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Thanks to Black Friday, I jumped on the opportunity of picking two of these. Design wise, the black PCB has that nice and simple design that is clear for the ones wanting something more "simple" and "professional" looking. While some persons criticize the Elpis revision over the older Phoenix version of this unit, the newer control does have some real-world benefits compared to what Phoenix could do. It's important to note that the cache on the Elpis is much, much higher than what Phoenix could handle, generally x3 the amount. The flaw/drawback is mostly that once that's filled up, the Elpis control operates slower than the Phoenix. This could be an issue for some when it comes to larger files, but for anyone else who's more of a regular user this is fine. The TBW on these isn't all too special, but it should be fine for the general person picking up a TLC SSD. Of course though, with Black Friday it's hard to not recommend a 2TB NVME for just 189.99$, quite a steal for a good PCIe 3 unit with a decent 1200TBW. The only real problem that may come for some users is related to the higher temperatures that the Elpis causes when it's under load. This generally seems to be an extra 10 degrees Celsius over how Phoenix operated, which could result in issues for some persons who may be a little restricted or tight when it comes to the open space available for an SSD. I do recommend getting a heatsink (Even if it's just a small copper plate with some thermal pads) to maintain that temperature under some form of control if it gets a little too hot for the drive's safety. On a brighter note, Elpis does allow for what seems to be rather low temperatures while the drive is idling.Read full review
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I definitely recommend this M.2 drive for video editing. I use to use the older SSD's but they became to slow for my work flow. This makes the 3rd M.2 2TB drive that I use. I use 2 drives for editing and one for storing B-Roll video. I bought a new ASUS M.2 card that hold up to 4 drives for $56.00. These drives will play back 5.7K 12 bit B-Raw with out any trouble. It will also edit 3 streams of 4K plus PowerPoint with out problems.
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I like the Samsung product because the free Samsung migration tool allowed me to make an image of my old SSD onto the new one (using the USB 3.1 port). When I then installed the new drive, my laptop booted up and ran normally, but now with 4x the storage space I previously had. Painless!
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This is my third Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe solid state drive and comparing it to other SSD it is by far outperforms the other SSD in its category. It is reliable and has not failed on me yet. I purchased 1TB a few years back and upgraded it to 2TB with this purchase. The data migration tool from Samsung makes replacement a breeze.
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I was worried that the NVMe drive didn't work, when I tried to install Windows. But when I figured out to convert the GPT setting, Windows immediately worked like a charm. Good boot drive and storage drive all around. And 2 Terabytes! Honestly, quite a steal of a deal, and I'm all for it!
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