980 is now an entry-level DRAMless drive and another Samsung initiative to confuse customers.
It is lower in performance than 970 Evo and Evo Plus. If you need it now, you can get the 970 Evo from PrimeABGB for 11.3k. They also had a coupon a few weeks earlier. I think it was SSD6 or something. You can try that as well.
Also note that it is competing product to WD SN550 with higher speeds, so you can save money by going for the SN550 as you can get it around the 8k mark.
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