SSD Purchase Decision Assistance: Samsung 750 Evo 500GB vs Corsair Force LE 480GB

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Hello

My use case:

  • ■boot drive
    ■general usage
    ■gaming
    ■firing up dev tools like Visual Studio, decompilers, SQL Server and the like occasionally
    I am planning on keeping this drive alive and kicking for the next 5+ years.
I think that there is much of a muchness between these two drives, except that the 750 EVO offers 20GB more space. I am planning to keep 40-60GB on the SSDs unallocated to improve performance and longevity of the drive. (As an aside, will this actually help keep the drive alive for longer? I am currently using a Seagate 120GB SSD running at 90% full and I've kept 20GB unallocated.)

Price wise, in my country right now the 750 EVO is +-USD112 and the LE 480 is +-USD122.

I am leaning towards the Sammy as I can keep an extra 10GB or so unallocated compared to the LE, but I would like your opinions please, especially in terms of which drive will/should/might last longer.

Thank you
Andrew

Edit:
Corsair Force LE SSD 1TB Review
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/corsair-force-series-le-ssd,4558-5.html
"Don't overlook this drive as you're shopping for parts to build a mainstream PC with lots of storage space. The 480GB Force LE qualifies for the same praise, given nearly identical performance."

Samsung 750 EVO 500GB SSD Review
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/samsung-750-evo-500gb-ssd-review,4601-3.html
"Samsung's 3D V-NAND has a reputation for incredible endurance, as shown in several reports online, but we don't know a lot about the endurance of its new 16nm planar TLC."

"The 850 EVO performs more like a premium SSD under heavy loads, while the new 750 EVO handles like a mainstream SSD during heavy workloads. I hope that you caught that last line; the Samsung 750 EVO performs like other companies' mainstream SSDs under heavy workloads, which means the drive delivers mainstream performance with a near entry-level price."
 
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Personally, I prefer Samsung SSDs. I also have a couple Corsairs. In your choices, there is no bad decision. However, I would select the Samsung. Your rationale (leaning) is spot on. Go for it.

AndrewJacksonZA

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Thank you COLGeek! :)
 

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UPDATE:
I purchased a 500GB 750 EVO on 26 July after posting about it here, it arrived shortly thereafter, I cloned my 120GB Seagate onto it and I'm happy to report that everything is going great and there's a noticeable reduction in boot time (important for my specific use case.) :)

Thank you again COLGeek.