SSD buying advice needed

Van Diemen · 15 Jan 2018 at 16:47

Okay, so here goes.

I currently have a Samsung 850 Evo 250GB SATA SSD as my main drive & a 1TB HDD for games, apps, files etc.

I wish to upgrade he 1TB HDD to an SSD but I'm kind of stuck with choice.

Do I:

1) simply get a Samsung 850 Evo 1TB M.2?

or

2) Spend a little bit more on a Samsung PM961 Polaris 1TB NVMe?

Considering that this will only be used to install a handful of games, some apps & iTunes backups (have a number of iDevices) will the extra spent on a NVMe drive reflect in the performance gaines?

There is an option, 3) Stop being a cheapskate and get a Samsung 960 Evo.

Any & all thoughts welcome

MrRockliffe · 15 Jan 2018 at 16:51

Get the cheapest 1TB SSD with a good warranty is my advice. You probably won't see much, if any, of a performance improvement going to NVME compared to HDD to SSD

geordiejc · 16 Jan 2018 at 10:42

Nvme or and m.2 are for people who absolutely need the top speed for large files and video editing etc..

If you are gaming and a casual pc user using a 1tb regular SSD suffice, infact I'd argue that you wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

Van Diemen · 16 Jan 2018 at 14:22

Yeah, I am leaning towards a M.2 SATA SSD. similar price to regular SATA SSD without the need for SATA power/cables.

P1Fanatic · 17 Jan 2018 at 21:46

Makes most sense / best bang for buck

thekarrari · 18 Jan 2018 at 00:39

Yea agree with the lads, for gaming just get the one offering the best bang for your buck, I'm in the same boat.