SSD or RAM?

[iMacLate2013]

Actually it is about purchasing iMac with ssd.
I selected though the mbp forum because due to fact
its current builds can just ssd there is a more chance
to get broader feedback here.

Thanks for all your input.
I decided to take ssd as twice capable as the real data storage is
and as first shot 8GB. First two weeks / months of usage
will show if more RAM need to be purchased / populated in our case.
Above decision based to following assumptions: it will help
to get more performance, in order to be provided with performance of sleek new ssd
as long as possible - no drops in speed due to ssd fuel status.
In web one can find signals ssds would lose the performance with the time
the less of unused storage space is available. More free space would also help
to increase the ssd span of life - more blocks the written data can be spread to.
These factors are important in our case.

 

[disasterdrone]

Actually it is about purchasing iMac with ssd.
I selected though the mbp forum because due to fact
its current builds can just ssd there is a more chance
to get broader feedback here.

Thanks for all your input.
I decided to take ssd as twice capable as the real data storage is
and as first shot 8GB. First two weeks / months of usage
will show if more RAM need to be purchased / populated in our case.
Above decision based to following assumptions: it will help
to get more performance, in order to be provided with performance of sleek new ssd
as long as possible - no drops in speed due to ssd fuel status.
In web one can find signals ssds would lose the performance with the time
the less of unused storage space is available. More free space would also help
to increase the ssd span of life - more blocks the written data can be spread to.
These factors are important in our case.

Be aware you CANNOT add more ram after the fact any more.

 

[niteflyr]

One CON I've read a few times dealing with the Crucial is that it is slower than the Samsung. How much slower are we talking about? Is there a way to put this into real-time?

This seems to be the biggest CON. Am I missing anything?

OP, the limiting factor is your computer. Both drives are faster than your older computer is capable of due to SATA II interface. The speed difference between the two, while maybe measurable, are so insignificant in everyday use you cannot tell the difference. Buy whatever you like. I have one of each of their older models, Crucial M4 and Samsung 840. Both are great drives.

 

[iMacLate2013]

Be aware you CANNOT add more ram after the fact any more.

Me CAN, it is about imac 27inch.

 

[disasterdrone]

Me CAN, it is about imac 27inch.

Great - I was mislead by the fact that it was posted in the MBP forum!

 

[whitedragon101]

One CON I've read a few times dealing with the Crucial is that it is slower than the Samsung. How much slower are we talking about? Is there a way to put this into real-time?

This seems to be the biggest CON. Am I missing anything?

Not quite sure what you mean by CON. But yes the Crucial is slower than the Samsung. The droves are normally tested for Random and Sequential read/write speeds and at different block sizes from 4k to 256k and the results given in MB/s . On these tests the Crucial M500 is slower than the Samsung Evo.

If you want something a bit more real world Anandtech have their own test where they run the drive through real things like photo editing, playing games, browsing the web. The list is huge, see the link below and look at the table in the middle of the page for the full list (results in the graph below):
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7173/...w-120gb-250gb-500gb-750gb-1tb-models-tested/7

The Crucial M500 960GB averages = 173MB/s
The Samsung EVo 1000GB averages = 268MB/s

So the Samsung is 35% faster in the real world


However, I suspect you have seen the prices and the crucial is cheaper and you are wondering if its worth paying the extra for the Samsung. In reality the Crucial M500 is one of the quickest drives around and you will get all the benefits of an SSD from using one. The Samsung is faster than the Crucial but that doesn't make the crucial slow.