Samsung SSD 960 PRO PCIe NVMe M.2 2280 SSD
An SSD That Changes Everything
Experience unprecedented performance in dealing with heavy workloads and engineering applications with the high-capacity, highly reliable Samsung 960 PRO SSD. Based on the next-gen PCIe Gen. 3.0 x4 interface with NVMe protocol support, and powered by a cutting-edge 48-layer Samsung V-NAND flash memory architecture, the 960 PRO offers exceptional read-write speed to easily handle video editing, data analysis and other high-intensity tasks of your high-end PCs or workstations. Samsung's Magician software solution provides advanced functionality to manage, monitor and optimize the drive performance.
Available in 512GB, 1TB and 2TB to meet your storage needs.
The NVMe interface of the 960 PRO supports PCIe Gen 3 x4 lanes for an enhanced bandwidth and lower latency than SATA SSDs. You can experience massive sequential R/W (read/write) speeds up to 3,500 MB/s and 2,100 MB/s respectively.
As a global leader in flash memory, Samsung provides advanced end-to-end integration for our SSDs. The 960 PRO is optimized for performance and capacity, enabling you to store up to 2TB of data on a single NVMe SSD.
The 960 PRO holds its own by boasting up to 400 TBW* for the 512GB capacity model and is backed by a 5-year limited warranty. Dynamic Thermal Guard prevents overheating, protecting your data and ensuring optimal performance.
* TBW: Terabytes Written
Samsung Magician
Samsung Magician software is designed to help you manage your SSD with a simple and intuitive user interface.
Get notifications when new firmware is released, and easily install updates for enhanced performance, stability, and compatibility.
Check your SSD's sequential and random read/write speeds, so you can maintain superb performance.
Protect data by selecting security options. The 960 PRO supports AES 256-bit hardware-based encryption and is compliant with TCG Opal and IEEE 1667.
Pros: - Read and Write are 3-4 times as faster than SAMSUNG 850 EVOs. - You can boot Windows 10 from them.
Cons: - Even though they read and write faster, it's not really noticeable from the SAMSUNG 850 EVO. - The setup process to get Windows 10 to boot from them takes some work.
Overall Review: How to setup M.2 as a bootable drive for Window 10 and Asus motherboards. 1- The M.2 drive has to be the only drive installed. 2 - Go into the bios, under the boot tab there is an option for CSM, make sure it is disabled. 3 - Click on secure boot option below and make sure it is set to other OS, not windows UEFI. 4 - Click on key management and clear secure boot keys. 5 - Insert a USB memory stick with a UEFI bootable iso of Windows 10 on it, USB3 is quicker but USB2 works also. A Windows DVD won’t work unless you’ve created your own UEFI Bootable DVD. 6 - Press F10 to save, exit and reboot. 7 - Windows 10 will now start installing to your NVME drive as it has its own NVME driver built in. 8 - When the PC reboots hit F2 to go back into the BIOS, you will see under boot priority that windows boot manager now lists your NVME drive. 9 - Click on secure boot again but now set it to WIndows UEFI mode. (see #3 above) 10 - Click on key management and install default secure boot keys 11 - Press F10 to save and exit and windows will finish the install. Once you have Windows up and running, shutdown the PC and reconnect your other SATA drives.