magician).
And I bought it at amazon prime day for about 160 USD, been very happy with my purchaseA few weeks ago I found this exact 1TB model selling at Amazon for only $129.99.
How these ridiculous prices fluctuate is unbelievable.
Samsung's strength is their vertical integration. Basically they produce every part of the SSD, while others tend to need to buy NAND, RAM and other components to produce the SSD. This supposedly gives them an advantage in making the fastest drive since they create the hardware and the firmware to support it. However looking at other SSDs around, I don't think they are that far off in terms of performance. In fact, others have caught up with Samsung in terms of being more power efficient.
Now I am not sure what is your definition of "great warranty". They after sales service is generally just a good as any of their competitors which has nothing to do with their hardware expertise.
Good quality wise, while this is true, I also did not observe any of my SSDs failing or performing subpar to my Samsung SSDs.
As to Samsung Magician being an awesome software, that's debatable. The UI looks great, but I feel its like a bloatware in my opinion. Technically, you don't need any of these sorts of software installed for your SSD to work properly. You can use it to enable/ disable some added features, but chances of using it is very slim.