Question 1

Does this require the purchase of an additional heat sink?

Accepted Answer

No heatsink is included. If your motherboard does not have a heatsink/heat dispersal plate (most do these days), it would probably be wise to add one yourself.

Question 2

Is there a buggy firmware returning SMART percent used beyond the actual wear of the drive? Google for Samsung 990 and you will find the Reddit article and numerous news articles about this. I bought this very 2TB here at launch and SMART already shows 6% life used from only 14.4 TB written in a mere 13 power-on days (330 hours).

Accepted Answer

I bought Samsung 990 Pro 2TB on March 31, 2023. It has manufacturing date Feb 14 2023 and already with the latest firmware 1B2QJXD7 which addresses wearing issues in SMART monitoring health.

Question 3

Is it necessary to perform firmware updates for this SSD?

Accepted Answer

Firmware updates are recommended to prevent rapid health degradation and potential data loss.

Question 4

Can this be installed in a Dell XPS 17 laptop?

Accepted Answer

Yes, Dell XPS 17 laptop uses M.2 2280 form factor.

Question 5

What are the TBW warranty terms for the 2TB model? 980 Pro 2TB is covered up to 1200TBW, but the Samsung warranty page doesn't have an entry for the 990 Pro 2TB yet.

Accepted Answer

Even better, if you google for Samsung 990 you will see a Reddit thread and numerous articles about SMART returning an abnormally high wear percentage used already. I know this from personal experience, 2 drives in RAID1: one drive is at 6% life used with 14.4TB written and 333 power-on hours, while the other drive is also at 6% life used with 14.4TB written and 334 power-on hours.

Hopefully this turns out to be a mere firmware bug and Samsung ships a firmware update to address it. That being said, it has only been out for a month, I am willing to give Samsung time to respond to this publicly.

Question 6

Does it have dram cache

Accepted Answer

The Samsung 990 PRO 2TB does have onboard DRAM cache (LPDDR4), which is used for the Flash Translation Layer (FTL). This improves sustained performance, random read/write speeds, and drive longevity compared to DRAM-less NVMe SSDs.

Question 7

what connector is needed for pcie 4.0

Accepted Answer

The product uses a PCI-Express Gen 4.0 x4 interface.

Question 8

Can this be installed in a PRIME Z390-A motherboard?

Accepted Answer

Yes, the Samsung 990 PRO 2TB can be installed in the ASUS PRIME Z390-A.

The motherboard supports M.2 2280 NVMe SSDs, so it is physically and electrically compatible.

However, the Z390 platform only supports PCIe Gen3, so the drive will operate at Gen3 speeds (approximately up to 3,500 MB/s) rather than its maximum Gen4 rated speed.

It will still function normally and can be used as a boot drive, just without Gen4 performance.

Question 9

can it handle 3D rendering and multitasking

Accepted Answer

Yes, the SAMSUNG 990 PRO 2TB SSD is designed for high-end computing and heavy workloads, making it suitable for tasks like 3D rendering and multitasking.

Question 10

Is this drive a Nvme drive or a sata drive?

Accepted Answer

This drive is an NVMe drive.

Brand	SAMSUNG
Series	990 PRO
Model	Samsung 990 PRO 2TB
Part Number	MZ-V9P2T0B/AM
Device Type	Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Used For	Consumer

Form Factor	M.2 2280
Capacity	2TB
Memory Components	V7 V-NAND 3bit MLC
Interface	PCI-Express Gen 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Protocol	NVMe 2.0
Controller	Samsung
Encryption	AES 256-bit Encryption (Class 0) TCG/Opal IEEE1667 (Encrypted drive)

Max Sequential Read	Up to 7450 MBps
Max Sequential Write	Up to 6900 MBps

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