Which SSD should I get?

[Awesomlego]

I am building a new PC in a month or so. I am super excited about the new Samsung 960 EVO, and would like to put a 250gb in my build along with a 1TB Toshiba P300 HDD. But for that price, I can get an Intel 600p 500gb SSD. I haven't even used up 200gb on my laptop, so it will be a while before I will run out of space, plus HDDs are only like $50. Which one would you recommend. Thank you!

Yes, My mobo can support NVME PCIE M.2-2280 based SSDs.This will mainly be a gaming and schoolwork rig, so I would like the fastest load times. I know storage speed won't effect performance, but I quite often custom code my games,and I hate waiting for like 5 min for it to restart the game/PC.

 

[mdd1963]

If you have an M.2 NVME slot, the 960 EVO is a very logical choice....awesome performance at a still reasonable price!

 

[Game256]

Depends on what is more important for you - performance or capacity.

If you want performance - go with Samsung 960 EVO. 960 EVO and 960 PRO will be the best and fastest consumer NVMe drives on the market.

If you want capacity - go with Intel 600p. Intel 600p is a bit better than premium SATA SSDs, but it's very very bad NVMe SSD in terms of performance.

But in terms of gaming and Windows boot, the difference in performance between SATA SSDs and NVMe SSDs is small, almost unnoticeable.

The biggest noticeable difference in perfomance will be in such tasks like copying, moving files, etc.