Does SSD speed really matter?

[MrMcArtur]

Is SSD speed really importantrtant, is a samsung ssd worth the 20 dollars more than a sandisk? Im going to use it for gaming and browsing on internet mostly (I dont video/photo edit)

If its important i will have a gtx 1080 and a i5 6700k overclocked to around 4.4 ghz stock is 3.8

[The Sloth]

not really, get the highest capacity SSD you can find in your price range. 

[W-L]

Just now, MrMcArtur said:

Is SSD speed really importantrtant, is a samsung ssd worth the 20 dollars more than a sandisk? Im going to use it for gaming and browsing on internet mostly (I dont video/photo edit)

If its important i will have a gtx 1080 and a i5 6700k overclocked to around 4.4 ghz stock is 3.8

In terms of gaming not really other than load times, unless you do a lot of data crunching or editing that is usually when you can see a difference. Personally I would suggest the Samsung unit just for long term reliability and quality, they make the drive front to back so everything is their own. 

[Droidbot]

Which SanDisk? If it's SSD PLUS, don't touch it. They swap NAND so often that one review from 3 weeks ago showing performance may be incorrect. 

 

Samsung is the performance and reliability king, and I'd rather pay $20 more for one of their drives. 

 

However, to answer your question, yes. It does make small differences here and there in the real world. Game loads can be so much faster with an good SSD, and file transfers can be much faster as well. 

 

 

[SCHISCHKA]

quality is more important than the marketed speeds. Once a drive's cache has been exhausted performance drops. I look at the warranty period. Intel and Samsung SSDs give a longer warranty for a few dollars more. I have 5 year old intel 520s that are pretty much brand new according to SMART stats.

[Wingfan]

I would go with the Samsung, the same amount of GB im assuming. Prices are high right now tho

[DrMacintosh]

Nope! Unless you are doing constant data transfers to a from other SSDs as long as the SSD is >> than a HDD (they always are) then you are good. Expect a ~15sec boot time and almost instant usability as soon as the machine is in Windows. 

 

Capacity over all for SSDs imo. 

[MrMcArtur]

Alright, appreciate all the responses I think ill go for the samsung. I know this may sound a bit dumb but do SSDs help with the speed of when I download a game off steam or something off the internet?