Customer reviews from Samsung US
Samsung - 960 EVO 1TB Internal PCI Express 3.0 x4 (NVMe) Solid State Drive for Laptops
Average customer rating
4.7
(35 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 35 reviews
5 Stars
29
4 Stars
3
3 Stars
1
2 Stars
1
1 Star
1
91%of customers recommend this product.
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31 out of
34)
Customer Reviews for Samsung - 960 EVO 1TB Internal PCI Express 3.0 x4 (NVMe) Solid State Drive for Laptops
Customer Rating
2
Check compatibility with motherboard first
on January 18, 2017
Posted by: PowerLinuxUser
from Boise, ID, USA
Expertise:Expert
I got a shiny new Supermicro 5018D-FN4T to put this drive into, as a virtualization server.
If it worked, it was going to run like a greased pig at the state fair.
Unfortunately, the Supermicro BIOS didn't recognize it so I couldn't install onto it.
And Centos 7.3 didn't recognize it either, despite being a Linux 3.10.0 kernel (and NVMe drivers being baked into Linux since 3.3).
Oddly, when I booted Fedora 25 (Linux 4.8) it saw the drive, which I was able to partition, format, copy files to, etc.
So I ended up having to exchange it for a slightly slower, slightly more expensive T*a product instead.
Pros: Inexpensive
Cons: not widely compatible
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Features
4
Performance
5
Design
4
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
4
Amazing 960 Evo 500gb
on January 10, 2017
Posted by: JayZuQu
from Delaware, USA
Expertise:Intermediate
Love speed! Only issue is pc reads 466gb not 500gb
Pros: Realistic color, Inexpensive, Lightweight
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
more room to dual-boot Windows
on April 19, 2017
Posted by: skotsbox
from I bounce between the coast
Expertise:Intermediate
I upgraded from the 950 Pro NVMe M.2 256GB to the 960 EVO NVMe M.2 500GB so I could have room to dual-boot Windows 7 and Windows 10. Not fully ready to make the switch to Windows 10. Even though I know I'm going to have to at some point. So I thought I dual-boot would be a good way to get acquainted with Windows 10. Decided to go with 960 EVO NVMe M.2 500GB because I've never had a problem with the Samsung product. Superior technology at slightly under the average price per gigabyte.
I've read some bad reviews about this product but I'm hoping that there just user error. Only time will tell but for now I'm completely satisfied. Blazing speeds and superquick boots.
I've read some bad reviews about this product but I'm hoping that there just user error. Only time will tell but for now I'm completely satisfied. Blazing speeds and superquick boots.
Pros: Lightweight, blazing speeds and superquick boots
Cons: Did not meet expectations
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
4
Performance
5
Design
3
Value
3
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Simply amazing!
on May 18, 2017
Posted by: Invincible19
from Houston, TX
Expertise:Intermediate
Really impressed as to how fast my desktop restarted. It also made such a huge difference in my gaming performance when loading games such as GTA 5, World of Warcraft, and many more.
5/5 stars!
5/5 stars!
Pros: Durable, Inexpensive, Lightweight
Cons: not the best packaging
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
4
Issue on Lenovo T470p
on April 18, 2017
Posted by: BCdP
from Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates
Expertise:Intermediate
I have this for almost nearly 3 months now. Blazing and unprecedented performance on the previous laptop that I'm using which is Lenovo T460s. Afterwards new laptop come (Lenovo T470p) which is 3 days ago and I decided to use the same NVme (Samsung evo 960 m.2 1tb) after clean installation of OS Windows 10 Pro and downloaded the recent driver from microsoft and lenovo website as well as samsung recent firwmware. After completely switch-off the device then I turn-on again I was surprise the same day that it stuck on Lenovo logo (Please see screenshot attached) and it didn't load the OS at all. When I forcefully rebooted it goes to the normal state then OS loaded properly. Issue is keeps on happening everynow and then, a bit alarming I believe.
Pros: Realistic color, Lightweight
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
4
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
3
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
This thing is fast
on May 12, 2017
Posted by: humanbean
from Oklahoma, USA
Expertise:Intermediate
A bit pricey but its a little faster than the others. And it looks really good aesthetically sitting on the motherboard. I would recommend this to others
Pros: good looking m2 ssd, fast
Cons: expensive
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
4
Insane speeds
on May 27, 2017
Posted by: danielocdh
from Mexico
Expertise:Expert
I've been using the 840 series for a while and recently upgraded to the 960, the speed is amazing almost incredible.
Pros: Lightweight
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
4
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US
Customer Rating
5
Very Fast M.2 SSD
on June 4, 2017
Posted by: Aseb
from Rowlett, TX
Expertise:Intermediate
My computer basically boots in less than one second now. This product is fast and I would highly recommend going forward. How could the PRO version be even faster? Amazing technology.
Pros: Inexpensive
I would recommend this to a friend!
Features
5
Performance
5
Design
5
Value
5
Written by a customer while visiting Samsung US