Question Can someone explain the difference between these two internal SATA drives to me?

[Balic Blackthorn]

Hello.

So, I'm wanting to buy a 4tb internal SATA SSD. I hop onto New Egg and see these two (seemingly) virtually identical Samsung HDs. I'm trying to decide which one to get for my gaming PC. While I know enough about hardware to be dangerous, frankly whatever the difference is between these two drives is, aside from 100 dollars in price, is beyond me.

The drives in question are...

https://www.newegg.com/samsung-4tb-870-qvo-series/p/N82E16820147783?Item=9SIA12KBW22719

and

https://www.newegg.com/samsung-4tb-870-evo-series/p/N82E16820147795?Item=9SIA12KE3S0706

Many thanks for your time.

 

[Lafong]

I think the qvo uses QLC NAND and the evo uses TLC.

The benchmarks are likely different. The TBW ratings may be different. Not sure about the DRAM cache comparison.

You get to decide how horrible it would be to own the QVO. I haven't looked lately, but I'd expect there are a lot of nay-sayers about it due to the QLC and spec sheets.

Dig on the net for anecdotes and then decide how important they are. Some folks have TLC envy; some less so.

 

[rgd1101]

cheaper one is QVO

[SOLVED] - Samsung QVO vs EVO

Both of these SSDs seem to show the same specs. The QVO is sold for $98 right now on Amazon and the EVO is $124. The EVO seems to still have buyers and great reviews. What would be the advantage of shelling out this extra money and would it be worth it?

forums.tomshardware.com

 

[Bob.B]

Hello.

So, I'm wanting to buy a 4tb internal SATA SSD. I hop onto New Egg and see these two (seemingly) virtually identical Samsung HDs. I'm trying to decide which one to get for my gaming PC. While I know enough about hardware to be dangerous, frankly whatever the difference is between these two drives is, aside from 100 dollars in price, is beyond me.

The drives in question are...

https://www.newegg.com/samsung-4tb-870-qvo-series/p/N82E16820147783?Item=9SIA12KBW22719

and

https://www.newegg.com/samsung-4tb-870-evo-series/p/N82E16820147795?Item=9SIA12KE3S0706

Many thanks for your time.

Some reading.

Samsung QVO vs. EVO: SSD differences explained | Digital Trends

Samsung QVO and EVO are two brands of SSDs, but which one is better? If you're not sure which Samsung SSD to get, check out our guide to Samsung QVO versus EVO.

www.digitaltrends.com

 

[dwd999]

Hello.

So, I'm wanting to buy a 4tb internal SATA SSD. I hop onto New Egg and see these two (seemingly) virtually identical Samsung HDs. I'm trying to decide which one to get for my gaming PC. While I know enough about hardware to be dangerous, frankly whatever the difference is between these two drives is, aside from 100 dollars in price, is beyond me.

The drives in question are...

https://www.newegg.com/samsung-4tb-870-qvo-series/p/N82E16820147783?Item=9SIA12KBW22719

and

https://www.newegg.com/samsung-4tb-870-evo-series/p/N82E16820147795?Item=9SIA12KE3S0706

Many thanks for your time.

I have the 8TB version of the QVO; ironically when I got it a year and a half ago it was only a little more expensive than the 4TB is now; prices have really gone up. Anyway the QVO is a lot slower than the EVO. I only use mine for long term backup storage so I don't write much to it. If you're going to be writing to yours a lot then the EVO would probably be worth the extra money. The QVO is just slow.

 

[Balic Blackthorn]

Thank you. It IS going to be my primary drive, so looks like QVO is out.