>people recommend Samsung for new SSDs
>do some research
>apparently pic relate is both faster AND cheaper than Samsung's new Evo drives
Have I been memed? If I can get the WD Black 500 for $10 cheaper than the 970 Evo, is it just a no brainer?
People recommend Samsung for new SSDs
James Walker
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Matthew Barnes
I mean, you're not going to be able to tell the difference anyway.
Luke Moore
I have the supposedly slower last year model of the WD, and it's still blazing fast. You can find that one for $80/150 for 256/512 from Amazon or Newegg, while the newer ones from both Samsung and WD seem to be $110/200.
Julian Kelly
Where you buy that man? Anyway yeah just buy the cheapest but be aware that NVME uses pcie lanes instead of sata ports so check your mobo and setup to see if they're free.
Carter Miller
Samsung drives will last longer though
at least their nvme drives will
Dylan Kelly
Do we know that? Both have 5 year warranty
Liam Russell
Yes I had to buy one of these for my thinkpad because the sata connection doesnt even work anymore. Havent really noticed much difference though
Kayden Turner
wd uses shit tier planar memory chips. so god no
Parker Lewis
very tempting
$149 MSRP on Newegg for 512GB
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William Myers
It's cheaper alright but not faster, only just equal to 970 at best
Kevin Cook
Due to amazing game design, I have to quit and restart a game multiple times every session. I want to cut that time down, since it takes too fucking long. This is what these fast SSDs were made for, right? Right now I have a SATA SSD, and it's taking a long time.
Christopher Hughes
No I think your CPU becomes the bottleneck at those speeds. Don't think you'll notice any increase in loading times.
Hunter Thomas
its cheaper alright but i never doubt samsung
James Watson
That's the previous generation.
Parker Richardson
Convince me not to buy Kingston's SSD Plus models despite them costing .3 dollars/gb
Carter Myers
pretty sure the loading time difference for games between 500MB/s sata and 3500MB/s nvme is like 5-10% IIRC
Mason Cooper
Kingston tries to scam everyone once by sending review units which perform better than retail units
Lincoln Wood
I got the Samsung one but for some reason my bootup is slow as fuck.
It was super fast when I first put it in as boot drive, but after a week or so it's now really slow.
Kayden Perez
Windows 10?
James Harris
Depends on how much RAM you have. Windows caches recently used stuff.
John Peterson
Apple MacBook doesn't have this problem.
Blake Flores
What if I just buy a small one to use as swap? It wouldn't get thrashed out too often and if it's cheap I wouldn't mind wearing it out.
Jordan Wright
At the speed you get with NVMe you're really not going to notice the difference between samsung and WD. Just buy the cheaper of the two and make sure it comes with a good warranty.
Caleb Garcia
Nah. There's barely a difference in games. You see a difference when copying large files, but you won't notice a difference with games. Save your money and get a SATA SSD.
Xavier Rodriguez
depends on the game user
Josiah Wood
Are these drives the future of the SSD? I'm thinking on future builds of just having two large sized NVMe's for OS and games and a large HD for storage.
Joseph Hughes
You are using a MBR/CSM install with a M2 SSD, reinstall windows in GPT mode.
Gavin Parker
Ya
Blake Price
>but you won't notice a difference with games.
Just like you won't see a difference between HDDs and SSDs with games, right?
Elijah Morris
Are you on 1803 update?
Blake Diaz
1 or 2 seconds isn't noticeable, 15 to 30 seconds is.
James Watson
The time it takes to make a thread about it isn't even worth $10. Do you not have a job?
Ryder Martin
1709 update