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Samsung 840 EVO worth it still?

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No I am loving it! Can't believe I never had one of these things before. I always thought it was Empty Hype but no its not the deal at all. Thing is amazing. I boot into windows in like 13 or 15 seconds (Not sure 100% but its fast)
Also my game performance has improved believe it or not. In games like Rust on my HDD before I would get severe stutters, never knew what it was. Well after running Rust on my SSD I noticed the issue almost never happens now. Love it.

Can't wait for my 500GB To get here.
 
EpicSurvivor said:
No I am loving it! Can't believe I never had one of these things before. I always thought it was Empty Hype but no its not the deal at all. Thing is amazing. I boot into windows in like 13 or 15 seconds (Not sure 100% but its fast)
Also my game performance has improved believe it or not. In games like Rust on my HDD before I would get severe stutters, never knew what it was. Well after running Rust on my SSD I noticed the issue almost never happens now. Love it.

Can't wait for my 500GB To get here.
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Once you start using SSDs you will never go back to spinners other then for backups.
 
whm1974 said:
250GB is a little small in 2018, are you sure that is all you need?
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the size isnt the biggest issue the speed from drives smaller than 500gb seem to drop as well. But i dont think a SSD is NEEDED, can always raid a few spinners and get decent performance.
 
killster1 said:
the size isnt the biggest issue the speed from drives smaller than 500gb seem to drop as well. But i dont think a SSD is NEEDED, can always raid a few spinners and get decent performance.
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A single suitable sized SSD has far fewer issues then RAIDing some spinners, and can offer better performance on top off that.
 
whm1974 said:
A single suitable sized SSD has far fewer issues then RAIDing some spinners, and can offer better performance on top off that.
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sorry i guess you missed the word needed, you can use a single spinner as well. imo its not NEEDED, only desired. spinning laptops still read decently fast, i can wait 20 seconds compared to 7 to startup the pc. 120-140mbps seems fine, sure ssd will be faster but what are you doing that is so important it is NEEDED.
 
killster1 said:
sorry i guess you missed the word needed, you can use a single spinner as well. imo its not NEEDED, only desired. spinning laptops still read decently fast, i can wait 20 seconds compared to 7 to startup the pc. 120-140mbps seems fine, sure ssd will be faster but what are you doing that is so important it is NEEDED.
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Have you actually used an SSD before? Once you go SSD, The only use you have for spinners is for backups.
 
whm1974 said:
Have you actually used an SSD before? Once you go SSD, The only use you have for spinners is for backups.
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you joking good buddy? your whole network is on SSD? must have a low capacity or a insane amount of ports. 2x12tb spinners is 2 ports, 6 ports with ssd, 3x less free ports for 4x the cost!

i use both daily with wide ranges of 950pro to a intel 160gb. But at work i use desktops with 500gb 2.5" hd, the pc's dont get turned off and load everything just fine with 8gb ram. Do i care? nope, either way i get paid, and all work can be completed.

If i needed faster storage i could always use the network attached storage but i never choose to.

Maybe you can say graphics design might HELP with a SSD or 4 powering it, but its not needed and the job will get done eventually.
 
killster1 said:
you joking good buddy? your whole network is on SSD? must have a low capacity or a insane amount of ports. 2x12tb spinners is 2 ports, 6 ports with ssd, 3x less free ports for 4x the cost!

i use both daily with wide ranges of 950pro to a intel 160gb. But at work i use desktops with 500gb 2.5" hd, the pc's dont get turned off and load everything just fine with 8gb ram. Do i care? nope, either way i get paid, and all work can be completed.

If i needed faster storage i could always use the network attached storage but i never choose to.

Maybe you can say graphics design might HELP with a SSD or 4 powering it, but its not needed and the job will get done eventually.
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Having use two 1 TB SSDs during the last five and a half years, computers using HDDs feel rather slow to me. They make such a big difference that everyone should have one.
 
whm1974 said:
Having use two 1 TB SSDs during the last five and a half years, computers using HDDs feel rather slow to me. They make such a big difference that everyone should have one.
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i believe i have been using SSD's (first one i purchased was the intel x25-m) its still running strong after 9 years in a laptop i gave away 8 years ago 🙂 You never answered what task you are performing that it is needed in such a big way? Im not sure how much it would help for loading large multiplayer maps in online gaming.
 
I have a couple of Samsung 850 Evo's. I just installed a Crucial BX300 on my main rig because I am retiring it to the garage soon. The Evo is slightly better but the BX300 is pretty close in performance. I went from 500GB to a 240GB boot drive with MLC memory vs. TLC memory in the 850 evo.
 
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