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Comparing mid-level ~500GB SSD's - please help!

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tankman1989

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I need to get an SSD for a laptop. It's been a couple years since I have looked at drives so I am not sure how much has changed and what to look for. This will be in a Dell Inspiron 500 with an i7, Win 10 Pro.

I would like to stay under $200 unless the Samsung 850 Pro is a MUCH better drive for the money. My main concern here is reliability as in not having a total catastrophic incident.

5 drive comparison at NE

I have always been partial to Samsung drives

The only drive that I didn't include in the compare (limited to 5 drives) is the

SAMSUNG 850 PRO 2.5" 512GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7KE512BW @ $207

I am not up to date with the vertical tech or the "3D V-NAND".

I'm also disappointed that the compare leaves so many fileds not completed like the comparison on idle vs active wattage, warranty, etc. Also, the controllers are newer than what I am acquainted with.

Any advice or pointing out areas I might want to look at are greatly appreciated!!
 
Hello! The Samsung 850 EVO is my recommendation. The additional performance the PRO affords is not worth the price of admission.
 
Quite frankly, for general OS/application (ie, real world) use, you'd probably not notice a difference between any of those drives.

However, out of those, my vote is for the 850 EVO.
 
If you're looking for a rock solid SSD, I would say forget Samsung only because they don't have power loss protection.

Go with the Intel SSD 730. It is a bit older and it was never the fastest. But it is based on a controller similar to the one in the enterprise class DC S3500/S3700 from 3 yrs ago which imo has stood the test of time. You should not notice much perceptible performance difference between it and the newer Samsungs. Note that "power loss" is not the same as "power failure." I'm not well versed at all on the details but I understand that it should help with avoiding corruption issues. I recommend looking into it.
 
Out of the SSDs listed and prices I'd only consider the 850 EVO or MX200.

If you actually have a workload that can leverage it then you can consider the 850 PRO as well.

The Sandisk Ultra II is a paltry $5 savings once normalized for capacity but uses <20nm TLC NAND. Saving's for sure aren't passed onto the consumer in this case.

The other Crucial drive prices are way over inflated.
 
I really liked the Crucial's ?X100 drives, but $200 is insane. That's where the 850 Pro looks like a reasonable upgrade.
 
Also, the Plextor M7V-series might be worth looking at if you're into the budget segment.
 
diizzy said:
Also, the Plextor M7V-series might be worth looking at if you're into the budget segment.
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PNY 480gb is a good drive and can be had for 110.00 on sale at best buy if they still have the sale still going
 
Phison S10 controller....
I would be a bit careful around not very widely used (tested) controllers...
 
I replaced the traditional harddrive with Samsung's 850 EVO (like some members mentioned here), because it had lots of good reviews on Amazon. I ended up buying one from eBay, and installed it with the help of a YouTube video. I couldn't be happier. Average boot time is 17 seconds. Photoshop loads within 6 seconds, and no any issue so far. It's simply a life changer!
 
tankman1989 said:
I need to get an SSD for a laptop. It's been a couple years since I have looked at drives so I am not sure how much has changed and what to look for. This will be in a Dell Inspiron 500 with an i7, Win 10 Pro.

I would like to stay under $200 unless the Samsung 850 Pro is a MUCH better drive for the money. My main concern here is reliability as in not having a total catastrophic incident.

5 drive comparison at NE

I have always been partial to Samsung drives

The only drive that I didn't include in the compare (limited to 5 drives) is the

SAMSUNG 850 PRO 2.5" 512GB SATA III 3-D Vertical Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) MZ-7KE512BW @ $207

I am not up to date with the vertical tech or the "3D V-NAND".

I'm also disappointed that the compare leaves so many fileds not completed like the comparison on idle vs active wattage, warranty, etc. Also, the controllers are newer than what I am acquainted with.

Any advice or pointing out areas I might want to look at are greatly appreciated!!
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850 Pro vs the Extreme PRO are about the same give or take certain areas but on average they are the same. Get which ever is cheaper or save money and get a MX200/850 EVO (which ever is cheaper). The M600 enterprise drives supposedly are good and are cheap but thats what i have been told.

I have EVO, Extreme PRO, BX, MX, NVME, and maybe one other type of SSD. The MX200/EVOs are great for bang for your buck but the Pro/PRO are better but only certain people really need that slight boost. NVMe is the way to go if you got the dough but in your case a 1TB MX200/850EVO would be golden for you and give long service life since its a TB.

BTW the only time a PRO/Pro drive makes a major difference even for average person is the 256GB or less size due to how they are made. The performance gap vanishes once you break the 500GB barrier.
 
I got the 850 EVO and have not regretted it at all. Sure, I would love a PRO, but considering the price difference, and how well the EVO holds up against the competition, I was willing to compromise.
 
heatshiver said:
I got the 850 EVO and have not regretted it at all. Sure, I would love a PRO, but considering the price difference, and how well the EVO holds up against the competition, I was willing to compromise.
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yea Extreme Pro is a legit buy. Its as good as the 850 PRO but like 100 less lol
 
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