Samsung 850 EVO or PRO?

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Good day to everyone

Im having this dilemma on whether I would get a Samsung 850 EVO 250gb or PRO 256gb

I have seen some benchmarks that says these 2 drives perform nearly the same but that doesnt really concern me since there will be no noticeable and significant performance difference when gaming

I believe that the PRO version is more expensive because of the more durable and overall better parts but my question is, is the PRO model really worth the extra $35-40 considering that is has a 10 year warranty opposed to the EVO model that only has 5?

If in any case that you can suggest another ssd that is near the price, performance and durability of the mentioned ssds above, please do share it with me

I would be using the ssd primarily for my operating system, microsoft office, photoshop, cad software, and perhaps some games with the used space not exceeding 200gb because I heard that the smaller the free space, the lesser it performs(correct me if I heard wrong on this one)

I really dont have any use for the security features because I'll be using it on a desktop and do not keep any confidential information

Is the RAPID mode effective though?

Thanks in advance!
 
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CTurbo
I would not pay a lot extra for the PRO. The EVO is plenty good enough. If the price is close, like less than $20, then sure grab the PRO.
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Their benchmark performance are usually close initially, but in reality, any drives with TLC technology will suffer performance drop sooner and quicker than MLC drives. For just storing and reading data, Evo would be enough, but for the price difference, I suggest to go with Pro that offers much better performance under even the busiest situations, and you also enjoy better stability and durability.

A website did a endurance test on some SSDs. Samsung 840 Pro, a last gen product, lasts more than 2PB of write. All other MLC drives died at about 800TB -1.2PB mark. All TLC drives will die much earlier under heavy write scenarios.
 
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what do you mean by the busiest situations?


 
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Differences between the two:
The Pro has a slightly more power controller
The Pro has double the write endurance
The Pro has double the warranty

Same:
Same VNAND...

What this means to 95% of average computer users? NOTHING
Will you notice a performance difference between the two? NO

The quoted write endurance of the Evo you're looking at is 75TB, and there have been tests that show the drive actually goes far beyond that. That would mean writing a TON of data to that drive over its lifetime in your personal computer. Consider that if you intend to use this SSD for three years, you would have to write 68GB every single day to that drive to reach this write endurance number. Even if you're gonna use it for its full warranty period of 5 years, you'd have to write 41GB a day to it. Nobody is doing that....

Also, keep in mind that odds are you're gonna replace this with some new SSD technology before the end of the 5yr warranty. Its just the nature of computing hardware. So is a 10yr warranty really doing anything for you? Not terribly likely.

The Pro is really for HEAVY workload workstations or servers where you see people throwing things like databases on the drives or even putting them in RAID arrays. The more powerful controller, higher cache and higher write endurance provide benefit here. Funny thing is, many businesses aren't even gonna leave these things in for more than 3-5 years anyway.

So basically, CTurbo is spot on: If you have a few extra bucks and it makes you feel better, grab the pro. Personally, I've built almost 10 workstations that I put the 500GB Evos in (as OS drive) and multiple laptops, as well as always recommending the Evo. The only time I'd ever use the Pro is in an SSD RAID array or a server that's going to take a huge amount of writes.
 
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And for realworld use of an SSD, my former boot drive, Kingston 120GB, has approx 12.7TB total writes, in almost 30,000 power on hours.
It got relegated to secondary drive status, simply because it was small. Replaced by a 840 EVO 250GB.

So...a little less than 13TB, in 3.3 years. About 4TB/year. From a heavy power user.
A 75TB warranty = 20 years to hit that level.
And as noted above, actual tests show these drive to go FAR beyond that before they start to die.

Whatever you buy today will get replaced due to size, not from too many writes.

In short, don't worry too much about the EVO wearing out before the Pro. You'd have to be doing insane amounts of writes every single day, for that to be an issue.

If the price difference is minimal, go for the Pro. Otherwise, the EVO is just fine.
 
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The bottom line comes down to what kind of user do you consider yourself? A pro level user who demands higher performance/endurance and peace of mind or just an average user who wants the cheaper solution that works for an average user? After reading all those reports of TLC SSD drives, I will never use them for my main workstation to store any data or information that must not lose under any circumstances. I will also only install MLC SSDs on my clients' systems. The price difference just isn't justified in the scenarios that require top performance and the best stability/durability for years to come.
 
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