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SSD URGENT HELP:Price Diff is $15 : Should I buy Samsung 840 EVO 250G or Crucial MX100 250?

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Which 250G SSD should I buy with price difference of $15?

Total: 2 votes

  • Samsung 840 EVO 250
  • 100 %
  • Crucial MX100 250
  • 0 %
September 12, 2014 2:39:16 PM

Hi Guys,

I'm in dilemma in buying Samsung 840 EVO 250G or Crucial MX100 250. the price difference between the two is roughly $15 from where I'm getting it.

My Usage will mostly comprise of:
1. Gaming (including in 3D)
2. VMs (planning to keep 40-50Gs of SSD for them)
3. 3D modeling
4. Programming using multiple App/Web servers
5. 3D Movies & so on

I already have 1.5TB of WD green & Seagate 1TB (SMART has failed :( )

Also, what do you think of seagate SSHD instead of SSD for above usage.

Appreciate your quick response :bounce: 

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September 12, 2014 2:46:04 PM

I would suggest you go 840 pro.
After over-provisioning losses (40-50G) and your VM's (40-50G) you will be left with plenty for windows and a bunch of apps. Do you have a secondary HardDrive to use as storage?
September 12, 2014 2:53:12 PM

840 Pro will be out of my budget :( 
yes, I do have secondary HDDs as mentioned (1.5TB of WD green & Seagate 1TB (SMART has failed :(  ))

btw. didn't get your point of over-provisioning losses

Is it some kind of issue with EVO?
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September 12, 2014 3:01:08 PM

popatim said:
I would suggest you go 840 pro.
After over-provisioning losses (40-50G) and your VM's (40-50G) you will be left with plenty for windows and a bunch of apps. Do you have a secondary HardDrive to use as storage?

sorry my bad :(  ...
forgot about overprovisiong for ssd ..
anyways... what do you recommend of the two since 840 pro will be out of my budget?
a c 942 G Storage
a b Ô Samsung
September 12, 2014 6:27:50 PM

If you will be doing tons of writing to the drive I would go with the crucial, the evo uses a 3gb buffer to simulate tlc speeds in writing, once you flood the buffer writing drops to about half speed.
Other than that its your pick.
September 12, 2014 6:30:21 PM

Personally I own a MX100 512GB and I love it. Just make sure you have your SATA set to AHCI Mode. Otherwise you will not see much difference in performance.
September 12, 2014 9:39:29 PM

All the synthetic benchmarks, 4k/512k R/W benchmarks are inching towards 840EVO though not by that margin.
I'm also bit wondering if sammy's RAPID mode will give that necessary edge over MX100 with price diff of $15 now?
September 13, 2014 9:29:18 AM

Decided to go ahead with Crucial MX100 .. Another important feature of MX100 is power loss protection which important to me.

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