Which SSD?

Casterina · 14 Oct 2015 at 18:06

I'm looking to buy a 120GB SSD but there's quite a few but I want the best one with good write/read speed, which one should I go for?

Casterina · 14 Oct 2015 at 20:37

Grimley said:
Samsung 850 Evo.

I'm currently using the 120GB Samsung 840 Evo, is it a huge upgrade or stick with what I have?

Casterina · 15 Oct 2015 at 11:38

My mistake, the current SSD I have is the 120GB Samsung 840 Series, how does it compare to the Evo?

Casterina · 15 Oct 2015 at 13:11

wazza300 said:
Bout the same,I think the evo has higher iops

Get the largest capacity you can afford IMO,its not much more to go 250/500gb

On my currently SSD, I've about 25-30GB free

VKleita said:
The 250 model Samsung evo also has higher read write speeds compared to a 120, the speeds increase up to the 500 GB model I think.

I think in the big scheme of things its not going to make a massive difference to you unless your going to use the new one for games rather than a HDD etc.

Personally I run 2 Samsung 850 evos 250, one for windows, one games and have a USB 3 external HDD enclosure to store my back up's on that's only powered up for tasks to avoid start up delays.

Seems to work well for me!

I have software such as Microsoft Office, Photoshop, VMWare and etc for university on the SSD and store other files on my 1TB internal hard drive but I don't game a lot so I should stick with my current SSD instead of getting the 850 Evo?