Samsung 980 SSD NVME unboxing and benchmarks

This is the Samsung 980 SSD - a gen 3 NVME drive that’s designed to run at around 3,500mbs for longer. It’s not as fast as gen 4 NVME drives, but that’s not the point, it’s designed to perform well for longer - running cooler and more efficiently at those top speeds for a longer period of time. In fact it’s said to run at those speeds for 75% longer than the 970 Evo that came before it, which is impressive. Related watching: Is your M.2 NVMe port slower than you realise? How to install the Samsung 980 SSD NVME including Windows setup It comes in three different size versions - 250GB, 500GB and 1TB. All reasonably priced. Other highlights include: - 5 year limited warranty - Guaranteed up to a max of 600TBW (Total Bytes Written) for the 1TB version (or 150TB for the 250GB and 300TBW for the 500GB version) - A new heat spreader and Dynamic Thermal Guard technology dissipates heat faster and helps maintain performance. - Runs as much as 50% cooler th