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840 vs 850 evo ssd

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zyr123

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Is there any real difference between the two besides 10 mbs, and a few bucks (23)$. The 512 gb version.
 
Given Samsung's issues with the 840 EVO (and quite possibly with TLC NAND as a whole) I wouldn't touch either 840 EVO or 850 EVO.
 
Just installed an 850 Pro earlier this month.

It has 10 years warranty versus 1 year for the 840's, that alone makes it worth it IMO.
 
Psyfuzz said:
Just installed an 850 Pro earlier this month.

It has 10 years warranty versus 1 year for the 840's, that alone makes it worth it IMO.
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I had no idea my 840 was out of warranty already lol. Now i do. The things you learn from macrumors.
 
Psyfuzz said:
On my end it's been flawless 🙂
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Wait a month or two and see if it slows right down like the 840 EVO did...

I thought the 840 EVO was the best, bought 4 of them, two for cloning my system drive and two more for raiding together to do quiet USENET downloading/PAR check/unraring...

It took a couple of months before I noticed that anything I copied off the drives was reading at 20MB/sec :/

And I couldn't apply the firmware update because my SSDs were connected via Thunderbolt... the DOS updater supplied by Samsung didn't know where to look :/
 
matreya said:
Wait a month or two and see if it slows right down like the 840 EVO did...

I thought the 840 EVO was the best, bought 4 of them, two for cloning my system drive and two more for raiding together to do quiet USENET downloading/PAR check/unraring...

It took a couple of months before I noticed that anything I copied off the drives was reading at 20MB/sec :/

And I couldn't apply the firmware update because my SSDs were connected via Thunderbolt... the DOS updater supplied by Samsung didn't know where to look :/
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I am happy with my choice of the 850 pro.
 
matreya said:
Wait a month or two and see if it slows right down like the 840 EVO did...

I thought the 840 EVO was the best, bought 4 of them, two for cloning my system drive and two more for raiding together to do quiet USENET downloading/PAR check/unraring...

It took a couple of months before I noticed that anything I copied off the drives was reading at 20MB/sec :/

And I couldn't apply the firmware update because my SSDs were connected via Thunderbolt... the DOS updater supplied by Samsung didn't know where to look :/
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my mistake, I have the 850 Pro - not EVO. 🙂
 
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