Buying an M2 SSD which one to get SM951 or 950 pro

ajinta · May 13, 2016

Hello I decided to get one of those fast NVMe drives for my new skylake build. I am using an Maximus VIII ranger motherboard which fully supports tose drives. Samsung currently offers the best drive cosidering their prices and speeds. I decided for a 256 GB drive and I am wondering which one to get. I do not care for its clor or being an OEM drive. SM951 offers even slightly better speds and is priced at 150 eur while 950 PRO is 200 eur. Basicly what is the main difference in those two drives ? Is 950 simply better made to last longer somehow or it is just a bit more fancy looking . I do not mind getting 950 pro but onlyif I know something is actualy worth a 50 eur more on it.

1LiquidPC · May 13, 2016

The 950 has better driver support, better NAND(V-NAND instead of planar), and longer warranty. Real-world performance though is likely a small difference between the two. I also have a 950 PRO as my OS drive. Very happy w/ mine.

geofelt · May 13, 2016

Only the 950 pro is supported by Samsung magician software.

That said, having installed a 950 pro, I can not tell the difference in my everyday applications compared to the previous 850 pro.
Sequential enchmarks look wonderful, but apart from a faster virus scan, I do not think it is worth it.

I would use the budget to buy a 500gb 850 evo instead.

an1m473dph33r · May 28, 2016

1LiquidPC :

I saw that you said you were using a 950 as your OS drive. I've been trying to find a real world answer on how much faster my boot up is going to be off of one of these vs a conventional SSD as I have no yet purchased and would like to get some idea of my boot speed before hand. Any light you can shed on this subject would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

1LiquidPC · May 28, 2016

Hello there. To be honest, my boot speed is about the same w/ my 950 Pro as my 850 Pro was before I installed it. It's specific uses, certain software, data transfers that can benefit from the higher throughput. Software installs and transfers between my 850s and 950 are very fast.

geofelt · May 28, 2016

Ditto... no read difference in boot speed. Some in antivirus scans.

FWIW, I rarely boot, I use sleep to ram. It is a very low power state and sleep/wake is about 3 seconds.

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