Crucial m100 Vs Samsung 840 evo

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vaulttec 391

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From all of the research I've been able to do it seems clear that the samsung 840 evo is the better SSD. My question is: will I actually notice the faster speed of the samsung drive to warrant the extra cost? I'll be using it to replace the stock 5400 rpm HDD on my samsung ativ book 4. Right now I'm looking at a 250gb evo for 150 vs a 256gb crucial for 100. I know it's not a huge difference in price but if I won't notice a clear difference in performance I'd rather save the cash.

Laptop specs:

http://m.samsung.com/hk_en/consumer/computer-peripherals/personal-computers/ativ-book/NP470R5E-X01HK?subsubtype=ativ-book-4

Motherboard:

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/performance-chipsets/mobile-chipset-hm76.html

SSD specs:

http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Samsung-840-Evo-250GB-vs-Crucial-MX100-256GB/1594vs2317
 
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Thanks for the reply. That kind of the conclusion I had come to. I'm just trying to figure out if the added performance of the Evo is worth the extra cash in this particular situation.
 
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Perhaps you could give me some advise then, please.. at the moment the 500GB Samsung 840 EVO is only $10USD more than the crucial MX100 512GB, and the 840 EVO 250GB only $10 more than the MX100 256GB; My question I guess is, do you really notice a difference between them in daily use, and have you used the "Samsung Magician software with RAPID mode" that comes with the Samsung?

I'm struggling with finances a bit but my computer runs to slow at times, especially since it's recently become my only computer with me to work on. I figure with the built in DRAM cache and and added system memory cache the Samsung SSD would be helped to hold up better during heavy rights; my plan would be to use the caddy-adapter to put my current 750 GB 7200 RPM Hybrid where my BLU-Ray drive is since I almost never use it, and anything performing slowly would be installed on the SSD [along with the OS].

But the RAID-like ECC function of the MX100 and its ability to not loose or corrupt a file if the computer crashes or runs out of power suddenly while writing to it is are very *drool over* features after experiencing more then my share of corrupt files and windows repairs/reinstallls in the past. Upgrading to a faster HDD's is usually the most appearance-related speed , increase you can make since generally speaking it's the slowest component and overall most waiting is for it to read/write.

So, do you, or does anyonoe else have an opinion: Is it an easily noticeable speed difference that would make an obvious difference on a slightly older Laptop like mine, or should I go with the more dependable sounding drive (The MX100)?

I would be opting for the 500/512 GB version so they're probably fairly similar [though I believe the MX100 has a better seq write speed, about equivalent to the Samsung at 500 and some while the 256 GB I believe benched around the mid-300's (well, according to a lengthy review on amazon, so like Wikipedia it might not quite be exactly on...) but I believe the DRAM integrated in the 840 makes a jump from 256MB to 512MB.
 
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