[Trellmor]

There is a 970 Evo, a 970 Pro and a 970 Evo Plus, but no 970 Evo Pro as far as I am aware. Would be interesting what model OP is actually talking about and if it is the same for other Samsung NMVe SSDs. I also prefer Samsung SSDs because they are reliably and they usually don't change parts to lower spec ones while keeping the same model number like some other vendors.

[RachelF]

And watch out with the 980 Pro, Samsung has just changed the components.

Samsung have removed the Elpis controller from the 980 PRO and replaced it with an unknown one, and also removed any speed reference from the spec sheet.

Take a look here for what's changed on the 980 PRO: https://www.guru3d.com/index.php?ct=news&action=file&id=4489...

It's OK for them to do this, but then they should give the new product a new name, not re-use the old name so that buying it becomes a "silicon lottery" as far as performance goes.

[Trellmor]

Link seems to be broken, shows a picture of the note 10 for me. I guess you wanted to link this one [1].

I knew about the changed controller in the 970 Evo Plus, but I wasn't aware they also changed the 980 Pro. That's disappointing. Is there anyone left that isn't doing those shenanigans?

[1] https://i.imgur.com/YJShyLR.jpg

[rekoil]

Is there a way for me as a customer to tell which controller my particular 980 Pro has? Can it be distinguished in software?

[RachelF]

Thanks for fixing that link.

[qwertox]

I mostly buy Samsung Pro. Today I put an Evo in a box which I'm sending back for RMA because of damaged LBAs. I guess I'm stopping my tests on getting anything else but the Pros.

But IIRC Samsung was also called out for switching controllers last year.

"Yes, Samsung Is Swapping SSD Parts Too | Tom's Hardware"

[hughrr]

Sorry I should have said EVO plus there in my original post. I’ll leave the error in so your comment makes sense.

[zargon]

The "EVO Pro" error was made by the OP. So it would be nice to know which drive OP actually tested.

[cgriswald]

OP has since appended to his post:

> Correction: “Plus” not “Pro”. Exact model and date codes:

> Samsung 970 Evo Plus: MZ-V7S2T0, 2021.10 > WD Red: WDS100T1R0C-68BDK0, 04Sept2021

[hughrr]

Indeed. I use the EVO Plus NVMe's though.

[fuzzybear3965]

How do you know the model? People are asking the same question in Twitter and OP doesn't seem to have supplied an answer, then.