Sequential performance.

Current line-up tops out at 1TB.

Good sustained read/write performance ; Very affordable

Reliance on Host Memory Buffer slows down random file performance

I appreciate Samsung’s leveraging of a rarely used NVMe feature (HMB) to reduce costs and save everyone money. The 980 does that, and you might be perfectly happy with it if you single-task with light stuff like web surfing, email, word processing,...