Samsung's M.2 SM951 PCIe SSD was never originally intended to be sold on its own but thankfully the 128, 256 and 512GB models are showing up on Newegg and other sites and the speeds it can reach are very impressive. The Tech Report tested the 512GB model and saw it beat the Intel 750 Series in IOMeter at a queue depth of one, though the Intel SSD still shows off its prowess at higher queue depths. Their testing showed that the speed of the flash produces enough heat that the drive throttles itself so you should consider rigging an active cooling solution if you do pick up this drive. Check out their full review to see some very impressive numbers and boot times.
"Samsung's SM951 SSD squeezes a quad-lane PCIe Gen3 interface onto a diminutive M.2 form factor. It offers incredible performance under the right conditions, but it also struggles in some scenarios. Our in-depth review explains the drive's strengths, weaknesses, and unique enthusiast appeal."
Here are some more Storage reviews from around the web:
- House of Cards: PCIe SSD Performance Roundup @ [H]ard|OCP
- Intel 750 PCIe SSD @ The SSD Review
- Patriot Ignite M.2 SSD @ The SSD Review
- OCZ Vector 180 480GB SSD Review @ NikKTech
- 240 GB Kingston HyperX Savage SSD @ Tech ARP
- ADATA Premier SP610 512GB SSD Review @HiTech Legion
- QNAP Turbo NAS TS-453 Pro 4-Bay Enthusiast and SMB NAS @ eTeknix
As a note, the ones currently
As a note, the ones currently on Newegg are the AHCI version.
wish they would stop using
wish they would stop using ugly green pcb
Well, if it is worth evey
Well, if it is worth evey penny, how many pennies is that? (US pennies, not CAD pennies, please)
I wonder whether this also
I wonder whether this also suffers from the Linux TRIM bug.
Which model number is the
Which model number is the PCI-e version?
This isn’t the NVME version.
This isn’t the NVME version. Correct?
yeah not the NVMe one doubt
yeah not the NVMe one doubt we will see those till after skylake launch
can I cool it with some
can I cool it with some thermal pads and mofset heatsinks?
I’m not really sure about M.2
I’m not really sure about M.2 standard. It’s nice for laptops and other tiny, flat stuff, but for PC it’s a bit overdone and not entirely practical . SFF-8639 on the other hand that’s nice, clean and very practical. Because of that I simply prefer Intel750. Card have beefy heat-sink which cools it nicely. M.2 hidden down there under other expansion cards, is nicely cooked after a while. Sorry M.2 is no go. If Samsung does release PCI-Ex card I will try it. I love Intel750 which sits already in my PC. Already planning adding another 1 or 2, but waiting for that 800 GB model. Sadly tho Samsung will struggle if you do something more that QD=1.
All we need now is CPUs with like 80 lanes to make SFF-8639 more useful and not “one-drive wonder”.
Yeah, I’d like a
Yeah, I’d like a confirmation, this is not the NVMe version?
Yes. Only the AHCI version
Yes. Only the AHCI version is tested as they could not erase the NVMe drives for this examination.
ACHI MZH
128GB AHCI
ACHI MZH
128GB AHCI MZHPV128HDGM-00000
256GB AHCI MZHPV256HDGL-00000
512GB AHCI MZHPV512HDGL-00000
NVMe MZV
128GB NVMe MZVPV128HDGM-00000
256GB NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000
512GB NVMe MZVPV512HDGL-00000
All the ones currently on Newegg are the MZH series so AHCI.
At this rate it soon may be
At this rate it soon may be better to execute out of our SSDs than bother with RAM.
Maybe they will start making
Maybe they will start making SSDs with the flash chips stacks on their own interposer with 1024 bit wide channels to the individual stacks, but you know that eventually they will get MRAM/NVRAM type of chips perfected and put that on the same interposer with the CPU/GPU/whatever future systems. With interposer/whatever versions that are just starting to arrive on systems like Fury GPU, the future of the interposer look great. Now all we need is optical cables from the interposer to the peripherals to give all the speed, and not crowd the PCB/motherboard with communication traces.
> Now all we need is
> Now all we need is optical cables from the interposer to the peripherals to give all the speed, and not crowd the PCB/motherboard with communication traces
DITTO THAT!
MRFS
seems like this would be the
seems like this would be the best way to use it.
http://www.amazon.com/NGFF-PCIe-Adapter-Samsung-XP941/dp/B00RTSFLBY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1435608943&sr=8-2&keywords=pcie+to+m.2