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Samsung 850 EVO Sata III vs M.2

Matias_Chambers
By Matias_Chambers
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no it's not

the m.2 is more for laptops, go with the 2.5" if you can fit it

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1 minute ago, Matias_Chambers said:

Is the M.2 850 EVO faster than the Sata one?

Since the M.2 version also runs on SATA nope. You'd have to get a 950 that runs PCIe NVMe for it to be faster.

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2 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

Is the M.2 850 EVO faster than the Sata one?

since they're both on SATA interface, no

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Not all m.2's are created equal haha. Pretty sure 950 Pro m.2 is the only samsung m.2 that takes advantage of 4 lans PCIE. All other m.2 are throttled to speeds similar to SATA 6. Advantage is m.2 is usually a few dollars cheaper and doesn't take up a drive bay.

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3 hours ago, Matias_Chambers said:

Is the M.2 850 EVO faster than the Sata one?

No, they're the same speed (both Sata  based). However, the M.2 version runs really hot when under load. I got it to 72C when running Crystal Disk mark in my friend's laptop...The 2.5" version only got to 35C by comparison.

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