Samsung 840 EVO Vs Pro - What real world differences are there?

[Totori]

Hi there!

I've read all the reviews I can, but would like some advice if you guys don't mind still.

What are the real world differences between these two SSDs? Say for someone who regularly plays load-based games like MMO's and such. What kind of difference will I notice? Where will the difference be? I also play games where there are lots of instance/zone switching like PoE/D3.

Thanks.

 

[CRCSUX]

For loading games like mmo's and such no difference will be noticed. You would only notice a difference by running a server type workload or a synthetic benchmark.

 

[Totori]

For loading games like mmo's and such no difference will be noticed. You would only notice a difference by running a server type workload or a synthetic benchmark.

Thanks. EVO it is then, eh? Where would one notice a difference in a real world scenario?

 

[Cerb]

The Pro costs more 😀. For any client machine, there's no good reason to get a Pro, today. When it came out, the 840 was slower for write-heavy uses, and could be made much slower over time (a problem we'd hoped had already gone away). The Evo fixes the speed issues, and the caching it does can handle some corner cases for the old 840 (the Evo is either almost as fast or slightly faster than, the Pro, depending on benchmark, and offers better performance consistency), so there's really no downside to it, for a desktop or notebook.

If you are using the SSD for OS/program loading, and page file, the differences between different models are going to range from negligible to nothing.

Get a 840 Evo, Crucial M500, Toshiba Q, or Sandisk Ultra Plus (only offered up to 256GB--and only buy if cheaper than the others, IMO), depending on price, of a capacity that you won't realistically need to fill up past maybe 70%, and enjoy. Right now, the 840 Evo and M500 seem to have the best off-sale prices.

 

[Totori]

Thanks, Cerb,

I have PM'd you about a few other questions if you do not mind =)