840EVo or M500?

rhysduck · 15 Jan 2014 at 11:28

Need a new 250gb SSD for my dad's new pc:

This Week Only has the M500 at £120.

How does it compare to the 840 EVO @ £150 ?

Thanks.

wazza300 · 15 Jan 2014 at 16:17

the evo is faster on paper,real life use you wont notice any diff

demon8991 · 16 Jan 2014 at 04:26

If i was choosing between the two I would go for the Samsung SSD even when taking into consideration the difference in price.

Dervious · 17 Jan 2014 at 00:53

If I was choosing between the two, I would go for the Samsung and not pay £150.

Muel · 17 Jan 2014 at 06:13

Samsung. I've owned 2 M4s, an M500 and built a Samsung into a mates computer, just feels like a better product to me and looks way more stylish.

Dervious · 17 Jan 2014 at 09:00

I used to use M4s, and have had no trouble with them.

I switched to Samsung because of price and good performance (no real difference in performance, but the spec for the Samsungs were good). I also had a feeling that Samsung woul design a manufacture a good quality product.

I`ve now fitted way more Samsung SSDs than Crucial, and like the Crucials, they have been very reliable.

Having said that, reading this forum does seem to suggest that failure of Crucial SSDs is more common than Samsung failures. I know that's only anecdotal evidence, but it leads me to believe that choosing a Samsung SSD is a good choice. Only time will tell for sure, but so far, so good.