Samsung seemingly caught swapping components in its 970 Evo Plus

The Phoenix controller in Samsung's own product images isn't present on newer drives.

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Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1 TB Solid State Drive M.2 2280 Internal PCI Express NVMe PCI Express NVMe 3.0 x4 600 TB TBW 3500 MBs Maximum Read Transfer Rate 256 bit Encryption Standard 5 Year Warranty Retail - Office Depot

The ultimate in performance, upgraded. Faster than the 970 EVO, the 970 EVO Plus is powered by the latest V-NAND technology and firmware optimization.

Samsung 970 EVO Plus PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2 Internal V-NAND Solid State Drive

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Samsung is swapping parts in their 970 Evo Plus SSDs and sabotaging performance

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Samsung seemingly caught swapping components in its 970 Evo Plus SSDs : r/hardware