Samsung 850 Pro or Crucial MX300 for mid-2012 MacBook Pro

[netw]

My Samsung 840 Pro is basically dead after over 5 years of use and now it's time for a new drive.

I have a mid-2012 MacBook Pro and am torn between the Samsung 850 Pro and Crucial MX300. The Samsung is more expensive and provides less storage than the Crucial.

What's more worth it? Since my MacBook is running on SATA II, will I even notice a difference if I got the Samsung? How's the reliability of the Crucial compared to Samsung?

What would you suggest?

 

[Samuelsan2001]

2012 MacBook pro is sata 3, the pro has better longevity the crucial is cheaper and will last for at least 10 years on even fairly heavy write usage by a standard consumer barring failure, all ssds can fail at any time for any number of reasons its not often but it can just happen from any manufacturer.

They will both be as fast as each other, you'll never tell the difference without benchmarks, I'd buy the crucial every day of the week myself or the Samsung evo, samsungs version of the crucial MX line.

 

[makinao]

Mid-2012 MBP 15" non-retina, 2016 MX-300 1tb. It just works

 

[Fishrrman]

My vote goes to the Crucial...

 

[Beachguy]

Mid-2012 MBP 15" non-retina, 2016 MX-300 1tb. It just works

Similar case here- mid-2012, 512GB MX-300 and it's excellent.

 

[MRrainer]

You might want take a look at the new MX500.

What's the price difference in your geography?

Here, the MX500 (1TB) is actually cheaper.
2TB is more or less the same price - some dealers have the MX500 cheaper, some the MX 300.