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I'm upgrading a 2019 iMac 5K and had the opportunity to pick up a barely used 1TB SN750 dirt cheap, but in researching the drive I've discovered that when it comes to low queue depth performance, especially with small files, benchmarks make it's relative performance look like molasses in the dead of winter. Now I'm wondering if I should use the SN750 in an older computer and buy something else for the iMac.
I've narrowed my choices down to three 1TB NVMe drives which are confirmed compatible with my iMac:
Expected workloads: Lightroom and Photoshop, with a possibility of some light video editing in the future.
Hardware: I9-9900k 8 core w/HT and DDR4-2666 RAM.
Would I be able to notice a difference between any of these drives when using Lightroom and Photoshop? If the difference is as big as the synthetic benchmarks suggest then the answer is easy, but in my experience real world differences are rarely so stark.
I've narrowed my choices down to three 1TB NVMe drives which are confirmed compatible with my iMac:
- Adata XPG SX8200 Pro (w/SM2262ENG controller)
- Samsung 970 Evo Plus
- WD Black SN750
Expected workloads: Lightroom and Photoshop, with a possibility of some light video editing in the future.
Hardware: I9-9900k 8 core w/HT and DDR4-2666 RAM.
Would I be able to notice a difference between any of these drives when using Lightroom and Photoshop? If the difference is as big as the synthetic benchmarks suggest then the answer is easy, but in my experience real world differences are rarely so stark.