Which nvme m2 drive - Samsung, Corsair or WD

apostolis_kt · 20 Mar 2019 at 12:44

Hello,

I started buying components to build a pc hopefully with a Zen 3 processor and planing on getting a good 1TB nvme drive for it. I am still on a very old p775 socket Q9550 processor (yes it still runs!) and realised how i need to upgrade since it throttles my gpus. It was fine with a geforce 680 but once i put a Vega 56 the minimum fps was going up and down!

I am a bit confused at the moment of which is the best from the SSD side of things.

Corsair MP510 960GB
Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1TB
or
WD Black SN750 1TB

Hopefully price won't be an issue but obviously if gains are negligible and i can save a good chunk of money to put towards another component i would do that.

What are your thoughts on the current NVME field. Found a few of those on offer we are talking about 50 pounds difference between the Corsair and the Samsung not sure if its worth to skimp or not. Or should I wait till Zen 3 pops up and then see what technology comes up with or prices drop?

For my build so far i already got a brand new PC case (Coolermaster C700p), a corsair 1000w hx, my old 2tb WD black, 2xSapphire Nitro Vega 56 so getting there

. I plan to get another SSD for storage in the future but probably will have to be sata due to the pci express lanes not being so many.

apostolis_kt · 22 Mar 2019 at 08:59

Indeed I can find both Samsung and WD roughly same price so I would pick the Samsung. What of the MP510 though you can find the 960GB version of it quite cheaper and its endurance numbers are ridiculous.

apostolis_kt · 26 Mar 2019 at 15:46

Good point, as it is at the moment it is 50-70 pounds less so probably the Corsair should do. Will wait till Zen 3 gets at least announced. Can't wait!

apostolis_kt · 27 Mar 2019 at 09:49

Definitely NVME vs Sata, the NVME wins. I was looking at the evo 860 as well and then saw the price difference and i think its worth to go for an NVME especially in my case that I build a new PC. Saw somewhere the 1.9TB C Corsair for 290ish and was thinking about that as well. If that was 220 i would snap it in an instant. Getting there...

apostolis_kt · 28 Mar 2019 at 09:35

Nutella33 said:
why wouldn't you just get the 660p M2 then? 2TB, speed is 4 times the SATA SSD's (550~MB/s) although not at TLC M2 speeds (1800MB/s vs 3200+) and can be had for £230.

I was checking on that not sure where I read that if it reaches the buffer then its as slow as an HDD otherwise i would have bought one on that price. I take it on day to day use you are not hitting the limit of the buffer, but since i am building one PC every 10 years

I dont mind spending a bit more and getting something better. My usage will be gaming, movies, web development and programming and maybe some rendering in the future.

apostolis_kt · 28 Mar 2019 at 13:54

Indeed because its my birthday soon and I need another component off the list but my deadline is when finally Zen 2 comes out and I build my new pc. So i can wait. Thank you all for the info I haven't been following much the NVME drives because until recently they were very expensive