samsung 250gb or samsung 256gb

[perlsyntax]

I was thinking of getting a samsung ssd or samsung 250gb or pro 256gb But i not sure if i going to have a lot of space left over?All i plan to use it for android and apple programming.What do you guys think?

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-2-5-I...=1437743247&sr=1-1&keywords=samsung+ssd+250gb

or

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-256GB...7743458&sr=1-1&keywords=samsung+ssd+pro+256gb

 

[Samuelsan2001]

They are both fine SSD's although some have had a few firmware issues with smasung ssd's.

The EVO (250gb) is the budget version but the only real difference with the PRO (256Gb) is the amount of writes the drive can take before it starts to fail. Both of these numbers however are so high as to be a non-issue for most consumers, buy whichever is cheaper the performance is the same.

I would however reccomend you look at the Crucial MX100 and MX200 series these have better firmware track records and seem rock solid in most macs. If you MBP is from before 2011 I would consider the crucial BX100 it's not quite the performance of teh others but it is cheaper and the 2010 and before MBP has a sata 2 interface and that will limit your read/write speeds and bandwidth and it'll make no difference to you.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT2...UTF8&qid=1437744108&sr=1-1&keywords=MX100+256

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT2...UTF8&qid=1437744137&sr=1-1&keywords=MX200+256

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-BX1...F8&qid=1437744177&sr=1-1&keywords=bx100+256gb

As for having enough space just check and see how much you are using now, also take this oppurtunity to have a clear out and get rid of those old files and unused apps to create some space.

 

[perlsyntax]

They are both fine SSD's although some have had a few firmware issues with smasung ssd's.

The EVO (250gb) is the budget version but the only real difference with the PRO (256Gb) is the amount of writes the drive can take before it starts to fail. Both of these numbers however are so high as to be a non-issue for most consumers, buy whichever is cheaper the performance is the same.

I would however reccomend you look at the Crucial MX100 and MX200 series these have better firmware track records and seem rock solid in most macs. If you MBP is from before 2011 I would consider the crucial BX100 it's not quite the performance of teh others but it is cheaper and the 2010 and before MBP has a sata 2 interface and that will limit your read/write speeds and bandwidth and it'll make no difference to you.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT2...UTF8&qid=1437744108&sr=1-1&keywords=MX100+256

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-CT2...UTF8&qid=1437744137&sr=1-1&keywords=MX200+256

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Crucial-BX1...F8&qid=1437744177&sr=1-1&keywords=bx100+256gb

As for having enough space just check and see how much you are using now, also take this oppurtunity to have a clear out and get rid of those old files and unused apps to create some space.

Right now i have a 500gb hard rive 5400rpm use only

498.89 Capacity
462.44 Available
36.45 used
846,857 files

Maybe go with Crucial ssd cost less then samsung ssd?

 

[Rhinoevans]

I just installed the 256G 850 EVO ($98) in my NR MBP 13. I did not think that it was worth the extra $ for the pro. With all that i have on it, including 40G movies and some music, I still have 175G available on the 256G. More than enough for me, since I also have a 64G Sd card with the Nifty mini drive. I guess maybe consider a 512 for about $170.

http://ssd.userbenchmark.com

 

[Samuelsan2001]

Right now i have a 500gb hard rive 5400rpm use only

498.89 Capacity
462.44 Available
36.45 used
846,857 files

Maybe go with Crucial ssd cost less then samsung ssd?

You have used practically nothing you could get away with a 128GB SSD.

Yep buy the crucial I would, they are a bit cheaper and just as good.

 

[perlsyntax]

You have used practically nothing you could get away with a 128GB SSD.

Yep buy the crucial I would, they are a bit cheaper and just as good.

I was looking at the intel ssd to i hear good thing about them to

 

[Weaselboy]

I was looking at the intel ssd to i hear good thing about them to

You got some good advice from Samuel there... either the Samsung or Crucial are pretty good bang for the buck right now. Usually the Crucial BX100 is cheaper, and I would just go with that.

Nothing wrong at all with Intel, but I think you will find it costs more.

 

[mlts22]

SSD prices have gone down by a good margin these past few months. I'd probably look around, because SSD makers revise their drive controller ROMs all the time, especially to fix bugs as with Linux's TRIM command.

I do like Intel as well, and sometimes you can find them at a decent price. There have been some great reviews about their drives with regards to torture tests (powering them off during writes.)

I'd definitely look at 240-256GB as a starting point, go from there. Heck, I picked up a 480GB external SSD for $200, so prices are pretty reasonable.