Samsung 830 vs 840

[aphasia]

since the release of the 840, i've been looking at local retailers for price drops on the 830.
i already own a 830 256GB drive and looking to pickup another 256GB drive just to drop my steam folder on (rather than use 'steam tool/mlink' to move to platter disk).

the prices have certainly dropped and even the 830 512GB is now cheaper per GB than the 256GB model. i gotta wonder if the 830 isn't a all round better purchase than the 840 despite the slight performance increase. the older drive has NAND that'll survive more write/read cycles and according to this thread;

'Samsung 840 Pro -- Owners Report'
http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1726665

...has better reliability/stability.

what do you guys think, is the 830 (any size) a better purchase than the new 840?

 

[JoeComp]

Are you asking about the 840 or the 840 Pro?

 

[aphasia]

Are you asking about the 840 or the 840 Pro?

i'm specifically after the 840 pro (with MLC not TLC NAND).

after looking at a couple of local retailers, looks like they are only stocking the vanilla 840's.
i only guessing at that b/c of the drive sizes (500GB & 250GB vs 512GB & 256GB). anand mentioned something about the size of the NAND chips for MLC & TLC in his 840 review.

tried finding info of the specs on sumsung's website but they only list info on the 830's.

 

[JoeComp]

Two of anandtech's 840 Pro samples have died under similar circumstances. I would avoid the 840 Pro until an explanation from Samsung (and a fix) is forthcoming.

I would not wait much longer if you are going to get an 830. I expect inventories will soon dwindle and prices will start creeping up.

Another alternative is the Plextor M5P. It has performance almost as good as the Samsung 840 Pro, but it has been out for a few months with no reported problems. And Plextor has a history of releasing high quality SSDs that you can depend on.