Explain?

[Polylactic]

Whats the difference between this: https://www.pccasegear.com/products/37203/samsung-960-evo-nvme-m-2-500gb-ssd

and this? https://www.pccasegear.com/products/28750/samsung-850-pro-512gb-ssd

[vanished]

Almost everything.  The first one is newer, a totally different form factor and interface and protocol and much faster

[astrosheen]

1 minute ago, Polylactic said:

Whats the difference between this: https://www.pccasegear.com/products/37203/samsung-960-evo-nvme-m-2-500gb-ssd

and this? https://www.pccasegear.com/products/28750/samsung-850-pro-512gb-ssd

 

The 960 is a hell of a lot faster as it uses the NVMe protocol and faster nand flash. It must be plugged into a M.2 connector able to handle NVMe. The 850 pro is slower as it uses sata which is limited to around 550mbs.

[rn8686]

The 850 pro is Sata based, while the 960 is PCI-E and faster. 

[Jade]

The 960 EVO uses PCI-E and NVME (over 1 gigabyte/second read/writes), it's substantially faster than the 850 Pro (~500megabyte/second read/writes), which uses SATA. NVME is a protocol developed specifically for flash storage and bypasses most (if not all) of the speed losses SATA has for all its workaround.

[Polylactic]

and I can put a  IOS on the 960? 

[rn8686]

5 minutes ago, Polylactic said:

and I can put a  IOS on the 960? 

Of course you can, but I wouldn't say a NVME SSD is necessary, Sata will be fine for most tasks (Unless you work with large files and/or render videos). 

[Enderman]

Unless you're a content creator or data analyst or something like that, buying a 960 will not make any improvement at all compared to an 850.

[Sack]

34 minutes ago, Polylactic said:

and I can put a  IOS on the 960? 

What do you mean by that? iOS is a phone operating system.

[Jurrunio]

1 hour ago, Polylactic said:

and I can put a  IOS on the 960? 

In terms of boot time improvement over HDD, just the cheaper SATA SSD is fine.

[Nath_davies]

Whilst you could use the M.2 drive to boot you computer (super quick btw) or you could use it to store your Steam library or meme collection it's not the worlds most necessary thing. Personally it think they're great and the removal of a few cables is a big plus for me (aesthetics nut) plus the slim form factor make it hdd pretty damn well in your system allowing for greater modification. Though it still isn't necessary and will cost you a bit more than getting an ordinary SSD and connecting it using SATA 3 or SATA express.