Have 2 identical Macbook Air 11, which is better Sandisk or Samsung?

Pneumothorax

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Have 2 2013 MBA 11 i5/4/256gb PCIe SSD's in hand. Both have Lg screens, but one has Sandisk SSD and the other Samsung. Which one would you keep? The samsung seems to have a higher write speed, but if it's anything like the 840 Pro, the fuller the drive is, it becomes much slower. The Sandisk has a lower write speed, but seems to be more immune to being full. Which one to keep?

Sandisk:
Marvell 88SS9183 PCIe SSD controller

Samsung:
Samsung S4LN053X01-8030 controller
 

Cerb

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Whichever can leave you with more in your wallet. If you were going to do anything that would be a problem for either SSD, performance-wise, you'd either hate doing it on a MBA, due to the low performance and general human inefficiency, or the form factor will slow you down enough for it not to be a problem, anyway.
 

Berryracer

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I would keep the one that has the Samsung SSD and sell the one with the Sandisk