960 Evo or 960 Pro?

[WhiteSkyMage]

Is the Pro worth the extra $80?

 

What size would you recommend for OS (W10) + Star Citizen (and maybe some other slow game). What is the best value for size? - 500gb okay?

[Morgan MLGman]

Speed-wise, maybe. But in real world you wouldn't notice a difference so probably not.

[Mobby Dick]

250gb is enough for Win10 and a few games imo, but if you have the money for a 500gb go ahead, sooner or later you will fill it

[steffeeh]

Speedwise you're better off with NVMe-SSD's, but you won't notice any real life difference unless you do very specific tasks.

The main reason with 850 Pro is it's lifespan and longer warranty.

 

Whenever anyone ask me how large SSD they should get I always ask them to look up how much space Windows + all the installed programs (or at least all the installed programs they want to have on the SSD) take up, then maybe add some extra headroom, and then decide on the SSD size accordingly. It may sometimes seem expensive, but ask yourself how long it will take before you actually upgrade to a larger one. If you feel it won't take that long, then why not just grab a large one right from the beginning?

Unless you have a tighter budget at the moment and can't afford waiting, of course.

 

But even then it may be worth taking a leap of faith and "waste" some money on a larger SSD. When I built my PC last winter I grabbed a 240 GB SSD, but look at me now less than a year later, I'm rocking a 1 TB SSD, and it feels like the best upgrade I've done to the PC so far, and I regret not getting one that size from the start.

[WhiteSkyMage]

2 minutes ago, Mobby Dick said:

250gb is enough for Win10 and a few games imo, but if you have the money for a 500gb go ahead, sooner or later you will fill it

Well, here is the thing - video editing fills up my 128GB 850 Pro quite quickly, and I wanna put some game engines, and other development software. Right now they are on my hard drive and work kinda slow... so... 250 is meh really.

[steffeeh]

2 minutes ago, WhiteSkyMage said:

Well, here is the thing - video editing fills up my 128GB 850 Pro quite quickly, and I wanna put some game engines, and other development software. Right now they are on my hard drive and work kinda slow... so... 250 is meh really.

If that's the case then ditch the Pro and focus on a larger Evo.

[WhiteSkyMage]

4 minutes ago, steffeeh said:

Speedwise you're better off with NVMe-SSD's, but you won't notice any real life difference unless you do very specific tasks.

The main reason with 850 Pro is it's lifespan and longer warranty.

 

Whenever anyone ask me how large SSD they should get I always ask them to look up how much space Windows + all the installed programs (or at least all the installed programs they want to have on the SSD) take up, then maybe add some extra headroom, and then decide on the SSD size accordingly. It may sometimes seem expensive, but ask yourself how long it will take before you actually upgrade to a larger one. If you feel it won't take that long, then why not just grab a large one right from the beginning?

Unless you have a tighter budget at the moment and can't afford waiting, of course.

 

But even then it may be worth taking a leap of faith and "waste" some money on a larger SSD. When I built my PC last winter I grabbed a 240 GB SSD, but look at me now less than a year later, I'm rocking a 1 TB SSD, and it feels like the best upgrade I've done to the PC so far, and I regret not getting one that size from the start.

Yeah, well then i guess ima go for an EVO 500GB and next year, once prices fall, I might get a 2TB Sata SSD and be done with the good old HDDs.

[iiNNeX]

Well my 850 evo is already full and it's a 1TB one... so I am going 2TB 960 pro for Christmas. I have no HDDs in the PC so the more storage the better.