Samsung 840 PRO 256gb VS Samsung 840 NON-Pro? What's the Difference??

[x26]

Hi;

Samsung 840 PRO 256gb VS Samsung 840 NON-Pro? What's the Difference??

Which is better for me?

Which one should I get? (my System=2500k and win 7 64)

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electr...9&keywords=ssd

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electr...5&keywords=ssd

 

[birthdaymonkey]

Pro uses high grade MLC NAND.

Non-Pro uses cheaper TLC NAND, which has lower endurance (think 5 years of heavy use instead of 15) and lower write performance.

The Pro is currently the fastest consumer drive on the market, while the non-Pro is competitive with most other vendors' high-tier drives. I have the non-Pro and have been very happy with it. It's an upgrade over the Crucial M4 I was using before and much less expensive than the 840 Pro.

 

[Sleepingforest]

Of course, by heavy use, you mean "constant writes" and not "loads on a few extra games every few months," right? Because some people seem to think they are "heavy use" when they are really pretty moderate.

 

[tweakboy]

No difference, you will not know which ssd is in your rig.

 

[birthdaymonkey]

Yeah, I wouldn't consider myself to be a heavy disk user. I've had my 840 for a month, mirrored a 200GB Win7 install onto it, then secure erased and installed Win8 from scratch and I'm only at 400GB of writes. Not a lot considering the drive's lifespan should be hundreds of TB of writes.

EDIT: AT review estimates 270TB lifetime, so I'm almost 1/540th of my way through the drive.

 

[x26]

Thanks everyone,

I ordered 2 840 non-pro 250gb(for 2 comps) and put the Extra $200 i saved into some other Crack...

 

[jiffylube1024]

Yep, I did the same. The 840 pro has better write speed but otherwise the 840 non pro is a very competitive performer and unless you're writing 100-200gb per day or more should last year's and years. Samsung's done a good job.

 

[Puffnstuff]

FYI newegg has the 840 250gb for $149 right now if you use their discount code.

 

[fritzfield]

FYI newegg has the 840 250gb for $149 right now if you use their discount code.

OOS

 

[slicksilver]

FYI newegg has the 840 250gb for $149 right now if you use their discount code.

where can I find the discount code?

 

[Puffnstuff]

Too late as its already expired.

 

[Ketchup]

Too late as its already expired.

Yeah, it was a Saturday-only sale.

 

[Ketchup]

Yeah, it was a Saturday-only sale.

But I did just see that the have the 240 GB Extreme for $164.99 with promo code.

http://promotions.newegg.com/neemai...cm_mmc=EMC-GD021313-_-index-_-Header-_-SeeAll