Is this worth it?

[The Official Czex]

If I get this: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0106AO1SK/?tag=pcpapi-20 instead of this: Samsung 500 GB M.2 + 1 TB WD BLACK, is it more worth it?

[Guest]

Coming from the deal are you?

 

 

YES!!! GET IT!

[DannyRyu]

Holy wow.

[byalexandr]

Should I get it, that is the question.

[Jykos]

YES YES YES

[Enderman]

samsung is much higher quality than OCZ

OCZ had a ton of issues in the past, I dont trust their products anymore

you can be sure with a samsung SSD that it will last a decade, especially the new 850 series

[The Official Czex]

samsung is much higher quality than OCZ

OCZ had a ton of issues in the past, I dont trust their products anymore

you can be sure with a samsung SSD that it will last a decade, especially the new 850 series

 

That's what I thought... I'm getting a Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB M.2 SSD and a Western Digital Black Series 1 TB HDD for a new ITX rig. My current decision would be much faster and have a larger overall capacity. I think I'll stick with what I've got. 

[byalexandr]

That's what I thought... I'm getting a Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB M.2 SSD and a Western Digital Black Series 1 TB HDD for a new ITX rig. My current decision would be much faster and have a larger overall capacity. I think I'll stick with what I've got. 

Not much faster, actually.

[Enderman]

Not much faster, actually.

its reliability that matters

I would only trust samsung, intel, or crucial

[byalexandr]

its reliability that matters

I would only trust samsung, intel, or crucial

I had an 840 Pro, I had to update the firmware because one of the revisions were absolute crap and froze up the SSD. After that it was fast though, can't complain. But $240 for a 1TB SSD is a good deal IMO.

[dizmo]

That's what I thought... I'm getting a Samsung 850 EVO 500 GB M.2 SSD and a Western Digital Black Series 1 TB HDD for a new ITX rig. My current decision would be much faster and have a larger overall capacity. I think I'll stick with what I've got. 

Why would you get a Black? Just get a Blue if you're staying at 1TB.

[Enderman]

I had an 840 Pro, I had to update the firmware because one of the revisions were absolute crap and froze up the SSD. After that it was fast though, can't complain. But $240 for a 1TB SSD is a good deal IMO.

firmware?

do you mean the samsung magician crap that comes with it?

[The Official Czex]

Why would you get a Black? Just get a Blue if you're staying at 1TB.

 

Color scheming to the outrageous. My drives will be visible.

[byalexandr]

firmware?

do you mean the samsung magician crap that comes with it?

No, actual firmware.

[The Official Czex]

No, actual firmware.

 

That doesn't seem right... It should've worked no matter what.

[byalexandr]

That doesn't seem right... It should've worked no matter what.

Oh it worked, it just froze up like a little ... and I had to reset. There is firmware for SSDs, you know. And yes, I had to use the Samsung Magician to update it. But after that it ran so smoothly.

[The Official Czex]

Oh it worked, it just froze up like a little ... and I had to reset. There is firmware for SSDs, you know. And yes, I had to use the Samsung Magician to update it. But after that it ran so smoothly.

 

I've never heard of an SSD with firmware issues. Oh, well, I get it anyways because M.2 FTW.

[Captain_WD]

~snip~

 

Hey there

 

Having multiple drives generally is considered better in terms of data safety. In case one drive fails, you would still have the data on the other one safe (you can store a system backup image on both drives for some redundancy) while a single larger drive would cause a major data loss in case of failure. 

I would also consider which of the applications, files and overall data could really benefit from the faster access times and transfer speeds of the SSD and which should perform pretty much the same on a HDD and see if there's really a point in getting a single large SSD.

WD Black is a great performance drive that should be able to handle pretty much anything you throw at it.

 

Captain_WD.

[The Official Czex]

 

Hey there

 

Having multiple drives generally is considered better in terms of data safety. In case one drive fails, you would still have the data on the other one safe (you can store a system backup image on both drives for some redundancy) while a single larger drive would cause a major data loss in case of failure. 

I would also consider which of the applications, files and overall data could really benefit from the faster access times and transfer speeds of the SSD and which should perform pretty much the same on a HDD and see if there's really a point in getting a single large SSD.

WD Black is a great performance drive that should be able to handle pretty much anything you throw at it.

 

Captain_WD.

 

 

I was already going to get a Western Digital Black 1 TB anyway. Also, you're an industry affiliate named Captain_WD and you're recommending a WD Black HDD... Nope, no correlation whatsoever! 

[Captain_WD]

I was already going to get a Western Digital Black 1 TB anyway. Also, you're an industry affiliate named Captain_WD and you're recommending a WD Black HDD... Nope, no correlation whatsoever! 

 

Well as a WD representative I can't really recommend any other brand or product. I'm only offering alternatives and options, it's up to every single person to choose which product would they go with.