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Network Switches Explained: Managed vs Unmanaged
11 Mar, 2026







£312.55 inc. VAT
AI-generated summary
At £260.58 ex-VAT for 2TB, the Samsung MZ‑V9S2T0 is the kind of “boring but solid” NVMe drive you buy when you don’t want surprises. Samsung’s V‑NAND and controller combo is typically very reliable in business builds, and it tends to behave well under sustained workloads—think busy file servers, VDI jump boxes, and general productivity systems where you’re not trying to eke out benchmark heroics, just keep things snappy and stable. If you’re a reseller shipping desktops/workstations to customers, it’s a safe recommendation because Samsung drives have a track record for consistent real-world performance and firmware maturity.
That said, I wouldn’t treat this as a no-brainer if the use case is light or your customer is just chasing lowest cost per gigabyte. In those scenarios, you can often find cheaper TLC NVMe options that are “fast enough” for office workloads and boot times, and the difference won’t be noticeable day to day. Also, if this is going into older hardware, make sure the platform actually supports PCIe 4.0—otherwise you’re paying for capability you won’t use. Overall: buy it for business-critical reliability and performance-per-maintenance; skip it only when budget is the priority or the system can’t take advantage of PCIe 4.0.

Spectacular speed everyday
Blast through tasks faster. 990 EVO Plus with the latest NAND offers boosted sequential read/write speeds up to 7,250/6,300MB/s. Huge files, instant transfer.

Keep cool and power through your day
Optimised efficiency, extended performance. The nickel-coated controller increases MB/s per Watt by 73% compared to the 990 EVO, achieving the same power level and thermal control with less power c...

Extra space. Extra speed.
Harness the full power of your drive with enhanced Intelligent TurboWrite 2.0. Process massive data faster and breeze through heavy graphics with an enlarged TurboWrite region, now available in 4TB...

Samsung Magician software
Make your SSD work like magic. Samsung Magician software's optimisation tools ensure the best SSD performance. It's a safe and easy way to migrate all your data for a Samsung SSD upgrade. Protect v...

Bringing innovations to life
For decades, Samsungs NAND flash memory has powered groundbreaking technologies that have changed every part of our daily lives. This NAND flash technology also powers our consumer SSDs, making roo...

Performance
Up to 7,250MB/s of sequential read speed, 45% faster speed than the previous model, the 990 EVO.

Lenovo
Lenovo - SSD - encrypted - 4 TB - performance - internal - M.2 2280 - PCI Express 5.0 x4 (NVMe) - TCG Opal Encryption 2.0 - CRU - for ThinkCentre neo 50q QC, ThinkPad P1 Gen 8, ThinkStation P2 Tower Gen 2, P3 Ultra Gen 2

HP
HP Z Turbo Drive - SSD - 4 TB - internal - M.2 2280 - PCIe 4.0 x4

Dell
Dell - Customer Kit - SSD - 480 GB - hot-swap - 2.5" - SATA 6Gb/s

Dell
Dell - Customer Kit - SSD - Mixed Use - 960 GB - hot-swap - 2.5" - SATA 6Gb/s - for PowerEdge C6420 (2.5")