Is the Samsung 850 EVO a good choice for me?

fuzzytom

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I am looking to upgrade the storage of my PC. This is my current build:

CPU: Intel Core i5 3570K
CPU Overclocking: 4.3Ghz - Moderate (+26%) Overclock
CPU Cooler: Xigmatek Loki SDS963
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX2
RAM: 8GB Corsair 1600mhz Vengeance (2x4GB)
Hard Drive: 1TB S-ATAIII 6.0Gb/s
Optical Drive: 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 2GB
Sound card: Onboard 7.1 Audio
Case: Zalman Z11 Plus
PSU: 650W Corsair TX V2
Warranty: 3 Year SureCare Warranty

I use 3 1080p Dell 60Hz IPS monitors. I do gaming, work with unity and do lots of multitasking. I am also considering a RAM upgrade to 16/32GB

I have been looking at getting an SSD and the 850 EVO caught my eye. I need at least the 500GB model but will happily consider the 1TB model if it has any performance benefits. Likewise I will buy the PRO rather than the EVO if the increase in speed is worthwhile.
I live in the UK and right now SCAN seems to be the cheapest supplier.
 
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Speed increase is minimal between the Evo & Pro - I use 500GB Evo drives on laptop deployments on a weekly basis. I have yet to have one fail and they're pretty zippy. That's what I will continue to buy unless they release a newer model with high read/write speeds for a similar price point. You can on occasion get ridiculous deals on their 1TB option but the performance differences are non-existent, it would just be about capacity and convenience.
Speed increase is minimal between the Evo & Pro - I use 500GB Evo drives on laptop deployments on a weekly basis. I have yet to have one fail and they're pretty zippy. That's what I will continue to buy unless they release a newer model with high read/write speeds for a similar price point. You can on occasion get ridiculous deals on their 1TB option but the performance differences are non-existent, it would just be about capacity and convenience.
 
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