Intel or Samsung?

[MatchuEnsmith]

In my next PC build I cannot decide whether to use a Intel 750 series pcie 400gb Ssd or a Samsung 950 pro m.2 512gb ssd? Which should I get.

[Coaxialgamer]

950 pro

[MatchuEnsmith]

really? I looked it up and it said that the Intel Ssd has faster random read and write

[DrJones]

I'm using a 950, doesn't take up a pcie slot, however does share bandwidth with one on my board (ASUS Rampage V Extreme). They're almost identical on paper, not sure on real world performance. The 950 is bootable, also don't know if the 750 is. The 950 can get hot if you're running it under load for a longer period of time, I just bought some stick on heatsink and stuck it on the controller chip, runs much cooler.

 

EDIT: You get a little more space on the 950 for the price

[AresKrieger]

1 minute ago, MatchuEnsmith said:

really? I looked it up and it said that the Intel Ssd has faster random read and write

What's the price difference since tbh that matters more than speed (dimishing returns come into play), also m.2 is no faster than Sata so their is no reason to get that over sata unless it is cheaper

[DrJones]

5 minutes ago, MatchuEnsmith said:

really? I looked it up and it said that the Intel Ssd has faster random read and write

Between the 400gb 750 and 512gb 950, it's the same (unless it's sequential that i'm thinking of)

[DocSwag]

The answer: Neither unless you commonly do large file transfers. An 850 evo is plenty if all you're doing is playing games. The performance difference between an 850 evo and either is less than 1% in loading games and booting up windows.

[JHY]

If you want to less money intel 600p 512gb is great too.