Battle of the M2 drives: Sammy 850 Evo 500GB vs Crucial MX300 525GB

krooton · 14 Jul 2017 at 11:02

So I took order of a the Sammy at £154 and it is being delivered today.

Now I have just had a targeted ad showing the MX300 at £10 cheaper, which I can also get delivered today.

Which is better though?

5% extra GBs at -6.5% the price seems a no brainer, but does the Sammy have anything over the Crucial that makes it worth it?

Hedge · 16 Jul 2017 at 05:29

I personally doubt you would notice any difference between the two.

Rroff · 16 Jul 2017 at 05:44

Dunno if its the same with the M2 drives but with the slightly older versions I discovered the Samsungs do better for smaller, intensive workloads i.e. a lot of desktop stuff, etc. but other drives held up better for sustained loads - hence I'm using an 840 Evo for OS drive and a Kingston HyperX for applications.

Minstadave · 16 Jul 2017 at 07:46

Hedge said:
I personally doubt you would notice any difference between the two.

This.

HoneyBadger · 17 Jul 2017 at 19:46

Minstadave said:
This.

This +1000000!

Both are fine drives, you will not notice any difference between the two.