News Samsung's 9100 PRO SSD line includes its first 8TB NVMe model(Q2,25) for consumers but 1TB,2TB & 4TB SSDs releases on March 18th,2025

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Samsung's 9100 PRO SSD line includes its first 8TB NVMe model(Q2,25) for consumers but 1TB,2TB & 4TB SSDs releases on March 18th,2025​

Its PCIe 5.0 speeds are expensive overkill for most people.​

The 9100 PRO and 9100 PRO with Heatsink will offer up to 8TB of capacity1, providing even more storage than ever before to make every task seamless – from 8K video editing and AI projects to gaming and data analysis
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Samsung's new 9100 PRO Series solid-state drives (SSDs) include the company's first consumer-grade 8TB NVMe SSD. The latest models use the speedy PCIe 5.0 standard, which — unless you train AI models for a living — is almost certainly overkill for your PC needs.

The Samsung 9100 PRO series offers up to double the storage of its predecessor, the 990 PRO line. It launches in 1TB, 2TB and 4TB models, with the 8TB ones not arriving until later this year. Each tier ships in models with and without a heatsink (whether you need that will depend on whether your motherboard includes one for NVMe drives).

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The company says the 9100 PRO SSDs have sequential read speeds of up to 14,800 MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 13,400 MB/s. Their random read speeds are as fast as 2,200K IOPS (input-output per second), with random write speeds up to 2,600K IOPS. The company says the 9100 PRO SSDs are up to 49 percent more power-efficient than the 990 PRO line and have a profile as slim as 0.35 inches (around 8.9mm).

But as Engadget's Igor Bonifacic wrote in our SSD buying guide, very few real-world use cases demand those speeds. (Think people training large-scale AI models and the like.) As it stands, PCIe 4.0 drives already benchmark far beyond what most gamers and other consumer uses require. They also cost about half as much.

The first 9100 PRO SSDs arrive in March 18th, 2025: 1TB ($200), 2TB ($300) and 4TB ($550). Variants with a heatsink tack an extra $20 onto those prices. As for the 8TB tier, which Samsung hasn't announced pricing for, it doesn't arrive until the second half of the year.

Source:https://www.engadget.com/computing/...t-8tb-nvme-model-for-consumers-205727818.html
 
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Nice - faster (and cheaper?) than my Crucial T700 4tb unit - also compared to the T705.

Hope it's reliable (no defects) - wish it was available a few months ago when I built my PC.
 
PunkX 75 said:
What are temps on your T700 like? Are using the mobo heatsink, or Crucial's add-on?
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It idles at about 45c and peaks to around 60c when running sequential read/write tests for few minutes. This in a non-AC room when outside temp reported around 30-35c unsure what it is indoors.

I haven't tested nor do I typically use it for longer stretches (like I don't do video editing etc scenarios) so can't say how much higher than 60c but online reviews IIRC say it hits 80+ which is still OK.

I got the non-heatsink version and use my ASUS ProArt X670E mobo's heatsink.
 
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vishalrao said:
It idles at about 45c and peaks to around 60c when running sequential read/write tests for few minutes. This in a non-AC room when outside temp reported around 30-35c unsure what it is indoors.

I haven't tested nor do I typically use it for longer stretches (like I don't do video editing etc scenarios) so can't say how much higher than 60c but online reviews IIRC say it hits 80+ which is still OK.

I got the non-heatsink version and use my ASUS ProArt X670E mobo's heatsink.
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Great temps, even cooler than my 990 Pro under the same conditions. Thanks!
 
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