simple ssd question

packersfan036 · Mar 17, 2018

should I buy the Samsung 960 EVO Series - 250GB PCIe NVMe for $119.00 or this WD Black 256GB Performance SSD - 8 Gb/s M.2 PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive for $97.00 ? I cant decide, please help. and its for a Lenovo legion y520 gaming laptop.

USAFRet · Mar 17, 2018

packersfan036 :

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https://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/lenovo-legion-y-series-laptops/Legion-Y520/p/88GMY500808
Storage
Up to 2TB 5400 RPM
Up to 512GB PCie SSD
Dual Drive Configurations available. (HDD + SSD)
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Either of those will work.
Is 250GB enough space? That's pretty slim if it is the only drive.

4745454b · Mar 17, 2018

From our sister site's review of the 512GB model.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/11174/the-western-digital-black-pcie-ssd-512gb-review/10

There are still relatively few PCIe SSDs using TLC NAND, and the WD Black is the only one using planar TLC NAND. SanDisk has lately made some of the best planar TLC NAND SSDs with highly effective SLC caching that somewhat insulates them from many of the common performance pitfalls of using TLC NAND...but Samsung's 960 EVO doesn't make any mistakes and beats the WD Black across the board.

I'm not sure you'd see any real world difference between the two drives, but the 960 would be the "faster" drive. Up to you if it's worth the extra $20.

packersfan036 · Mar 18, 2018

USAFRet :

packersfan036 :

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https://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/ideapad/lenovo-legion-y-series-laptops/Legion-Y520/p/88GMY500808
Storage
Up to 2TB 5400 RPM
Up to 512GB PCie SSD
Dual Drive Configurations available. (HDD + SSD)
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Either of those will work.
Is 250GB enough space? That's pretty slim if it is the only drive.

I also have a 1tb Seagate firecuda sshd drive which works pretty good so should I stick with just the firecuda drive?

USAFRet · Mar 18, 2018

packersfan036 :

Without a real "need", "should I" is tough for anyone else to answer.

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