850 pro

[Texhnlyze]

Just a quick question, does more memory=more perfomance? I've been reading a lot of these type of comments in other forums.

[dizmo]

To a point. 256gb is usually the sweet spot.

[GloriousPain]

Just a quick question, does more memory=more perfomance? I've been reading a lot of these type of comments in other forums.

Yes but it's a diminishing returns kind of thing... 256 or 512 is usually best idea...  Another part of it is enduring performance as SSDs lots of them are known to use unused space for extra caching and working memory that increases speed slightly so usually when you fill an SSD over 90%  it's speed starts to go down which gives 512GB and 1TB an edge but usually the difference in starting off speed before the nand gets worn at all  between 256GB and 1TB is maybe ~1MegaByte/Second  the 128 GB is maybe ~10MegaByte/second slower but that's cause they also I believe make the PCB smaller for it to save money... 

[hojnikb]

Another part of it is enduring performance as SSDs lots of them are known to use unused space for extra caching and working memory that increases speed slightly

 

Actually, pretty much every SSD in exsistance uses free space for overprovisioning and EVERY SSD has atleast 7% set aside.

 

so usually when you fill an SSD over 90%  it's speed starts to go down

 

Nope. Every decent ssd will perform just fine, even when filled to the max. http://www.techspot.com/review/838-samsung-850-pro-ssd/page8.html

Almost max speed

 

but that's cause they also I believe make the PCB smaller for it to save money...

 

What you just stated makes ABSOLUTLY no sense whatsoever

[Texhnlyze]

Is 256 enough or should i go 512? What should I put in SSD and what not to put?

[typographie]

Is 256 enough or should i go 512? What should I put in SSD and what not to put?

 

Depends on what you do with your machine. You definitely want Windows on it. If you use productivity software like Adobe Creative Suite, having those on an SSD is absolutely awesome as well. Then maybe whatever games you're actively playing that will fit. You want to avoid putting stuff like mass storage of documents (pictures/video/music included) on the SSD, as those are not so performance sensitive and do just fine on an HDD.

 

Chances are you can do fine with 256 GB, but SSD space is valuable and you can always find more uses for extra space. Price per gigabyte for the Crucial MX100's are almost a quarter of what I paid for my Crucial M4 a few years ago, so even 512 GB looks like a depressingly great deal to me today.

[BaSkA]

There is a difference in performance but it's not something you will notice.

Boot time won't be 5 seconds faster or slower because of it, maybe 10~100ms.

[GloriousPain]

Actually, pretty much every SSD in exsistance uses free space for overprovisioning and EVERY SSD has atleast 7% set aside.

 

 

Nope. Every decent ssd will perform just fine, even when filled to the max. http://www.techspot.com/review/838-samsung-850-pro-ssd/page8.html

Almost max speed

 

 

What you just stated makes ABSOLUTLY no sense whatsoever

So I was right...

I was right again and you say no yet provide a link that proves me right? I never said speed is cut in half or anything rediculous, but speeds dropped after being filled...

but yeah that last one makes no sense to me either I did write that @ 3am my time... I was tired... but the 128GB model is slower than the larger models it even says it on the 850 Pro's box.

[TheProfosist]

Usually yes and generally now the 512 is a good bit quicker but thats not necessarily the case with the 850 Pro because of its new nand. Due to this I would just go with the 256 if thats all you need.

[hojnikb]

but yeah that last one makes no sense to me either I did write that @ 3am my time... I was tired... but the 128GB model is slower than the larger models it even says it on the 850 Pro's box.

 

 

Thats due to fewer dies available (more dies -- more channels -- more performance) not because PCB is smaller.

[TheProfosist]

Thats due to fewer dies available (more dies -- more channels -- more performance) not because PCB is smaller.

Yes but it is the least degradation from 256 to 128 of any drive.

[hojnikb]

Yes but it is the least degradation from 256 to 128 of any drive.

 

yeah, but thats because its using smaller dies and much much larger litography (smaller program times):

[TheProfosist]

yeah, but thats because its using smaller dies and much much larger litography (smaller program times):

Which is also good for endurance.

[hojnikb]

Which is also good for endurance.

it is indeed. Not that thats a big problem with 2d nand anyway.

[TheProfosist]

it is indeed. Not that thats a big problem with 2d nand anyway.

Hey I bought the 128GB to get it self beaten up as a cache drive, so I'll take all the performance I can get.

[hojnikb]

Hey I bought the 128GB to get it self beaten up as a cache drive, so I'll take all the performance I can get.

Well 850pro does have exceptional performance for a 128GB drive. Not unlike others that heavily inflate numbers using varios tricks (im looking at you sandforce)

[Jey R.]

Well 850pro does have exceptional performance for a 128GB drive. Not unlike others that heavily inflate numbers using varios tricks (im looking at you sandforce)

And very very good endurance, as well as aware warranty.