Few names in the PC gaming industry command quite as much respect as Samsung does with its SSDs. It's synonymous with that manufacturing avenue. Or at least it was. It's wild really; the company was absolutely dominant with PCIe 3.0 and early PCIe 4.0 SSDs. The 970 and 980 series were incredible and still remain popular today if PC Part Picker's stats are anything to be believed. It wasn't without merit either; Samsung's drives have typically always been high performers, suitably durable, and backed up by a solid warranty, with decent customer support (at least for the few times I've had to make contact with them).
Still, it's been over 17 months since the advent of PCIe 5.0 and the subsequent slew of Phison E27-powered performance SSDs, and since then, at least from Samsung, we've heard absolutely diddly squat on that front. Certainly, when it comes to dedicated drives.
