keep in mind ... (No stock at the moment, but we take preorders.Expected item arrival date is 26th Sep 2016)...
add extra 3% off with FLEXX at checkout
amsung SM961 Polaris 256GB M.2-2880 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive SSD
MZVPW256HEGL-00000
256GB Samsung SM961
M.2 (22x80) PCIe 3.0 (x4) NVMe SSD
PCIe Gen3 8Gb/s Interface, up to 4 Lanes
MLC V-NAND
Read 3100MB/s
Write 1400MB/s
Data I/O Speed (4KB) Random Read Up to 330K IOPS, Random Write Up to 280K IOPS
Power Saving Modes:
Supporting APST
Supporting L1.2 Mode
Support Admin & NVM Command Set
RoHS Compliant
- docr
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AR2012
3 Sep 164#3
smells fishy this post
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Graham1979
3 Sep 16#1
Flexxmemory?
hitman007
3 Sep 161#2
Has anyone ordered from this company before?
reddit to hitman007
3 Sep 16#4
They seem new but based in NI and on the surface, legit.
I have heard of flexxmemory before as they are tracked on price spy and have been around a while, but never used them. They seem to have some pretty low prices across the board.
I would assume unlike Samsung's issues with the 840 and 840 EVO this should be fixable eventually, but it does make me wonder about Samsung's QA.
Agharta
3 Sep 16#9
What is it with Samsung and heat?
soulgod123
3 Sep 16#10
i just ordered myself so fingers crossed.
nomnomnomnom
3 Sep 162#11
You've just signed up and posted this. do you have any relationship with the company?
soulgod123
3 Sep 16#12
i wasnt posting any deals (comments) as my google account could not get verification for 9months, just created yahoo one, mods can check my ip, using this site like 3 years i mean for deals so yeah..
delpy8
3 Sep 161#13
bought from this company before and this is a great price as usual Overclockers are milking the customer
Gkains
3 Sep 16#14
A bit different from exploding Note batteries though.
Seems the firmware behaves correctly when writing but when reading it doesn't throttle but runs at full speed until it just freezes or freezes the whole computer. Strange how this wasn't spotted during QA though which goes back to my original comment about Samsung and their SSD firmware.
CampGareth
3 Sep 161#15
*looks at this SSD, then looks at his current PM951 with its 1000MB/s read and 300MB/s write*
Possibly dodgy company though, I certainly haven't heard of them before.
Agharta
3 Sep 16#16
I think Samsung are lucky they don't have a worse reputation for their SSDs considering the problems with those two models.
They did eventually issue a seemingly working fix or maybe workaround is a better term for the 840 Evo but the 840 took years to get its update - LINK.
So I fail to see Samsung as a premium manufacturer of SDDs when they should have recalled those 840 Drives which I think Intel would have done.
robodan918
4 Sep 16#17
For warranty reasons alone I'm going to steer clear this time around
Guess I'll keep my 950 pro for a few more months. Really don't need that much better performance... I just want it
Envy can be a lovely thing
ally8971
4 Sep 16#18
Just bought a toshiba ome yesterday from Amazon for £90 +15 del.
Link
Those are mighty figures, and these things are so small , but I'll wait till xmas
linhang90
4 Sep 16#21
Is this almost 3 times faster than Samsung evo 850??
Muffinss to linhang90
4 Sep 16#24
literally 4-5x
634miyamoto
4 Sep 161#22
When I upgraded from HDD to sata ssd, that was WOW!
I recently upgraded my laptop to one with PCIe ssd (Dell Precision 7510) that was a disappointment in terms of speed improvements.
I think unless you do I/O intensive tasks, you won't see much speed gain if you're already using sata ssd.
soulgod123 to 634miyamoto
4 Sep 16#26
make sure yor pcie runing at 4x not 2x
kamy786rulz
4 Sep 161#23
Got an SM951 128GB NVMe drive from Flexxmemory website a while back. Good service and good prices can't go wrong tbh.
I went from WD Blue HDD straight to 1600MB/s reads and 650MB/s writes so big jump in performance. got for £70
soulgod123
4 Sep 16#25
some german website newer heard, they using syntetic benchmarks, ir real life situations i wouldnt bother about bottlenecks and other stuff, so the issue is in firmware, that can be sorted. same with graphic cards as they release new game you must downlod newest drivers.
adderrson
4 Sep 16#27
Decided to give this a whirl. For those of you that are worried about potential thermal throttling, I found this on amazon.
£15.03 delivered for a PCi adapter with an added heat sink of sorts. It is shipping from China, so if ordered now it should arrive at about the same time as the SSD itself. There is a more elegant solution available here, but I don't think it warrants over half the additional cost of the SSD itself.
Just some food for thought.
soulgod123
5 Sep 16#28
they read too much
TonyRoma2010
7 Sep 161#29
I've used these before, I bought my SM951 from them. No issues with either.
ally8971
11 Sep 16#31
No that's half the size of the one I bought.
128GB NOT 256GB The size option seems not to be there now
Both appear to be oem versions if the drive. Just interested if anyone knows if they'd end up being the same thing. Price is similar but I'd prefer Scan as a retailer.
Thoughts?
soulgod123
29 Nov 16#34
scan fx? newer heard
Jim988
1 Dec 16#35
It's the same thing, Scan just brand OEM stuff as Scanfx. Look on the pic on scan's site, it says Samsung
soulgod123
2 Dec 16#36
dont bother buying these drives as you will feel 0% increase in performance over ssds
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keep in mind ... (No stock at the moment, but we take preorders.Expected item arrival date is 26th Sep 2016)...
add extra 3% off with FLEXX at checkout
amsung SM961 Polaris 256GB M.2-2880 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive SSD
MZVPW256HEGL-00000
256GB Samsung SM961
M.2 (22x80) PCIe 3.0 (x4) NVMe SSD
PCIe Gen3 8Gb/s Interface, up to 4 Lanes
MLC V-NAND
Read 3100MB/s
Write 1400MB/s
Data I/O Speed (4KB) Random Read Up to 330K IOPS, Random Write Up to 280K IOPS
Power Saving Modes:
Supporting APST
Supporting L1.2 Mode
Support Admin & NVM Command Set
RoHS Compliant
- docr
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All comments (36)
http://scamanalyze.com/check/flexxmemory.co.uk.html
Have some heat
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=https://www.computerbase.de/2016-08/samsung-sm961-abstuerze-durch-fehlerhaftes-thermal-throttling/&prev=search
I would assume unlike Samsung's issues with the 840 and 840 EVO this should be fixable eventually, but it does make me wonder about Samsung's QA.
Seems the firmware behaves correctly when writing but when reading it doesn't throttle but runs at full speed until it just freezes or freezes the whole computer. Strange how this wasn't spotted during QA though which goes back to my original comment about Samsung and their SSD firmware.
Possibly dodgy company though, I certainly haven't heard of them before.
They did eventually issue a seemingly working fix or maybe workaround is a better term for the 840 Evo but the 840 took years to get its update - LINK.
So I fail to see Samsung as a premium manufacturer of SDDs when they should have recalled those 840 Drives which I think Intel would have done.
Guess I'll keep my 950 pro for a few more months. Really don't need that much better performance... I just want it
Envy can be a lovely thing
Link
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B01K91328G/ref=mp_s_a_1_17?ie=UTF8&qid=1472962865&sr=8-17&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=nvme+ssd
I recently upgraded my laptop to one with PCIe ssd (Dell Precision 7510) that was a disappointment in terms of speed improvements.
I think unless you do I/O intensive tasks, you won't see much speed gain if you're already using sata ssd.
I went from WD Blue HDD straight to 1600MB/s reads and 650MB/s writes so big jump in performance. got for £70
£15.03 delivered for a PCi adapter with an added heat sink of sorts. It is shipping from China, so if ordered now it should arrive at about the same time as the SSD itself. There is a more elegant solution available here, but I don't think it warrants over half the additional cost of the SSD itself.
Just some food for thought.
128GB NOT 256GB The size option seems not to be there now
https://www.amazon.co.uk/ADAPTER-950Pro-Cooling-version-full-height/dp/B01GDMFSSC/ref=sr_1_5?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1473797784&sr=1-5&keywords=sm961
PC Adapter (With cooling) >
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01GDMFSSC/?tag=ho01f-21
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/256gb-scanfx-nvme-mlc-v-nand-m2-ssd-pcie-30-x4-read-3100-mb-sec-write-1400-mb-sec-330k-iops-oem
Both appear to be oem versions if the drive. Just interested if anyone knows if they'd end up being the same thing. Price is similar but I'd prefer Scan as a retailer.
Thoughts?