M.2 500GB Recommendations

Don
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Not much better? 4- 5x faster in benchmarks.

Pro 950 or the new Evo 960.



I've not used one, but many say the real world difference is hard to notice in most situations.
 
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Been looking at these myself as well. Most prices being thrown around are in dollars at the moment, but looks to be about £220 for the 500gb Evo after currency conversation and tax and such.
 
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I have a Samsung SM951 256GB and an Intel 600p 512GB. The SM951 is fast for the stuff I have used it for (database work), have not tried it with other things. I just got the Intel 600p to use as a games drive as it’s a lot cheaper than most other makes and the write speed should not mater that much for games. I have only tried Forza Horizon 3 and Forza Apex on the 600p so far. Think its ok but it gets hot (50C+ at idle), have ordered some small heatsinks to put on it, hopefully that will sort it.

Here is how the Intel 600p scores:
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