Samsung 990 Evo Plus Solid State Drive Review

Samsung 990 Evo Plus Solid State Drive Samsung 990 Evo Plus Solid State Drive

Samsung 990 Evo Plus Solid State Drive Overview

Taking a look at the drive itself it is going to be your standard M.2 2280 (80mm) drive which will easily slot into your motherboard.

Samsung 990 Evo Plus Solid State Drive

On the main side of the drive is a simple sticker that covers the controller and NAND. Having no heatsink really speaks to the efficiency gains Samsung is able to achieve with this drive.

Samsung 990 Evo Plus Solid State Drive

Flipping over to the back we have another sticker, but no chips or anything. This sticker is actually a heat spreader which is going to help dissipate heat. Being single-sided allows this drive to be installed in many more devices.

Samsung 990 Evo Plus Solid State Drive

Removing the sticker on the top of the drive we find the Samsung 5nm Piccolo controller. The controller itself is nickel-coated which will help with heat.

Samsung 990 Evo Plus Solid State Drive

There is also a single NAND chip on this side of the drive. It is Samsung’s 236-layer (V8) TLC NAND.

Samsung 990 Evo Plus Solid State Drive

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