Samsung 850 Evo m.2 vs 850 Evo SATA

[greensauce]

Currently my local computer store sells a Samsung 850 Evo M.2 at 15$ cheaper price than the SATA version

I thought it's strange because for all I know, M.2 SSDs are more expensive than SATA SSDs

is it safe to pick the M.2 version over the SATA version?

[TheKDub]

Either one will be fine, just make sure your motherboard supports M.2 as well as booting from it if planning to use it as an OS drive.

[Electronics Wizardy]

same speed, there both sata. h

[rn8686]

2 minutes ago, Abyssal Radon said:

M.2 should be faster than the Sata one, I currently have a Samsung 960 EVO M.2 SSD and it's a little rocket man compared to my 850 EVO Sata SSD. 

Your referring to a PCI-E M.2, this is Sata based, no speed difference over a regular 2.5 inch. 

 

No reason not to get it if its cheaper, but if you ever want to upgrade to a faster PCI-E one, you will lose this drive (Unless you have a second M.2 slot). 

[greensauce]

@Abyssal Radon @rn8686 @Electronics Wizardy @TheKDub

 

Thanks for the replies, I'm getting the M.2 SSD as a boot drive on the AsRock X370 Gaming K4