--- product_id: 35893074 title: "960 PRO" brand: "samsung" price: "€ 607.74" currency: EUR in_stock: null reviews_count: 8 category: "Samsung" url: https://www.desertcart.ie/products/35893074-960-pro store_origin: IE region: Ireland --- # 3500MB/s read speed 512GB NVMe M.2 storage 5-year warranty & 1.5M hours MTBF 960 PRO **Brand:** samsung **Price:** € 607.74 **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Summary > πŸš€ Upgrade to the speed elite β€” don’t get left behind! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** 960 PRO by samsung - **How much does it cost?** € 607.74 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ie](https://www.desertcart.ie/products/35893074-960-pro) ## Best For - samsung enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted samsung brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Rock-Solid Reliability:** Built to last with a 5-year limited warranty and an impressive 1.5 million hours mean time between failures (MTBF). - β€’ **Compact M.2 2280 Form Factor:** Sleek, space-saving design perfect for high-performance desktops and small form factor builds without cable clutter. - β€’ **Next-Level Gaming & Productivity:** Ideal for gamers and professionals craving ultra-responsive program launches and seamless multitasking. - β€’ **Samsung Magician Software Support:** Effortlessly manage your SSD with automatic firmware updates and performance optimization tools. - β€’ **Blazing-Fast PCIe 3.0 x4 Interface:** Experience lightning-quick data transfers up to 3500MB/s read and 2100MB/s write speeds, leaving SATA SSDs in the dust. ## Overview The Samsung 960 PRO NVMe M.2 512GB SSD delivers top-tier PCIe 3.0 x4 performance with blazing sequential read speeds up to 3500MB/s and write speeds up to 2100MB/s. Its compact M.2 2280 form factor fits seamlessly into modern desktops and gaming rigs, while Samsung’s Magician software ensures your drive stays optimized with easy firmware updates. Backed by a 5-year warranty and 1.5 million hours MTBF, this SSD is engineered for professionals and gamers who demand reliability and speed in one sleek package. ## Description Samsung 960 Pro Series - 512GB PCIe NVMe - M.2 internal SSD (MZ-V6P512BW) Review: Absolutely amazing !!! - PROS: β€’ Unbelievably fast read AND write speeds β€’ Noticeable difference in program startup times β€’ Easy physical install β€’ Samsung Magician and Data Migration software are worth using β€’ 5 year warranty CONS: β€’ Very expensive β€’ Full performance may be limited on some systems or require workarounds to achieve max performance β€’ Heat and power may be an issue for laptop systems I love the size and speed of my card. Windows boots up from a restart in just a few seconds, it's fantastic. HOWEVER, be sure that your motherboard isn't a dud at supporting NVMe. I bought a $200 board from Gigabyte, a gaming board, that occasionally decides that it doesn't detect any NVMe drives. I re-flash the board, and suddenly it recognizes the drive and boots up like usual. I've got 2 M.2 slots and it behaved the same way on both. It can't be the card if a re-flash solves the issue. Moral of the story: be sure you've got solid NVMe support before buying. Used as ZFS ZIL/ARC on home file server and as primary disk for workstation. That SSD rocks, except that even Pro series have not so good endurance (only 400TB lifetime writes). Good enough - all I/O intensive workload is at ramdisk. So, perfect for workstations with optimized I/O. Can't recomment it for enterprise servers. For high workloads there are relatively cheap SAS3 (12Gb/s) SSDs with 5 WPD (5 full rewrites per day) and 5 years warranty - that is 0.5*5*365*5=4562 TB. And it's not a high-end SSD - high end SSDs have about 15 PB lifetime writes for half-TB drive (30+ times higher endurance and only 3 times more expensive than 960 Pro). Review: If you have the correct M.2 slot on your motherboard, this is a great choice for screaming disk performance! - I was one of the folks that jumped into Solid State Drives (SSD) way back in the earliest days, and the M.2 "NvMe" devices (like this one) are the top-echelon of current SSD tech. NOT ALL MOTHERBOARDS have an M.2 connector, and NOT ALL M.2 connectors support the slower SATA M.2 speed PLUS the much faster NvMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) standard that this product uses. The slower SATA versions of this product are the Samsung 850 EVO or 850 PRO models. If you purchase an M.2 SATA unit, the only thing you gain over the old-school playing card shaped SATA SSD is you lose the SATA CONNECTORS AND CABLES for a cleaner build. But you buy SSD for SPEED, so the NvMe drive is the call. Also the PRO model versus EVO uses better technology to maximize speed, while the EVO uses a software workaround to 'emulate' the Pro model performance. The 960 Pro is PCIe bus connected and bypasses the much slower SATA bus. This results in a vast difference in data throughput speeds, in my case is TRIPLE the data speed. Some (not all) M.2 connectors can accommodate both types of M.2 drives, check with your system manufacturer to ensure compatibility. You get what you pay for... when speed matters THIS MODEL is definitely the call. The two photos attached to this review show the HUGE speed difference between a pci-e SSD (Drive C: in photo) and a SATA SSD (Drive D: in photo). The drives are C: drive Samsung 960 Pro NvMe Pci-e and D: drive Samsung 860 EVO conventional SATA notebook SSD. Photo on LEFT is high speed test results, photo on RIGHT is slower speed conventional notebook SSD results. Pictures worth 1,000 words? Edit: After installing, be sure to pop by Samung.com and download their free Magician Software which will auto update your FIRMWARE for the device if needed. My SATA Samsung SSD (the very nice 860 EVO did NOT require updating, but the 960 PRO (NVMe drive the subject of this review, BADLY needed a firmware update to resolve some squirrelly behavior which was happening when closing certain apps, but appears to be a dim memory post-firmware update. The firmware updated from within Windows 10 Creator's Edition using Samsung Magician software, very easy and intuitive. ## Features - M.2 (2280): PCIe 3.0 x4 NVM Express SSD for Client PCs - V NAND Client SSD ideal for GAMING, high performance tower desktops and small form factor PC’s - Sequential Read Speeds up to 3500MB/s and Sequential Write Speeds up to 2100MB/s; Performance may vary based on system hardware & configuration - Samsung magician software delivers SSD management and automatic firmware updates; 5 year limited warranty; Reliability (MTBF) : 1.5 Million Hours Reliability - Interface:PCIe 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.2 ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B01LXS4TYB | | Additional Features | Portable | | Best Sellers Rank | #608 in Internal Solid State Drives | | Brand | Samsung | | Built-In Media | NVMe M.2 (2280) SSD & User Manual (All Other Cables, Screws, Brackets Not Included) | | Cache Memory Installed Size | 512 | | Color | Black | | Compatible Devices | Desktop | | Connectivity Technology | PCIe | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (822) | | Data Transfer Rate | 3938 Megabytes Per Second | | Digital Storage Capacity | 512 GB | | Enclosure Material | V Nand | | Form Factor | Compact M.2 | | Global Trade Identification Number | 00887276185316, 09154403845100 | | Hard Disk Description | Solid State Drive (NVMe M.2) | | Hard Disk Form Factor | 2 Inches | | Hard Disk Interface | NVMe | | Hard-Drive Size | 512 GB | | Hardware Connectivity | PCIE x 4 | | Installation Type | Dashboard Mount | | Item Type Name | MZ-V6P512BW | | Item Weight | 0.12 Pounds | | Manufacturer | Samsung IT | | Media Speed | 2100 megabits_per_second | | Model Name | 960 Pro | | Model Number | MZ-V6P512BW | | Number of Items | 1 | | Read Speed | 3500 Megabytes Per Second | | Specific Uses For Product | personal, gaming, business | | UPC | 887276185316 | | Unit Count | 1.0 Count | | Warranty Description | 5 Years/400TBW | ## Product Details - **Brand:** Samsung - **Color:** Black - **Compatible Devices:** Desktop - **Connectivity Technology:** PCIe - **Digital Storage Capacity:** 512 GB - **Hard Disk Description:** Solid State Drive (NVMe M.2) - **Hard Disk Form Factor:** 2 Inches - **Hard Disk Interface:** NVMe - **Installation Type:** Dashboard Mount - **Special Feature:** Portable ## Images ![960 PRO - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61vlo8iDGFL.jpg) ## Questions & Answers **Q: Did anyone who preordered this actually receive the item?** A: Preordered Nov 3rd for the second time(original preorder was back in October, but redid to take advantage of Watch Dogs 2 promo) and just received an email that I'll be receiving it on January 4th now! **Q: does this work with linux** A: Linux has officially supported NVMe since kernel version 3.3, which is quite old at this point, so unless you're running a super old (5+ years) distribution it should work fine. **Q: What about 960 evo?** A: The 960 Evo is faster than the 950 Pro and very close to the 960 Pro, but has an endurance of 100TB vs 400TB and a 3 year vs 5 year warrantyhttp://www.anandtech.com/show/10698/samsung-announces-960-pro-and-960-evo-m2-pcie-ssds **Q: m or b key?** A: 2280, M key. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Absolutely amazing !!! *by C***Z on July 28, 2018* PROS: β€’ Unbelievably fast read AND write speeds β€’ Noticeable difference in program startup times β€’ Easy physical install β€’ Samsung Magician and Data Migration software are worth using β€’ 5 year warranty CONS: β€’ Very expensive β€’ Full performance may be limited on some systems or require workarounds to achieve max performance β€’ Heat and power may be an issue for laptop systems I love the size and speed of my card. Windows boots up from a restart in just a few seconds, it's fantastic. HOWEVER, be sure that your motherboard isn't a dud at supporting NVMe. I bought a $200 board from Gigabyte, a gaming board, that occasionally decides that it doesn't detect any NVMe drives. I re-flash the board, and suddenly it recognizes the drive and boots up like usual. I've got 2 M.2 slots and it behaved the same way on both. It can't be the card if a re-flash solves the issue. Moral of the story: be sure you've got solid NVMe support before buying. Used as ZFS ZIL/ARC on home file server and as primary disk for workstation. That SSD rocks, except that even Pro series have not so good endurance (only 400TB lifetime writes). Good enough - all I/O intensive workload is at ramdisk. So, perfect for workstations with optimized I/O. Can't recomment it for enterprise servers. For high workloads there are relatively cheap SAS3 (12Gb/s) SSDs with 5 WPD (5 full rewrites per day) and 5 years warranty - that is 0.5*5*365*5=4562 TB. And it's not a high-end SSD - high end SSDs have about 15 PB lifetime writes for half-TB drive (30+ times higher endurance and only 3 times more expensive than 960 Pro). ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If you have the correct M.2 slot on your motherboard, this is a great choice for screaming disk performance! *by R***L on April 20, 2017* I was one of the folks that jumped into Solid State Drives (SSD) way back in the earliest days, and the M.2 "NvMe" devices (like this one) are the top-echelon of current SSD tech. NOT ALL MOTHERBOARDS have an M.2 connector, and NOT ALL M.2 connectors support the slower SATA M.2 speed PLUS the much faster NvMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) standard that this product uses. The slower SATA versions of this product are the Samsung 850 EVO or 850 PRO models. If you purchase an M.2 SATA unit, the only thing you gain over the old-school playing card shaped SATA SSD is you lose the SATA CONNECTORS AND CABLES for a cleaner build. But you buy SSD for SPEED, so the NvMe drive is the call. Also the PRO model versus EVO uses better technology to maximize speed, while the EVO uses a software workaround to 'emulate' the Pro model performance. The 960 Pro is PCIe bus connected and bypasses the much slower SATA bus. This results in a vast difference in data throughput speeds, in my case is TRIPLE the data speed. Some (not all) M.2 connectors can accommodate both types of M.2 drives, check with your system manufacturer to ensure compatibility. You get what you pay for... when speed matters THIS MODEL is definitely the call. The two photos attached to this review show the HUGE speed difference between a pci-e SSD (Drive C: in photo) and a SATA SSD (Drive D: in photo). The drives are C: drive Samsung 960 Pro NvMe Pci-e and D: drive Samsung 860 EVO conventional SATA notebook SSD. Photo on LEFT is high speed test results, photo on RIGHT is slower speed conventional notebook SSD results. Pictures worth 1,000 words? Edit: After installing, be sure to pop by Samung.com and download their free Magician Software which will auto update your FIRMWARE for the device if needed. My SATA Samsung SSD (the very nice 860 EVO did NOT require updating, but the 960 PRO (NVMe drive the subject of this review, BADLY needed a firmware update to resolve some squirrelly behavior which was happening when closing certain apps, but appears to be a dim memory post-firmware update. The firmware updated from within Windows 10 Creator's Edition using Samsung Magician software, very easy and intuitive. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Works well, extremely fast, buy heatsinks for it immediately *by M***1 on February 17, 2018* Working perfectly several months later (just DO NOT update the firmware). I have it installed in a Linux system where it serves the dual role of root partition as well as VM backing storage for several heavily used VMs. It's so fast there's no way to tell that the drive is being shared, no VM pauses, no compiler slowdowns. The downside of all that speed, if you want to consider it a downside, is that I managed to eat through 1% of the drives rated lifetime (4TB of 400TBW) within 24 hours before stopping the poorly written process that was causing all the write traffic. Samsung drives are known for surviving well beyond their rated life, but that's also where the warranty ends, regardless of how long you've owned the drive, so be careful. The drive gets so hot it requires a heatsink, it's really not optional. Sure, it'll throttle itself to avoid overheating, but so would the main CPU if you left it in open air. Anything that makes this much heat needs a way to get rid of it, and SSDs tend to have shorter lives or die unexpectedly when the heat isn't properly handled. I bought some small pure copper heatsinks from Enzotech here (BMR-C1) and lined them up all the way down the entire stick, covering every chip, then I put a small fan inside the case positioned so that the airflow goes through the heatsink bars. It no longer throttles itself under load, and S.M.A.R.T. shows the temperature remaining well below the previous high points I was seeing, even when writing at the maximum speed. Note that there is a firmware update available that you absolutely do not want, the 3B6QCXP7 firmware has very serious problems and cannot be removed or reverted once the update is done. If you get a new stick with the 3B6QCXP7 firmware, you should return it immediately or contact Samsung customer support. ## Frequently Bought Together - Samsung 960 PRO NVMe M.2 512GB SSD (MZ-V6P512BW) - SAMSUNG Electronics 870 EVO 2TB 2.5 Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-77E2T0B/AM) - Crucial 16GB DDR4 RAM, 3200MHz CL22 (or 2933MHz or 2666MHz) Laptop Memory, SODIMM 260-Pin, Compatible with 13th Gen Intel Core and AMD Ryzen 7000 - CT16G4SFRA32A --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - πŸ›’ **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** β€” Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** β€” Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - πŸ’° **No Hidden Fees** β€” All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - πŸ”„ **15-Day Free Returns** β€” Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - πŸ”’ **Secure Payments** β€” Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** β€” Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.ie/products/35893074-960-pro](https://www.desertcart.ie/products/35893074-960-pro) --- *Product available on Desertcart Ireland* *Store origin: IE* *Last updated: 2026-05-07*