Storage Solutions Samsung 950 Pro SSD launched

[vishalrao]

See http://www.anandtech.com/show/9650/samsung-announces-950-pro-ssd-their-first-consumer-vnand-nvme-ssd

$200 of 256GB - not bad for starters! Should be around Rs. 15k over here?

I'm itching to upgrade to Skylake Core i5 + H170 mobo just so I can plug in one of these types of SSDs to get 2+ GBps read speeds, hoping prices of Skylake, mobo, DDR4, SSD etc are reasonable by this year end, or will wait til April next year to dump my Core2 Quad Q6600 based 7+ year old rig

 

[vishalrao]

Early reviews are out:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9702/samsung-950-pro-ssd-review-256gb-512gb

http://techreport.com/review/29221/samsung-950-pro-512gb-ssd-reviewed[DOUBLEPOST=1445608362][/DOUBLEPOST]http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015...rst-pcie-m-2-nvme-ssd-is-an-absolute-monster/[DOUBLEPOST=1445608554][/DOUBLEPOST]http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/samsung-950-pro-ssd,4313.html[DOUBLEPOST=1445609112][/DOUBLEPOST]Colour me unimpressed Boot/load times don't seem to be affected much, if you believe the TechReport review, probably only those with IO heavy workloads will see any benefit.[DOUBLEPOST=1445609613][/DOUBLEPOST]http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Storage/Samsung-950-PRO-256GB-and-512GB-M2-NVMe-PCIe-SSD-Review

http://hothardware.com/reviews/samsung-ssd-950-pro-m2-review-affordable-ultra-fast-storage

 

[Soliloquy]

For what it's worth, it might not be a good investment to move to these drives. Then again, boot times are already incredibly fast as it is if you are coming from another SSD. So there's that. What are you looking to use the system for that you seriously want to get that type of read speed anyways? I take it that it would be intensive video editing? Regular photo editing and basic computer tasks and games should still suit wall on your current set up.

 

[booo]

I would wait for Intel/micron Optane drives to arrive.

 

[vishalrao]

Won't that be one heck of a looooong wait? And then pricing would be a bomb once Optane technology comes to the consumer oriented market?

 

[booo]

from what I heard from intel people, its going to be cheaper.

 

[vishalrao]

@booo any idea about timelines for an optane consumer SSD launch?

 

[booo]

^something like Q12016 But I am not sure if its just enterprise grade or not.

 

[vishalrao]

yep, most of the tech sites talk about just 2016 (no quarter mentioned) release and that too nothing about whether it will be enterprise and/or consumer. wherever you might have read Q1 might be an assumption/incorrect statement by one of those sites.

 

[vishalrao]

Optane might be delayed: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/08/16/intel_optane_xpoint_dimms_and_ssds_delayed/

Gives a chance for the competition (Samsung, SanDisk/WD etc) to get in the game for next-gen storage and memory.

 

[vishalrao]

IDF update: http://www.anandtech.com/show/10568/intel-optane-and-3d-xpoint-updates-from-idf

By offering cloud-based access before even sampling Optane SSDs, Intel can keep 3D XPoint out of the hands of their competitors longer and perhaps make better use of limited supply while still enabling the software ecosystem to begin preparing for the revolution Intel is planning.

And maybe cheat a little bit by putting the SSDs in massively RAID-ed (striped) configs to make them look good?