Re:Samsung Demos Its First BGA SSD: 1500 MB/s Read Speed and...
by dmunoz on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @03:44PM
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> I learned two things that weren't widely reported at the time.
For what it's worth, the Anandtech review [0] mentioned your first issue in their review back in October. Anandtech has missed things in the past, but I trust them a lot to find and point out possible issues with hardware.
[0] Linking to the last page 'Final Words' section as it is mentioned up front and centre there. A lot of times, I'll read or skim the first page, and jump directly to the final page conclusion for hardware I just want a quick overview of - http://www.anandtech.com/show/9702/samsung-950-pro-ssd-revie...
Ditto - I built mine at the beginning of the year. It's very fast, but I learned two things that weren't widely reported at the time.
1) The chips on the drive get _very_ hot under use (thermal throttling kicks in at 75C). Even with minimal use they seem to have a running temp > 50C. I'm a little nervous about the long-term reliability of the drive based on the heat alone.
2) Boot speed with Windows is still fairly slow unless the drive is formatted to GPT (GUID Partitiion Table) instead of the default MBR. It's possible to do this when installing Windows, but there's no easy way to convert after installing