Every drive out now is based on this Phison PS5016-E16 controller. But this controller is basically a PCIe 3.0 controller with a PCIe 4.0 bridge chip. So its performance is not as good as a native PCIe 4.0 controller. If you can wait, I'd wait - not just for the Samsung 980 Pro, but for all the other native PCIe 4.0 controllers that will be released soon, including one from Phison.
I using the Corsair MP 600 1TB drive based on this same controller and its good. The next revision of these will do 7000 MB/s coming out later this year.
Gen 4 is SUPPOSED to be almost double the speed of Gen 3. Since I have only seen Phison controllers benchmarked, they all appear to be Gen 3.5 drives... High prices, but no delivery. I will wait. Meantime I might build a Gen 3 Raid card (using a Gen 4 card populated with Gen 3 drives,,, Say Samsung 970 EVO + 2TB drives, (Un)fortunately this puts me in the position of having to buy a 3960x or better CPU as only the sTRX40 chipsets support enough PCIE 4 lanes for when the GOOD PCIE Gen 4 cards finally arrive.The Samsung Gen 4 980 PRO 1TB gets 6.5 GBS rating, but its launch seems more like a paper launch as the drives are not for sale anywhere I can find. I wish the 3900x CPUs clocked better....
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p1esk - Wednesday, April 1, 2020 - link
I want to buy a couple of 4.0 ssds - should I wait for Samsung 980 Pro, or are there any others out already that can compete?Mikewind Dale - Wednesday, April 1, 2020 - link
Every drive out now is based on this Phison PS5016-E16 controller. But this controller is basically a PCIe 3.0 controller with a PCIe 4.0 bridge chip. So its performance is not as good as a native PCIe 4.0 controller. If you can wait, I'd wait - not just for the Samsung 980 Pro, but for all the other native PCIe 4.0 controllers that will be released soon, including one from Phison.romrunning - Thursday, April 2, 2020 - link
Agreed - wait if you want the latest gen with the highest performance.Granted, even the current batch of strong NVMe performers would work well, so you're not giving up too much if you have to get the drives now.
Siress - Thursday, May 14, 2020 - link
Good info. Thank youMakaveli - Thursday, April 2, 2020 - link
I using the Corsair MP 600 1TB drive based on this same controller and its good. The next revision of these will do 7000 MB/s coming out later this year.croc - Thursday, April 2, 2020 - link
Gen 4 is SUPPOSED to be almost double the speed of Gen 3. Since I have only seen Phison controllers benchmarked, they all appear to be Gen 3.5 drives... High prices, but no delivery. I will wait. Meantime I might build a Gen 3 Raid card (using a Gen 4 card populated with Gen 3 drives,,, Say Samsung 970 EVO + 2TB drives, (Un)fortunately this puts me in the position of having to buy a 3960x or better CPU as only the sTRX40 chipsets support enough PCIE 4 lanes for when the GOOD PCIE Gen 4 cards finally arrive.The Samsung Gen 4 980 PRO 1TB gets 6.5 GBS rating, but its launch seems more like a paper launch as the drives are not for sale anywhere I can find. I wish the 3900x CPUs clocked better....romrunning - Thursday, April 2, 2020 - link
"KINGMAX, a known maker of components for enthusiasts," - if they are so well known, then why do you have to provide an introduction? ;)