840 EVO a worthy upgrade?

[Liquid_Static]

So I have a 128gb Samsung 830 SSD, and am wondering if a 250gb 840 EVO is a worthy upgrade. Is it faster than the 830? I had trouble understanding some of the ananand review.

 

[lehtv]

Speed doesn't actually matter, you will never notice much difference at all between different SSD's in everyday use. You probably wouldn't even notice whether the SSD was using 3gb/s or 6gb/s bandwidth most of the time.

FWIW your Samsung 830 128GB is a little slower: http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/533?vs=965. Especially the difference in write performance is quite staggering

If you need more capacity, it's a great upgrade.

 

[MontyAC]

If your 830 is running fine don't waste your money on another SSD.

 

[Engineer]

If your 830 is running fine don't waste your money on another SSD.

This.....

Other than benchmarks, and there isn't even a huge difference in those, I would forget it. Definitely not a 'real life' game changer when it comes to speed that you can feel.

I've got 2 - 256GB 830's in a RAID 0 config and I can't tell the difference between RAID and a single drive running.....other than benches.

 

[Liquid_Static]

I know I won't notice a difference! I just want to be sure it isn't worse at anything, besides the TLC.

 

[Engineer]

I know I won't notice a difference! I just want to be sure it isn't worse at anything, besides the TLC.

Ah, I can't imagine that it would be worse. It should be better to have the extra size. One thing that I don't know is if the 128GB 830 (that you listed) is slower than the 256GB 830 (that I have)....which might be the case.

TLS vs MLC aside, it will not be worse. If anything, it will be as fast (or faster) and larger.

 

[Liquid_Static]

ok, thanks everyone.

 

[aigomorla]

need more size... upgrade larger... lol... i am thinking of getting another 500gig 840 to R0 into a 1TB steam drive.

need more speed.... dont bother... u wont really notice it... i rarely notice any difference between R0 2xSSD's vs my 1 single 500giger.

 

[Zap]

If you need more capacity, it's a great upgrade.

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