Samsung 850 EVO 1TB (M.2 form factor) - Release and availability dates?

[rcald2000]

A friend of mine is interested in getting a M.2 form factor SSD, and I'm trying to determine if it's worth waiting up to two months for the 1 TB capacity release.

 

[KenZen2B]

So what is your friend going to be doing with it ? Is the friend using software that requires constant fast access to data such as video editing or something like that ? If the answer is yes, then go ahead and wait.

 

[rcald2000]

Gaming + Twitch streaming.

Full disclosure: I'm also creating a post with entire system build, so others can critique build; in 10 minutes.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

You do know it uses the same controller as the SATA version and isn't any faster. Good choice for a laptop or somewhere space is a premium though.

 

[USAFRet]

Gaming + Twitch streaming.

Full disclosure: I'm also creating a post with entire system build, so others can critique build; in 10 minutes.

For that, the difference between a SATA III and the m.2 will be unnoticeable.

 

[rcald2000]

+anort3 Agreed, M.2 and 2.5" versions of the 850 EVO are the same speed. She wants the cleaner look and "cool factor".

+USAFRet Funny you should mention the performance difference between SATA III and NVMe. My friend originally wanted the Samsung 950 Pro 500 GB (M.2) but I informed her of the negligible difference between the two in normal uses. I suggested the 850 EVO 1TB, so that she could get twice the capacity for roughly the same price.

+Everyone: If anyone is interested in commenting on my build post, please feel free:

$3K CDN system for Gaming + Twitch streaming
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3087795/cdn-system-gaming-twitch-streaming.html

 

[Deleted member 217926]

The 950 pro is amazing if you can actually make use of all the speed. I got one more because I needed a new boot drive and I was upgrading the CPU, motherboard and RAM anyway and it fit my budget.

134GB Steam folder from my 512GB 950 Pro to my 500GB 840 Evo = 4 minutes
Same folder from the 840 Evo to a WD 640GB Black HDD = 33 minutes

 

[rcald2000]

+anort3 I would submit that the 33 minute transfer time was bottlenecked by the WD 640 GB Black HDD. It only had a SATA II interface.

 

[Deleted member 217926]

SATA II or III doesn't mater much to a HDD in fact it only increases transfer speed because it can send burst info faster from the cache I do believe. I know it was the HDD write speed that was the bottleneck just like the 840 Evo write speed was the bottleneck in the first transfer. Still 134GB transferred in 4 minutes was amazing.

 

[rcald2000]

Any additional contributions or opinions? If so, I'd like to hear them.