Comparing Samsung SSDs

[Inversion]

I'm looking to upgrade the storage capacity for my boot drive (currently 120GB) and add some programs (and games) I use regularly to my fast SSD but I've realised I have an M.2 slot and I'd rather use my hard drive space for hard drives so I started looking at 250gb NVMe SSDs. I can't figure out the difference between the Samsung 960 and 970 EVO SSDs. Is the 970 worth the extra £10?

[TVwazhere]

6 minutes ago, Inversion said:

I'm looking to upgrade the storage capacity for my boot drive (currently 120GB) and add some programs (and games) I use regularly to my fast SSD but I've realised I have an M.2 slot and I'd rather use my hard drive space for hard drives so I started looking at 250gb NVMe SSDs. I can't figure out the difference between the Samsung 960 and 970 EVO SSDs. Is the 970 worth the extra £10?

The 970 is just slightly faster. I'd probably say no its not worth it because you'll never notice the difference. But for such little price difference, it could be argued in facor of the "newer" card anyways (I know these are the 500GB options, but the same rules still apply)

[Inversion]

Just now, TVwazhere said:

The 970 is just slightly faster. I'd probably say no its not worth it because you'll never notice the difference. But for such little price difference, it could be argued in facor of the "newer" card anyways (I know these are the 500GB options, but the same rules still apply)

Yeah that seems negligible. My main writes to this drive will be from downloads so I don't really need the extra 500MBps. I'd rather save the money for the likely incoming price gouge on the Nvidia GTX/RTX 2060

[mikedrewsmy]

Well, every variant has different write speed.
Which one are u looking to get?

250GB/500GB or the 1TB +++ ?

[Inversion]

44 minutes ago, mikedrewsmy said:

Well, every variant has different write speed.
Which one are u looking to get?

250GB/500GB or the 1TB +++ ?

Said in the post 250GB

[mikedrewsmy]

36 minutes ago, Inversion said:

Said in the post 250GB

Sorry. Missed that.

Comparing the specs here http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Samsung-970-Evo-NVMe-PCIe-M2-250GB-vs-Samsung-960-Evo-NVMe-PCIe-M2-250GB/m494033vsm200373 ;

seems like the write speed is almost the same, but the read is significantly faster so if you're using this for OS it's highly recommended. At only a  difference of a tenner i'd go for it.

[seagate_surfer]

Hello Inversion,

 

They both are NVME! You cannot get regretted booting your OS from any NVME drive, pickup the 960 and save some bucks. In the other hand the 970 has 5 years warranty as opposed to the 3 years of the 960, if that matters to you then the 970 is the one.

[thanos999]

heres a good guide on which nvme drive you need

 

[Motifator]

Umm WTH, 10 pounds is insignificant money. Get the 970 Evo as it comes with the more modern controller so better speeds and power management.

[Inversion]

9 hours ago, thanos999 said:

heres a good guide on which nvme drive you need

 

Thanks, I'll check that out.

[Inversion]

9 hours ago, Motifator said:

Umm WTH, 10 pounds is insignificant money. Get the 970 Evo as it comes with the more modern controller so better speeds and power management.

1. £10 isn't insignificant to everyone. Personally I'm a student so it's not insignificant. 2. I was pretty sure for the extra tenner it would probably be worth getting the 970 EVO but I wasn't sure.