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Need a recommendation for first ssd.

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ellover009

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Building a new ryzen system. Most of the parts are here, I just need to order an ssd and thermal paste.
I want an ssd to install the OS and maybe a few games. I am having difficulty deciding, and the pricing on ssd is high now.
I plan on having the ssd work along my regular mechanical hard drive.

I was thinking beterrn the 850 evo sata or M.2 250gb for $94-99 and it comes with a 5 year warranty.
960 evo M.2 250gb $130, 3yr warranty, speed demon, but from what I've seen some of the reviews from purchases show a decent failure rate.
SanDisk sdssda-480g-g26. 480GB 3yr warranty, people complain it's built cheaply, but has decent capacity. $140.

My budget I would prefer to keep it below $150. What do you guys recommend? Speed vs Capacity?
 
Samsung 960 Evo PERIOD!

Or A Samsung Pro Sata SSD

or an Intel 750 pcie nvme SSD
 
I'd go for the 850 EVO in m.2 format, unless you have money to burn, in which case go for the 960 EVO. I'd also go for 500GB of you can as games are big these days.

For the record, I have a 500GB 960 EVO NVMe and a 500GB 850 EVO 2.5" SATA in my PC and I struggle to tell the difference between them in real world use. Depending on your use case you might notice more of a difference, but if you're just gaming then I doubt you will.
 
It really does suck right now buying large GB of RAM or any SSD >240 GB right now with the prices creeping up. Reports say it won't be until 2018 until they stabilize/drop. Ouch. Makes those 250 GB 850 EVO drives a year or two ago for $75 feel dirt cheap compared to $90+ now.
 
Yeah, prices are horrendous right now. I got my 500GB 850 EVO in November 2015 (Amazon Black Friday deal, but they were £140 normally) and the same drive is currently... £150! So prices have actually gone up despite the tech being eighteen months older. Ouch.
 
There's a new contender. Adata 512gb $140 3yr warranty thou.
Yeah it stings, I am trying not to go too crazy on my budget since they will get cheaper in the future. I am tempted to go up in the budget and get the evo 850 500gb or save money and go for the a-data. Not sure if I need that much hd. Some games are ridiculous large these days thou.
I also saw this video.

Some people commented that the video test was not at it's potential due to an old motherboard.
 
With games weighing in at 50GB a pop or even more (GTAV is closer to 70GB), it makes sense to get a larger capacity than 250GB, especially if you're putting Windows on there too.
 
Bawjaws said:
With games weighing in at 50GB a pop or even more (GTAV is closer to 70GB), it makes sense to get a larger capacity than 250GB, especially if you're putting Windows on there too.
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I strongly agree here...You're going to regret only having 250GB after your first big game install.
 
I am a big supporter/user of a separate OS drive from everything else. My OS, Office, daily driver apps are all on one SSD, games are on one or two SSDs, other apps/downloads/tor-rents on another drive (mechanical large GB). If I ever have to reload Windows I don't have to tear through all those damn game reinstalls.
 
Ditto what Ironwolf said. So, just depends on what you really want to install on the ssd. A 250gb is fine to start out with, put a few games on, then get a dedicated games ssd later if you want. A small OS drive makes backups/restores a lot easier. I don't think the 960 is worth it from the numbers I've seen for just basic use/gaming. If you're moving lots of data around, then yeah it probably makes sense.
 
ir0nw0lf said:
I am a big supporter/user of a separate OS drive from everything else. My OS, Office, daily driver apps are all on one SSD, games are on one or two SSDs, other apps/downloads/tor-rents on another drive (mechanical large GB). If I ever have to reload Windows I don't have to tear through all those damn game reinstalls.
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I backup all my game installs to a NAS...My internet is painfully slow, and I'm not downloading stuff again if I can avoid it.
 
I keep the important things backed up on an e-sata enclosed mechanical drive. I can afford to re-download some things since I can just leave it working over-night or when I go to classes. So id be importat backup copy go to e-sata drive, most games on mechanical hd. OS, productivity app, and long loading games on new ssd.

Does a faster drive benefit photoshop at all? I process raw files. But i wonder if I get more stretch outta a larger drive. Also is the difference between the sandisk 480 and evo 850 500gb worth it? It's hard to buy when there's no good deals.

Tangoseal Id love to get the intel 750 but it's too rich for my blood right now. I might be able to stretch to a 850 500gb but thats pushing the budget.
 
250GB is nothing these days. If you can't 512GB because of price or something go for an HDD and an SSD. Install the OS and Games on SSD and keep other storage medium on HDD.
 
Went for the 850 m.2 500gb. Gotta get this system built. I guess I can benefit from more space and a better warranty.
 
Almost is everything is here, Only thing left is the thermal compound. It's somewhere in a usps facility in China.
Tempted to use either the stock fan or see if I can find some old stuff while it gets here.

The question is do I have to do anything to the ssd to install windows 10 on it? I downloaded the microsoft media creation tool and had it do it on a usb dongle. Now I assume I have to boot form usb device when the time comes and partition the ssd install using windows 10 or do I have to download anything first from samsung and boot into some sort of utility?
 
ellover009 said:
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The question is do I have to do anything to the ssd to install windows 10 on it? ...
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Some times the SSD isn't recognized and it needs to be formatted. One way to do that is to boot to a Live Linux distro and format it in NTFS. Hope this helps.
 
ellover009 said:
Almost is everything is here, Only thing left is the thermal compound. It's somewhere in a usps facility in China.
Tempted to use either the stock fan or see if I can find some old stuff while it gets here.

The question is do I have to do anything to the ssd to install windows 10 on it? I downloaded the microsoft media creation tool and had it do it on a usb dongle. Now I assume I have to boot form usb device when the time comes and partition the ssd install using windows 10 or do I have to download anything first from samsung and boot into some sort of utility?
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You should be good to go, just install from the usb memory stick.
 
I just picked up a Samsung Evo 850 and it's doing well. Has a good 5 year warranty and surprisingly enough I had no issues when I used old Hirens 10.2 and Ghost cloning my 7yr old Western Digital Black drive to it. Went through some minor upgrades lately but planning on using this SSD for my next build which is a Rizen build. Has good performance so far, a good warranty, and has been allowing me to play Fallout 4 at ultra settings with hardly any laggy moments using an old AMD Phenom II X4 965 and an old AMD Radeon R9 390 Series (8GB) (and yes I know my MB isn't utilizing it properly at all, on an old MSI 890FXA-GD70 with 16gb. It's about damn time for an upgrade though. :)
 
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