Is Samsung 850 EVO really that much better than a regular Kingston SSD?

[sammael1984]

I am putting together a gaming computer and I was wondering if this is the case. Because here in my country the Samsung 850 EVO is 300 dollars, whereas an SSDnow300 at the same 128 GB, is around 80 dollars. Is the Samsung 850 EVO that much better to really make the investment worth my while? Like three times as fast or something? I know nothing about these things, please help me.

I thank you all in advance

 

[USAFRet]

850 EVO, 128GB, for $300? That is disturbingly bad.

The SSDnow300 is not a great SSD, but the EVO in that size should Not cost $300. Period.
For an alternative, what is the Crucial MX100 in that size?

 

[geofelt]

By and large, the performance of any modern ssd's at equal 120gb capacity will be remarkably similar.
That said, Samsung and intel make their own nand chips and can do a better job of quality control and validation.
Looking at newegg, I see some 20% negative(0 or 1 egg) reviews:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820721107
The 850 evo is relatively new and may command a price premium.
Perhaps you can find a older 840 evo, here is the reviews, showing a much smaller negative rate:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2W01AZ5378

Intel is also good so shop around.
I think $300 is a mistake of some sort and would not buy at that price.

FWIW, larger ssd's will perform a bit better, and 120gb can fill up quickly.
See if you can't justify a 240gb ssd.

 

[JohnnyLucky]

I agree with geofelt. For most consumers there will not be very much of a performance difference between modern 3rd generation SATA 3, 6Gb/s ssd's. A user would have to be doing some type of complicated scientific or professional work to notice a performance difference.

I recommend the new Crucial BX100 entry level SATA 3, 6Gb/s solid state drive. Technical reviews are favorable. The Crucial BX100 performs a little better and has a few more features than the Kingston or PNY entry level ssd's. This morning newegg, a popular online retailer in the USA, has the 250GB BX100 listed in the daily deals section for $99.99:

http://www.newegg.com/DailyDeal.aspx?Page=5

I understand that you are not in the USA and that prices can be different in other countries. Quite often prices are higher. That is unfortunate.

I maintain the ssd database listed in a sticky at the very top of this forum section. Here is the link:

http://www.johnnylucky.org/data-storage/ssd-database.html

Scroll down to the SATA 3 ssd section and look for the Crucial BX100 or any other ssd you might be interested in and follow the links to the technical reviews. Last year I started adding links to technical reviews in languages other than English. Temporarily there are only a few technical reviews for the BX100 in languages other than English. I will add more reviews in a variety of languages when they are published.