1TB SSD Recommendations?

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DuronBurgerMan

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So... putting the build together now. Noticed that the Samsung 960 Evo 1TB is out of stock, or being scalped, pretty much most places. And it was a pricey mother to begin with. $479 for a drive, even a damn nvme ssd, is not chump change.

I really want 1TB for the boot drive, so I can stick all my Adobe sh*t on there and not run out of space for that, plus leave room for the paging files. So going to 500GB would hurt.

But damn. Are there any fast 1TB alternatives that don't cost $500 that are worth looking into? 'cause I don't see a whole lot available.

I mean, how good is the old 850 Evo M.2? Yeah, not nvme, but not $500 either...

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod...&cm_re=samsung_850_evo-_-20-147-567-_-Product
 
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NVMe is worth the price of entry if you ask me. I've been all ssd with a 840pro and now NVMe with my 960evo is the speed difference is palpable. It's like going from 7200rpm to SSD.

BUT... A good competitor I hear is the Intel M.2 NVMe. And they have a 1TB option that should work for you.
 
Stock is real low on this sh*t. Same with good RAM.

And everything is expensive as hell. Wtf is going on with memory prices?
 
Sounds like you want an m2 drive. 600p, while not a screamer is still decent, and it is technically nvme. Prices have gotten a bit stupid, it was $260 at microcenter during BF week now I see nearly $100 more for it online. Ram and flash weren't making enough profit so stuff is going on right now.
 
FWIW, I replaced a 1tb Samsung 850-evo Sata drive with a 1tb 960-evo m.2 and didn't notice one damn bit of difference in daily usage or game loading times. My benchmarks got higher scores, whoopdedoo.
 
Wow Thepalidfad... I totally saw a massive difference. Maybe it was a combination of SATA controller and such.
 
theplaidfad said:
Surely you're not referring to a game loading 2 seconds faster as a massive difference.
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HA... ok.. so it's a matter of scale for you. I can see where your issue is. You wen't from Platter drive.. probably 7200 RPM even in a raid 0 loading a game or booting to a SSD. BOOM huge difference.. boot times of 25 or so seconds to sub ten second boot times. That is a lot faster and FEELS amazing.

So now you went to NVMe... and your boot times and load times went from... 6 seconds to 2 seconds... Sure.. you cut the time by a third.. like when you went to SSD. But a 1/3 of 6 seconds isn't nearly as drastic a difference as 1/3 of 18 seconds right!

And I totally understand. TO ME the difference is palpable. To you it may not have been worth the cash. YET the improvement scale... is the same. ;)

Enjoy it man whatever you got. Sorry if you are having some buyers remorse.
 
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HA... ok.. so it's a matter of scale for you. I can see where your issue is. You wen't from Platter drive.. probably 7200 RPM even in a raid 0 loading a game or booting to a SSD. BOOM huge difference.. boot times of 25 or so seconds to sub ten second boot times. That is a lot faster and FEELS amazing.

So now you went to NVMe... and your boot times and load times went from... 6 seconds to 2 seconds... Sure.. you cut the time by a third.. like when you went to SSD. But a 1/3 of 6 seconds isn't nearly as drastic a difference as 1/3 of 18 seconds right!

And I totally understand. TO ME the difference is palpable. To you it may not have been worth the cash. YET the improvement scale... is the same. ;)

Enjoy it man whatever you got. Sorry if you are having some buyers remorse.
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What about regular usage like opening browsers, media players, documents etc? I plan to go NVMe also when I eventually do a new build, otherwise I might just move my 1TB M500 to my new system.
 
legcramp said:
What about regular usage like opening browsers, media players, documents etc? I plan to go NVMe also when I eventually do a new build, otherwise I might just move my 1TB M500 to my new system.
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Don't believe the numbers. You're not going to notice a difference. Save the money.
 
You have one very vocal person that doesn't notice a difference. I do. Constantly.. it's only a little over a week or two old for me so still shiney and new!

To see the difference as I said here or in another thread just go to your local Microsoft store. Play with one of the high end surface books.. shut it down.. turn it on and test.. feel the difference. Those are running on what is probably slower PCIe NVME type storage.
 
After all the back and forth myself (internally) I decided I had to get an 850 Evo.
I just like the reliability.
 
theplaidfad said:
FWIW, I replaced a 1tb Samsung 850-evo Sata drive with a 1tb 960-evo m.2 and didn't notice one damn bit of difference in daily usage or game loading times. My benchmarks got higher scores, whoopdedoo.
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Exactly. The 256 variant of the 960 evo is not really a noteworthy nvme drive. Sure its faster than SATA 3 in bursts, but the overall performance is sluggish. Move to the 1tb and its a decent drive.

I have been running 950 512 pros for almost a year in all my machines including my laptop. Nice NVME's can make a huge difference in certain circumstances.
 
Grimlaking said:
You have one very vocal person that doesn't notice a difference. I do. Constantly.. it's only a little over a week or two old for me so still shiney and new!

To see the difference as I said here or in another thread just go to your local Microsoft store. Play with one of the high end surface books.. shut it down.. turn it on and test.. feel the difference. Those are running on what is probably slower PCIe NVME type storage.
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Maybe I'm being vocal because I know what I'm talking about? Again, I went from a 1tb 850 evo to a 1tb 960 evo and noticed little difference. The 850 evo was running with rapid mode enabled, hence why the difference didn't seem to amount to anything tangible. I'm sure many other people would agree with me not seeing much of a difference in my scenario. If the OP opts for the cheaper Intel 600p just to step into NVMe, then he REALLY isn't going to see a difference between that and his Sata drive in real world performance.
 
Went with the Plextor 1TB nvme drive. $100 cheaper, only benches slightly slower than 960 Evo. And only a bit more expensive than the 850 Evo sata drive. Seemed like a better compromise than Intel 600p, which was much slower.
 
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