Samsung 980 1TB NVMe PCIe 3.0 SSD

The Samsung 980 is a 1 TB NVMe solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, and it is the standard upgrade for a desktop or laptop still running a mechanical hard disk or short on room. It fits straight into an M.2 slot on the motherboard with a single screw, so there are no data or power cables to route. The drive connects over PCIe 3.0 x4 and reaches sequential reads of 3,500 MB/s and sequential writes of 3,000 MB/s. In practice that means Windows boots in seconds, large project files open without a pause, and game levels and application installs stop being something you sit and wait through. A full terabyte holds the operating system, a working set of applications and a sizeable game or media library at once, which spares you the routine of uninstalling one thing to make space for another. It suits a first SSD upgrade, a second drive alongside a smaller boot drive, or a fresh build that wants dependable speed without paying for the fastest tier available. With no moving parts it takes knocks and travel better than a hard disk, which is worth having in a laptop that moves between home, campus and office through dust and humidity. Samsung covers it with a five-year warranty.