Samsung SSD 850 PRO vs V-Nand SSD 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2

[nyls]

Hello guys,

I am thinking to change my Samsung SSD 850 PRO (256GB) with Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 (500GB)

I wanna know if there is a good difference between them.

Thank you very much

 

[USAFRet]

Hello guys,

I am thinking to change my Samsung SSD 850 PRO (256GB) with Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 (500GB)

I wanna know if there is a good difference between them.

Thank you very much

It depends.

What do you use this system for?
What motherboard do you have?
What, if any, are other drives in this system?

 

[nyls]

It depends.

What do you use this system for?
What motherboard do you have?
What, if any, are other drives in this system?

I just bought :

Motherboard: Asus Prime Z370-A II S1151v2 Z370/DDR4/ATX
Memory: Corsair CMK16GX4M2B3200C16W Vengeance LPX Kit 16 GB 2x8GB DDR4 3200MHz CL16
Videoboard: Asus GeForce RTX 2070 8GB GDDR6 Advanced Edition
CPU i7-8700K 3.70GHz 1151 Coffelake 12m cache 8th gen


I already have the Samsung SSD 850 PRO (256GB) and was thinking to change this also with the Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe M.2 (500GB)

It will be for grafic design and 3d rendering using Solid Edge software. From time to time i play online games also.


Kind Regards

 

[USAFRet]

I'd consider just adding the 970 EVO as a second drive, and leaving the OS, etc where it is on the 850 Pro.
Use the 970 for your project files.

 

[nyls]

I'd consider just adding the 970 EVO as a second drive, and leaving the OS, etc where it is on the 850 Pro.
Use the 970 for your project files.

For project files i have a Samsung MZ-76Q1T0BW 860 QVO, 1 TB, 2.5" SATA 6

Was only thinking to instal the OS on an M.2 NVMe for better speed of PC

 

[USAFRet]

Benchmarks do show that 970 as "faster".
In real world use, for the OS drive? Not so much.
We've seen many, many people here do that exact change with a similar level system, and 'meh'...

HDD->SATA III SSD = huge change
SATA III SSD->NVMe = not so much.

You can do it, but don't expect any magical speed improvement. There are many other things going on with the OS than pure drive speed.

But, for a new system as you've just bought? Sure. I probably would, just for the ease of connection.

 

[nyls]

Benchmarks do show that 970 as "faster".
In real world use, for the OS drive? Not so much.
We've seen many, many people here do that exact change with a similar level system, and 'meh'...

HDD->SATA III SSD = huge change
SATA III SSD->NVMe = not so much.

You can do it, but don't expect any magical speed improvement. There are many other things going on with the OS than pure drive speed.

But, for a new system as you've just bought? Sure. I probably would, just for the ease of connection.

Thank you very much.
Kind Regards