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AirAdair
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1 minute ago, AirAdair said:

Debating between a 500 GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD and added a HDD later or a 250 GB 850 EVO and a 1 TB WD Black. Both are around the same price, the single 500 SSD would be cheaper but not sure if it'll hold me off.

get the bigger ssd now. wait for 1tb later when you'll need it. its better than shuffeling around data all the time like I have to do.

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1 minute ago, givingtnt said:

get the bigger ssd now. wait for 1tb later when you'll need it. its better than shuffeling around data all the time like I have to do.

Ditto on this. I have to shuffle between my 250GB SSD, 500GB HDD, 64GB SD card, and a 250GB external HDD because I can't afford a 2TB drive.

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Just now, givingtnt said:

get the bigger ssd now. wait for 1tb later when you'll need it. its better than shuffeling around data all the time like I have to do.

Thanks, one more question... Do you think the 850 500 GB is worth the 150$ price or is there a cheaper option for the same thing? I was looking at SanDisk 480 GB and it was quite a bit cheaper but I love the look of the samsung.

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Just now, AirAdair said:

Thanks, one more question... Do you think the 850 500 GB is worth the 150$ price or is there a cheaper option for the same thing? I was looking at SanDisk 480 GB and it was quite a bit cheaper but I love the look of the samsung.

is that in usd$ or cad$ ?

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1 minute ago, AirAdair said:

USD. https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-Inch-Internal-MZ-75E500B-AM/dp/B00OBRE5UE/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1506794374&sr=1-2&keywords=500gb+ssd

yeah, it seems to be a regular price for it, a few weeks ago there were some sales for 140$. but those are over

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/internal-hard-drive/#t=0&S=400000,600000&sort=price&page=1

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/FrH48d/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz75e500bam

 

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Just now, givingtnt said:

yeah, it seems to be a regular price for it, a few weeks ago there were some sales for 140$. but those are over

https://pcpartpicker.com/products/internal-hard-drive/#t=0&S=400000,600000&sort=price&page=1

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/FrH48d/samsung-internal-hard-drive-mz75e500bam

Alright, thanks a ton.

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i cant go back to HDD i got a lot of help here and decided to built new PC only on SSD and i got 850 evo 1 TB which is more then enough for me and for all the games i play.

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