New OEM Samsung nvme SSD's

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Been looking at the newly released Samsung pm961 ssd. The sequential speeds are jaw dropping to say the least. (3GB/'s read) and I have managed to find models as cheap as £84 ~ $100 which is strange as this drive is almost double the speed of the 950 pro and costs half as much.

What do you guys think?


I would like to know if anyone had experience with the new 961 ssds and managed to verify these speeds. What is the catch with buying OEM ssds do they have a shorter lifespan?
 
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The main difference between OEM and consumer drives is that OEM drives are intended for sale to system builders and not as a separate product to consumers. Thus there is no official support and warranty from manufacturer (Samsung in this case). Samsung usually releases 2 versions of their new line of NVMe drives - OEM and consumer drives. It would be wrong to say they're absolutely the same, but basically they're very close in general and in terms of performance. Consumer versions are usually better tested and optimized, a new 960 line has also better throttling support, but the difference should not be significant.

Samsung is going to release it's new line of NVMe SSDs in November/December - Samsung 960 EVO/PRO. Samsung PM961 is OEM...
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The main difference between OEM and consumer drives is that OEM drives are intended for sale to system builders and not as a separate product to consumers. Thus there is no official support and warranty from manufacturer (Samsung in this case). Samsung usually releases 2 versions of their new line of NVMe drives - OEM and consumer drives. It would be wrong to say they're absolutely the same, but basically they're very close in general and in terms of performance. Consumer versions are usually better tested and optimized, a new 960 line has also better throttling support, but the difference should not be significant.

Samsung is going to release it's new line of NVMe SSDs in November/December - Samsung 960 EVO/PRO. Samsung PM961 is OEM version of Samsung 960 EVO. Samsung SM961 is OEM version of Samsung 960 PRO.
 
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