Best SSD

[epikgamerwmp]

I am looking at the the Samsung 860 EVO 500Gb but I was wondering if I should go for a different SSD instead.

Budget is not too much of an issue.

[Princess Luna]

5 minutes ago, epikgamerwmp said:

Budget is not too much of an issue.

Can you be more clear about it because then you should be looking at NVMe and higher capacity already likely.

 

While the 860 Evo is a great SSD it also is more expensive than it makes sense on the greatest majority of cases. Do you require it to be 2,5 inch? I'd argue that stuff like the WD Blue 3D / SanDisk Ultra 3D / MX500 at 1TB capacity would be more senseful while costing the same.

[epikgamerwmp]

Just now, Princess Luna said:

Can you be more clear about it because then you should be looking at NVMe and higher capacity already likely.

 

While the 860 Evo is a great SSD it also is more expensive than it makes sense on the greatest majority of cases. Do you require it to be 2,5 inch? I'd argue that stuff like the WD Blue 3D / SanDisk Ultra 3D / MX500 at 1TB capacity would be more senseful while costing the same.

It must be 2'5" as I do not have support for m.2 on my motherboard and the 500Gb size is because I already have several terabytes worth of hard drives and so only need it as a boot drive for Win 10 and a few key programs.

[Princess Luna]

2 minutes ago, epikgamerwmp said:

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Well I guess the 860 Evo it is if you're okay with it's price.

[epikgamerwmp]

What is the difference between the 860 EVO and the 860 PRO?

[yaop117]

for your circumstances the 860 EVO will be a fine choice. Nothing particularly wrong with it.

 

The biggest difference between the EVO and PRO as far as i'm aware is just that the pro has "better" flash memory on board.
whether the quality difference is worth the price increase is up for debate. I haven't seen benchmarks comparing the two but the speed difference is probably negligible.

[spartaman64]

2bit mlc vs 3bit mlc. the 2bit mlc lasts longer as shown by the TBW terabytes written (probably both drives can do much more than the rated TBW). the speeds on the evo is slightly less but seems pretty negligible 

[yaop117]

Interesting to see that the MTBF are rated the same on both the PRO and the EVO. 
As i guessed the performance tests are near identical.