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If used as “boot” drive and just applications, ( with larger 2nd drive for everything else) would not 280gb be plenty enough for the average user?
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The EVO will slow down a bit, after the initial buffer is 'full'. Still very, very fast, though.
The Pro retains the overall throughput no matter what you're doing.

The $$ tradeoff is all up to you.

If I had determined I needed a 500GB drive, I'd get the Pro. $300(Pro) vs $250 (EVO).
Otherwise, the 250GB 960 EVO for $120.
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Yes, but....

1. What is the rest of the system? Primarily the motherboard.
2. For the OS and applications, doubtful you'll see any real speed benefit over an NVMe drive, or even a good SATA III drive. Especially for the extra money involved.
The latency and access times of any SSD are pretty much zero.

The NVMe performance benefit, and above that Optane, comes into play when transferring large sequential data.
Which is the exact opposite of what you and the OS are doing.
 
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So then, this should theoretically( or factually) be used as second storage for documents, files, photos... etc?
What about video editing and streaming?
Initially, was going to get 960 pro and 2nd drive 850 evo terrabyte for 2nd drive. As you see, I am a total novice just wanting State of art for above work loads.
Asrock extreme 4
I7 8700k
Gtx 1060 graphic
Evga super nova 650
( my digital 480 I thought to replace with 960 pro Samsung pc1e.....
Love to hear your directions & reply
Thanks
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For video editing, maybe. But really, only if you are doing a LOT of it.

The Optane thing is still brand new. And commands a premium price.
Very expensive, per GB, for what it delivers.

Faster, yes. Twice as fast as an NVMe drive for 3x the price? No.

For that system and use, a 250GB or 500GB NVMe drive (the Samsung) for the OS and applications, and 850 EVO SSD for the second drive.
 
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Thanks for your help. I last big question:
I read here on Toms that the Samsung 960 evo 256 gt was not as good as the 500gb.. ? What’s your advice? The pro has only 500 storage and a bit more expensive.
What you think?
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The EVO will slow down a bit, after the initial buffer is 'full'. Still very, very fast, though.
The Pro retains the overall throughput no matter what you're doing.

The $$ tradeoff is all up to you.

If I had determined I needed a 500GB drive, I'd get the Pro. $300(Pro) vs $250 (EVO).
Otherwise, the 250GB 960 EVO for $120.
 
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Just as an example, my main system is ALL SSD. All SATA III, but thats just because it is a Z97 board, and NVMe is not optimal on a board that old.
500GB 850 EVO - OS and applications
250GB 840 EVO - photo work
250GB 840 EVO - CAD/Video work
960GB Sandisk Ultra II - Games/Doc/Excel/VM
120GB Kingston - scratch space for all of the above. (This was the original boot drive, 6 yrs ago)

All those drives were incorporated over time. Not bought and installed all at once.

My next build will be a NVMe for the OS drive. Some of the above will be secondaries in that future system.
 
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