Current Events > 2 Tb Samsung SSD for $99

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https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-980-pro-2tb-internal-gaming-ssd-pcie-gen-4-x4-nvme/6447126.p

Seems like a good deal cuz I bought the same one a year ago for like $200+

Pretty good deal.

That's insane

Nice. What's it used for?

Can it be applied to a ps5?

nice.

I bought a 2 TB SSD earlier this year for almost double that ($180), but it came with a heat sink.

saspa posted...

Nice. What's it used for?

Can it be applied to a ps5?

yea, you can add more space to your PS5.

PS5 games can only either be played from the internal system's storage or internal SSD, so this is a great way to keep more games installed at the same time.

it needs a heat sink, though, from what I understand.

Yeah only downside is the heatsink is sold separately. Couldn't be no more than $20 though.

I want to get a 4tb ssd for $200, but i have enough storage on pc. Maybe I should get this for PS5.

Can't you get a heatsink for less than $10?

Fuck that is so tempting. I don't have anymore slots for it on my pc though...

With the Amex promo, if you spend $5 (714) points you can save $15 (though really $10 since you need to use $5 worth of reward points)

boxoto posted...

nice.

I bought a 2 TB SSD earlier this year for almost double that ($180), but it came with a heat sink.

yea, you can add more space to your PS5.

PS5 games can only either be played from the internal system's storage or internal SSD, so this is a great way to keep more games installed at the same time.

it needs a heat sink, though, from what I understand.

it being the little ssd device itself or the ps5?

Smashingpmkns posted...

Can't you get a heatsink for less than $10?

Depends. You don't want to cheapen out on that shit or else you'll be out $99 due to a kentucky fried card.

saspa posted...

it being the little ssd device itself or the ps5?

The SSD. From what I understand you absolutely need a heatsink if you're adding an SSD to the PS5.

saspa posted...

it being the little ssd device itself or the ps5?

the SSD.

there are SSDs that come connected with heat sinks, though, but you can also connect one to an SSD yourself.

... y'all think that a high end m2 stick, designed to be in high end PCs, is gonna need a heatsink in a fucking console?

lol

Waxitron_Gazer posted...

... y'all think that a high end m2 stick, designed to be in high end PCs, is gonna need a heatsink in a fucking console?

lol

yes.

Waxitron_Gazer posted...

... y'all think that a high end m2 stick, designed to be in high end PCs, is gonna need a heatsink in a fucking console?

lol

The difference being the high end PC has airflow, the added SSD in the PS5 is in an enclosed space with no airflow.

Jagr_68 posted...

Depends. You don't want to cheapen out on that shit or else you'll be out $99 due to a kentucky fried card.

I thought heatsinks were mostly useless nowadays with newer SSDs, at least in PCs. I've seen videos of tests and they don't do much of anything.

lot of pc mobos have m2 slots on the "bottom" of the mobo, where there is next to no airflow.

you do not need a heatsink.

at least i'd sure as fuck hope not with how loud the ps5 is

Waxitron_Gazer posted...

lot of pc mobos have m2 slots on the "bottom" of the mobo, where there is next to no airflow.

you do not need a heatsink.

at least i'd sure as fuck hope not with how loud the ps5 is

It's literally in its own small compartment, this is not equivalent to sitting on the "bottom" of a mobohttps://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/7/1/AADy-OAAEn_T.jpg

Smashingpmkns posted...

I thought heatsinks were mostly useless nowadays with newer SSDs, at least in PCs. I've seen videos of tests and they don't do much of anything.

this is 100% true.

I mean at the end of the day heat sinks are cheap enough that it doesn't make any sense to *not* get one if you're putting it in a PS5.

whether SSDs installed in PS5s (at least, higher end ones) need heatsinks, or not, I dunno, but it's something that Sony recommends, so I go off of that.

If you don't want to spend on a heat sink and given that the NVMe drive will mostly have to handle read operations, removing the PS5's SSD cover will be enough, as long as you select a fast enough SSD. In our case, the max and average temperatures of the SN850's controller were close to 56 degrees Celsius, with an ambient of 23 degrees Celsius.

The controller in this drive will lose performance and throttle at temperatures close to 88 degrees Celsius, so there is enough headroom. We had about the same operating average temperatures on the controller by simply removing the cover, with the "heat sink installed and cover on" scenario.

The best you can do if you want the lowest possible SSD temperatures is to install a large heat sink without the cover.

huh wow the max recorded temp was WELL below the thermal throttle limit without a heatsink WHO COULD HAVE GUESSED

Smashingpmkns posted...

I thought heatsinks were mostly useless nowadays with newer SSDs, at least in PCs. I've seen videos of tests and they don't do much of anything.

boxoto posted...

whether SSDs installed in PS5s (at least, higher end ones) need heatsinks, or not, I dunno, but it's something that Sony recommends, so I go off of that.

So thing is they're unnecessary for big builds that's why they're sold with or without them. If the chasis is really tight like a laptop or game console with smaller fan, the drives will have a lesser lifespan than normal even though it may seem like they're fine when tested.

I mean it's just a long term precaution for an already costly investment that has no flexibility for maintanence that a PC has in case a part needs to be replaced. No right or wrong opinions, it's just a preference for peace of mind and also what the manufacturer recommends.

Oh sick, I just got it for 50% off with the chase discount promo
https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=21328382011

Jagr_68 posted...

thanks, that makes sense.

I'm not really too familiar with all this stuff, since I don't really use a computer outside of work, so I go by what other people say to avoid any potential issues.