{"id":95901,"date":"2016-06-21T08:04:37","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T06:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=95901"},"modified":"2016-06-21T08:06:17","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T06:06:17","slug":"samsungs-lightning-fast-1tb-m-2-ssd-releases-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/95901-samsungs-lightning-fast-1tb-m-2-ssd-releases-next-week","title":{"rendered":"Samsung&#8217;s lightning-fast 1TB M.2 SSD releases next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung&#8217;s lighting-fast, high-capacity 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD will begin shipping next week, reports<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/news\/samsung-sm961-1tb-nvme-m-2-ssd,32117.html\" target=\"_blank\"> Toms Hardware<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The SM961 is a compact form-factor NVMe M.2 SSD which features storage capacities of up to 1TB.<\/p>\n<p>The SSD is also available in <strong>128GB<\/strong>, <strong>256GB<\/strong>, and <strong>512GB<\/strong> versions.<\/p>\n<p>The sequential read and write speeds of the 1TB SM961 SSD are <strong>3,200MB\/s<\/strong> and <strong>1,800MB\/s<\/strong> respectively, offering quick\u00a0transfer rates unimpeded by the restrictions of SATA III.<\/p>\n<p>The 1TB version of the SM961 NVMe M.2 SSD is priced at <strong>$512 USD<\/strong> internationally, with the 512GB and 256GB\u00a0\u00a0variations priced at <strong>$280<\/strong> and <strong>$159 USD<\/strong> respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The Samsung SM961 is the fastest consumer SSD\u00a0released to date.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on hardware<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Are we being overcharged for Nvidia and AMD graphics cards in South Africa?\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/95351-are-we-being-overcharged-for-nvidia-and-amd-graphics-cards-in-south-africa.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Are we being overcharged for Nvidia and AMD graphics cards in South Africa?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Nvidia unveils monstrous new PCIe Tesla GPU\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/95879-nvidia-unveils-monstrous-new-pcie-tesla-gpu.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Nvidia unveils monstrous new PCIe Tesla GPU<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to Alienware unveils insane new gaming rigs \u2013 specifications and pricing\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/95193-alienware-unveils-insane-new-gaming-rigs-specifications-and-pricing.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Alienware unveils insane new gaming rigs \u2013 specifications and pricing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung&#8217;s powerful, tiny 1TB NVMe M.2 SSD will begin shipping next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":95905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8585,7],"tags":[9741,31,19637,19265,2664,19635,16188,19639,1435,19641,2101],"class_list":["post-95901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","category-hardware","tag-1tb","tag-active","tag-capacity","tag-fast","tag-gaming","tag-m2","tag-nvme","tag-quick","tag-samsung","tag-sm961","tag-ssd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}