Samsung 9100 Pro M.2 SSD Review

"When we consider other big games such as the still-in-development Subnautica 2 that will definitely benefit from the SSD as it moves through Early Access and beyond..."

Not all modern games will need to utilise the full power of Samsung’s baby, and you likely won’t notice any performance changes on anything too old, but when we consider other big games such as the still-in-development Subnautica 2 that will definitely benefit from the SSD as it moves through Early Access and beyond with more and more assets and a larger streaming world a part of its development roadmap.

Custom PC builds are still on the pricier point of choice for the everyday punter, but future-proofing in a world of increasingly shifting data requirements, as well as against the unsteady world of console gaming right now means meal-piecing together a build is still a good choice. Unfortunately the 9100 Pro is on the hefty side of its pricepoint, but we can’t stress enough just how well this thing works as well as to point out it will be a flagship SSD for a while and will genuinely service you in the long term.   

Obviously from a creator perspective, having such incredible read and write power available with big files and the need to often stream, in real-time, works-in-progress is a big deal and while we work off Wondershare for all of our video and social media content, or Canva, we also understand the 9100 works brilliantly with Adobe’s Creative Suite, especially with Premiere, so that’s also a bonus if you dabble more in that world, or need something that can meet the needs of both worlds -- especially when capturing or streaming for seamless content.

"Be aware that the older architecture of Sony’s console will hamstring performance somewhat..."

The price-point might still be your uphill battle, of course, and while this is also a great option for your PS5 or PS5 Pro -- be aware that the older architecture of Sony’s console will hamstring performance somewhat, but it’s still faster than Sony’s internal SSD. And with newer consoles rumoured to be on the horizon, there might still be space for a future purchase for this little SSD that hums down the track. You’re just going to need to be ready to fork out a bit of money in the interim as it comes 1TB, 2TB, 4TB and 8TB with the latter setting you back roughly $3K, while the 2TB we tested is around the $700~ mark, depending where you shop -- we have no affiliates program here, so you’ll be required to do a cursory shop for yourself.

Again, however, and as we’ve stressed throughout, the read times on this thing are next-level while it will likely also be with you for a while either in a current build to power-up, or any future builds you want to do. And in a modern world of massive data and the want and need to control your own content, files, game saves and more, storage tech of this magnitude is among the safest of investments and we can’t recommend this more highly.