840 evo VS 850 pro

[Zach's Tech Tips]

hey linus commuity i am investing in a new pc and was wondering if i should get a 250gb 840 evo or a 128gb pro. I figure the pro is more expensive because it is faster is this true? also what are some other major differences betwwen the two?

 

Thanks

 

wolffangs147

[79wjd]

Evo unless you're writing terabyte of data daily 

 

It's barely faster, it's more expensive as its a more durable drive, but the Evo will still last years and you won't notice any speed differences between the two unless you're constantly writing large files. 

 

Better yet, get a Crucial MX100 or Adata SP900

[coen113]

The Intel ssd's are good too.

I would go for the 840 evo

[Zach's Tech Tips]

Evo unless you're writing terabyte of data daily 

 

It's barely faster, it's more expensive as its a more durable drive, but the Evo will still last years and you won't notice any speed differences between the two unless you're constantly writing large files. 

 

Better yet, get a Crucial MX100 or Adata SP900

thanks ill look at them

[ZeroKoolGuy]

Wait for new Corsair Neutron SSD, will be much better.

[79wjd]

Wait for new Corsair Neutron SSD, will be much better.

"will be much better."

Really, how so?

Both an Evo, pro, MX100, and Sp900 almost completely saturate sata 3, and you can barely tell them apart. So, unless its over PCIe, it will be virtually the same performance. Not to mention, Corsair SSDs haven't been competitively priced in quite a while.

[ZeroKoolGuy]

"will be much better."

Really, how so?

Both an Evo, pro, MX100, and Sp900 almost completely saturate sata 3, and you can barely tell them apart. So, unless its over PCIe, it will be virtually the same performance. Not to mention, Corsair SSDs haven't been competitively priced in quite a while.

 

Take my advice or don't, but I am telling you Corsair SSD's are OP AF. Not competitively priced? Perhaps to you who is just builds a few System's a year, but those of us who configure 100's of System's/year would argue against that. We care about long-term performance, QA (reliability), product/soft-side support, availability, and then lastly we care about the upfront cost. Corsair SSD's never fail. Ever. Barely any issues with degradation. All the others besides maybe a handful of Intel SSD's have far too many issues. 

[79wjd]

Take my advice or don't, but I am telling you Corsair SSD's are OP AF. Not competitively priced? Perhaps to you who is just builds a few System's a year, but those of us who configure 100's of System's/year would argue against that. We care about long-term performance, QA (reliability), product/soft-side support, availability, and then lastly we care about the upfront cost. Corsair SSD's never fail. Ever. Barely any issues with degradation. All the others besides maybe a handful of Intel SSD's have far too many issues.

I smell fanboy

Crucial and Intel both make incredibly reliable drives. So either you're just fanboying, or you've had bad luck -- which can happen with any manufacturer.

And again, how do you propose they make this new drive "much better" if reliability is already there, and the speed is capped by the Sata 3 spec; so unless its a PCIe interface, which isn't even an option for a large number of people, ssds really can't go very far other than better $/gb.

[Gix7Fifty]

The only difference I see between those 2 is the warranty. EVO 3yrs Pro 10yrs.

[Brandogg255]

Go the EVO the 250GB drive should last 8+ years with 50GB a day of writes to it

[yiebie]

Dude.. 850 Pro have warranty for 10 years.. :o

 

Evo only 3 years :(

[EeveeTechTips]

I think the performance is about 15% faster on the 850 Pro and it has way longer warranty, but the price/performance ratio wise, 840 EVO is sooo much better.

[DirkW]

Dude.. 850 Pro have warranty for 10 years.. :o

 

 

True... but do you really expect to still use much of today's hardware in 10 years? I don't...

[79wjd]

Dude.. 850 Pro have warranty for 10 years.. :o

 

Evo only 3 years :(

In 3 years current SSDs will feel like HDDs in comparison to SSDs at that time. 

 

I think the performance is about 15% faster on the 850 Pro and it has way longer warranty, but the price/performance ratio wise, 840 EVO is sooo much better.

It's not that nearly that much; and unless you compare them side-by-side you won't notice a difference. 

 

True... but do you really expect to still use much of today's hardware in 10 years? I don't...

this

I just went through and scrapped my 10 year old desktop, which was just sitting in a corner, and there wasn't a single piece of useful hardware in it worth saving:

CPU was a 1.8ghz AMD Athlong 64+ 3000 (single core) 

Mobo: Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe 

GPU: PowerColor 512mb X1950 Pro

HDD: 220gb 7200rpm Toshiba 

RAM: 3gb DDR400

Case: Cooler Master Centurion 

PSU: 430w, came with the case 

Cooler: some Asus (stock-like cooler)

 

As can easily be seen, the only thing worth anything anymore would be the case and psu, but the case doesn't have any cablemanagement -- whatsoever-- and the psu isn't even 80+.

[yiebie]

True... but do you really expect to still use much of today's hardware in 10 years? I don't...

 

Yes. I agreed in term of performance. But, I'm more interested in saying how much Samsung have confidence in their SSD.

I'm still new in computer hardware but I never come across any company that provide warranty up to that long. Usually, only up to 5 years.

 

Correct me if I'm wrong.

[79wjd]

Yes. I agreed in term of performance. But, I'm more interested in saying how much Samsung have confidence in their SSD.

I'm still new in computer hardware but I never come across any company that provide warranty up to that long. Usually, only up to 5 years.

 

Correct me if I'm wrong.

I'd put my money on them knowing full well that only a small fraction will still be using it after 3-5 years, therefore they might as well just give it a 10 year warranty since it can only help sales with minimal negatives (how many people are honestly going to give a shit that the drive doesn't work 9 years from now).

[DirkW]

Yes. I agreed in term of performance. But, I'm more interested in saying how much Samsung have confidence in their SSD.

I'm still new in computer hardware but I never come across any company that provide warranty up to that long. Usually, only up to 5 years.

 

Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

Not really wrong, no. It's certainly a hell of a good SSD. And yes, 3-5 years is much more usual, while 10 is extremely long - but the risk for Samsung, of having people still care some time after 2019, about their warranty on their (by then probably pretty much obsolete) drives is pretty minimal, I'd say. So even if it wouldn't be any better than their products with 5 years warranty, I wouldn't really matter much by then. But yes, I do believe the 850 Pros probably will last longer (maybe not every individual drive, but on average), and the increased warranty is one indicator for this. But I don't think that alone will be worth the increased cost for most people, so I hesitate to advise people to go and get it purely based on that.

[Real_PhillBert]

The only difference I see between those 2 is the warranty. EVO 3yrs Pro 10yrs.

No. They use a different style of NAND.

 

The two are technically quite different.

[Gix7Fifty]

No. They use a different style of NAND.

 

The two are technically quite different.

Then why are the read and write speeds so similiar? To pay $XX more when the difference is negligible?