Posted December 5, 2016 Hello there, I need to choose between the crucial mx300 525gb and the samsung 850 evo 250gb. (I live in Greece so there is a pretty big difference in the price of the 850 evo 500gb and the 250gb 850 evo). I know the 850 evo is better according to benchmarks but I'm wondering if the speed difference is noticeable in everyday tasks. So should i go for the extra 250gb space of the mx300 or should i settle for the faster 250gb 850 evo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 5, 2016 Get the Samsung 850 Evo 250GB. زندگی از چراغ Intel Core i7 7800X 6C/12T (4.5GHz), Corsair H150i Pro RGB (360mm), Asus Prime X299-A, Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4X4GB & 2X8GB 3000MHz DDR4), MSI GeForce GTX 1070 Gaming X 8G (2.113GHz core & 9.104GHz memory), 1 Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1TB NVMe M.2, 1 Samsung 850 Pro 256GB SSD, 1 Samsung 850 Evo 500GB SSD, 1 WD Red 1TB mechanical drive, Corsair RM750X 80+ Gold fully modular PSU, Corsair Obsidian 750D full tower case, Corsair Glaive RGB mouse, Corsair K70 RGB MK.2 (Cherry MX Red) keyboard, Asus VN247HA (1920x1080 60Hz 16:9), Audio Technica ATH-M20x headphones & Windows 10 Home 64 bit. The time Linus replied to me on one of my threads: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 5, 2016 4 minutes ago, Stergios said: Hello there, I need to choose between the crucial mx300 525gb and the samsung 850 evo 250gb. (I live in Greece so there is a pretty big difference in the price of the 850 evo 500gb and the 250gb 850 evo). I know the 850 evo is better according to benchmarks but I'm wondering if the speed difference is noticeable in everyday tasks. So should i go for the extra 250gb space of the mx300 or should i settle for the faster 250gb 850 evo? Completely unnoticeable performance difference in every day use. Go for the MX300. QUOTE ME IN A REPLY SO I CAN SEE THE NOTIFICATION! When there is no danger of failure there is no pleasure in success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 5, 2016 Author 1 minute ago, Samfisher said: Completely unnoticeable performance difference in every day use. Go for the MX300. Have you tested them yourself? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 5, 2016 Author 7 minutes ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said: Get the Samsung 850 Evo 250GB. Is it that much faster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 5, 2016 I use both (the samsung 850 evo 250GB in my laptop and the mx300 525GB in my desktop) and I notice ZERO difference in terms of performance in every day tasks. go for capacity in this case. The only reason I bought the samsung drive back in the day was power consumption reasons for my laptop. EDIT: the samsung actually had some performance issues somewhere after 2 months but i sorted them out. GUITAR BUILD LOG FROM SCRATCH OUT OF APPLEWOOD - Ryzen Build - R5 3600 | MSI X470 Gaming Plus MAX | 16GB CL16 3200MHz Corsair LPX | Dark Rock 4 MSI 2060 Super Gaming X 1TB Intel 660p | 250GB Kingston A2000 | 1TB Seagate Barracuda | 2TB WD Blue be quiet! Silent Base 601 | be quiet! Straight Power 550W CM 2x Dell UP2516D - First System (Retired) - Intel Xeon 1231v3 | 16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport Dual Channel | Gigabyte H97 D3H | Gigabyte GTX 970 Gaming G1 | 525 GB Crucial MX 300 | 1 TB + 2 TB Seagate HDD be quiet! 500W Straight Power E10 CM | be quiet! Silent Base 800 with stock fans | be quiet! Dark Rock Advanced C1 | 2x Dell UP2516D Reviews: be quiet! Silent Base 800 | MSI GTX 950 OC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 5, 2016 Author 1 minute ago, 19_blackie_73 said: I use both (the samsung 850 evo 250GB in my laptop and the mx300 525GB in my desktop) and I notice ZERO difference in terms of performance. go for capacity in this case. The only reason I bought the samsung drive back in the day was power consumption reasons for my laptop. Thanks a ton ! Alright! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 5, 2016 Comparing IOPs between the 2 the EVO technically is faster, but not enough to justify loosing out on over double the capacity. i7-6700k Cooling: Deepcool Captain 240EX White GPU: GTX 1080Ti EVGA FTW3 Mobo: AsRock Z170 Extreme4 Case: Phanteks P400s TG Special Black/White PSU: EVGA 850w GQ Ram: 64GB (3200Mhz 16x4 Corsair Vengeance RGB) Storage 1x 1TB Seagate Barracuda 240GBSandisk SSDPlus, 480GB OCZ Trion 150, 1TB Crucial NVMe (Rest of Specs on Profile) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 5, 2016 14 minutes ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said: Get the Samsung 850 Evo 250GB. Explain, the max sequential write/read for the EVO is only a +10 MBps difference and the difference between the Random I/O is not enough to justify loosing out on 275GBs of Storage. i7-6700k Cooling: Deepcool Captain 240EX White GPU: GTX 1080Ti EVGA FTW3 Mobo: AsRock Z170 Extreme4 Case: Phanteks P400s TG Special Black/White PSU: EVGA 850w GQ Ram: 64GB (3200Mhz 16x4 Corsair Vengeance RGB) Storage 1x 1TB Seagate Barracuda 240GBSandisk SSDPlus, 480GB OCZ Trion 150, 1TB Crucial NVMe (Rest of Specs on Profile) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 5, 2016 9 minutes ago, Stergios said: Have you tested them yourself? Thanks It's faster in benchmarks, but in normal every day use it does not tax either SSD so the extra performance for HALF the capacity is a terrible trade off. QUOTE ME IN A REPLY SO I CAN SEE THE NOTIFICATION! When there is no danger of failure there is no pleasure in success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 5, 2016 1 minute ago, Stergios said: Thanks a ton ! Alright! see my edits too. They are both only os drives, and I don't do large file transfers all the time, basically every day stuff. You may see some perfomance difference with continous large file transfers but I don't see a reason why not to get the mx300 over the evo. GUITAR BUILD LOG FROM SCRATCH OUT OF APPLEWOOD - Ryzen Build - R5 3600 | MSI X470 Gaming Plus MAX | 16GB CL16 3200MHz Corsair LPX | Dark Rock 4 MSI 2060 Super Gaming X 1TB Intel 660p | 250GB Kingston A2000 | 1TB Seagate Barracuda | 2TB WD Blue be quiet! Silent Base 601 | be quiet! Straight Power 550W CM 2x Dell UP2516D - First System (Retired) - Intel Xeon 1231v3 | 16GB Crucial Ballistix Sport Dual Channel | Gigabyte H97 D3H | Gigabyte GTX 970 Gaming G1 | 525 GB Crucial MX 300 | 1 TB + 2 TB Seagate HDD be quiet! 500W Straight Power E10 CM | be quiet! Silent Base 800 with stock fans | be quiet! Dark Rock Advanced C1 | 2x Dell UP2516D Reviews: be quiet! Silent Base 800 | MSI GTX 950 OC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 5, 2016 Author 4 minutes ago, DarkBlade2117 said: Comparing IOPs between the 2 the EVO technically is faster, but not enough to justify loosing out on over double the capacity. Yeah I totally agree thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 5, 2016 Author 4 minutes ago, Samfisher said: It's faster in benchmarks, but in normal every day use it does not tax either SSD so the extra performance for HALF the capacity is a terrible trade off. Thanks a lot for your help , I agree with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 5, 2016 Author 5 minutes ago, 19_blackie_73 said: see my edits too. They are both only os drives, and I don't do large file transfers all the time, basically every day stuff. You may see some perfomance difference with continous large file transfers but I don't see a reason why not to get the mx300 over the evo. I see yeah I don't intend to transfer large files all the time. Thanks so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 5, 2016 @Stergios, just go with the MX300 for the extra space. SSDs are generally wicked fast and a couple of MB/s of transfer speeds aren't worth the extra price unless you really need to save those precious seconds. My Daily Driver: Acer Predator Helios 300 »« Intel Core i5-8300H »« 16GB DDR4 RAM »« NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB »« Silicon Power A60 512 GB M.2 SSD »« Toshiba PC L200 1 TB HDD »« Microsoft Windows 10 Home »« Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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