SSD Choice

[stevenh]

Hello,

 

I'm looking for some more SSD storage, and since the prices s eem quite reasonable now i was planning on buying one soon.

I however could use some help with making a choice.
My budget is around 225€

I'm looking for 500GB, but 1TB would also be an option.

The preference would be a M.2 one since that slot is still empty on my board.

 

Any help would be greatly apriciated.

[r2724r16]

14 minutes ago, stevenh said:

My budget is around 225€

I recommend getting a Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB

[WereCat]

8 minutes ago, r2724r16 said:

I recommend getting a Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB

The Samsung 970 EVO is great but this ADATA XPG 8200 Pro is as good and way cheaper.

https://fr.pcpartpicker.com/product/zR3H99/adata-sx8200-1-tb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-asx8200pnp-1tt-c

 

And review:

https://www.anandtech.com/show/13759/comparing-adata-sx8200-pro-vs-hp-ex950/6

[Mooshi]

If this is going to be used as your new main drive, Samsung no contest. EZ mode cloning.

[paddy-stone]

Since your mobo supports pci-e x 4 m.2

Quote

Intel® Z370 Chipset :
1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M key, type 2242/2260/2280 storage devices support (SATA & PCIE 3.0 x 4 mode)*²
1 x M.2 Socket 3, with M key, type 2242/2260/2280 storage devices support (PCIE 3.0 x 4 mode)*³
6 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s)
Support Raid 0, 1, 5, 10
Intel® Optane™ Memory Ready *⁴

Then any will do... in most things you won't notice much, if any difference from a SATA based SSD though, so bear that in mind. I think it helps with timeline scrubbing etc for content creation, but for general purpose usage you won't notice most likely.

So, considering the above, and if you'll benefit from it, then I'd go with the SX8200 if you need a pci-e m.2 NVME drive... and if you don't need NVME, you can get approx twice the storage amount for the same price with a SATA drive.

[Stormseeker9]

44 minutes ago, r2724r16 said:

I recommend getting a Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB

I second this. Best SSD’s on the market for a fair price imo.

[stevenh]

4 hours ago, WereCat said:

The Samsung 970 EVO is great but this ADATA XPG 8200 Pro is as good and way cheaper.

https://fr.pcpartpicker.com/product/zR3H99/adata-sx8200-1-tb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-asx8200pnp-1tt-c

 

And review:

https://www.anandtech.com/show/13759/comparing-adata-sx8200-pro-vs-hp-ex950/6

The price difference seems to be quite small here the Samsung is 220, and the adata is around 210, one store sells it for 190 but I have had terrible experiences with them in the past and I refuse to buy there. 

 

What would be the better choice? 

4 hours ago, paddy-stone said:

Since your mobo supports pci-e x 4 m.2

Then any will do... in most things you won't notice much, if any difference from a SATA based SSD though, so bear that in mind. I think it helps with timeline scrubbing etc for content creation, but for general purpose usage you won't notice most likely.

So, considering the above, and if you'll benefit from it, then I'd go with the SX8200 if you need a pci-e m.2 NVME drive... and if you don't need NVME, you can get approx twice the storage amount for the same price with a SATA drive.

I mainly use my pc for photo editing and gaming. 

Occasionally video editing. 

I'm just not sure what would be the best choice. 

 

 

 

I've also considered getting a 500gb evo 970 plus, to save some money 

And in the future adding a 2tb evo 870

[stevenh]

So i'm not entirly sure what option to go for:

It's either going to be

Samsung 860 Evo 1tb: Price:160€

or

Samsung 970 Evo plus 500gb: Price 114€

Samung 970 Evo Plus 1tb: Price 230€

 

So the 970 is almost 45% more expensive.

Is the price worh the difference?

Will i notice the difference with photo editing or gaming?

or would it be better to just go for the 860

[paddy-stone]

17 hours ago, stevenh said:

So i'm not entirly sure what option to go for:

It's either going to be

Samsung 860 Evo 1tb: Price:160€

or

Samsung 970 Evo plus 500gb: Price 114€

Samung 970 Evo Plus 1tb: Price 230€

 

So the 970 is almost 45% more expensive.

Is the price worh the difference?

Will i notice the difference with photo editing or gaming?

or would it be better to just go for the 860

No you won't notice the difference between  the 860 evo and 970 evo for those tasks generally... But TBH there are other SSDs that will also be fine for your usages other than Samsung ones, and they may be cheaper. For example here in the UK you can get an Adata SU800 for around £56  https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/V3mxFT/a-data-ultimate-su800-512gb-25-solid-state-drive-asu800ss-512gt-c

[paddy-stone]

Or the cheapest NVME drive I can currently see here in the UK is £63 for the 500GB version  https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/xpYLrH/crucial-p1-500gb-m2-2280-solid-state-drive-ct500p1ssd8