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    Difference between 1TB samsung 850 evo and 1TB samsung 850 pro?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by hi9580, Mar 19, 2015.

  1. hi9580

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    Difference other then 25% more lifespan and 10mb/s faster reads on pro(ie things no normal person will notice).

    Do they both use the same MEX module?

    Any other differences?
     
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    TLC vs. MLC NAND
     
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    so no difference other then things i already mentioned in first post
     
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    Ummm hello? Forgot the as-of-yet still unresolved 840 EVO read performance bug? I would say that's the biggest difference between them. That's why you see people crapping on the Samsung (and to a lesser extent SanDisk) TLC drives all over this forum.
     
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    Also, I don't see that mentioned in OP?
     
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    Yes the 1TB 850 Evo uses the MEX controller, but only the 1TB drive. All other capacities use the MGX controller.

    Although quite frankly after the 840 Evo slow read disaster, you couldn't pay me to use another TLC drive.
     
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    Tlc nand. I can't forget the troubled Samsung 840 Evo. To early to trust on TCL nand. To early.
     
    Papusan, Mar 19, 2015
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    you're not noticing the difference between the two, and if you do you won't care... unless you're a nerd.

    apart from this bug they need to fix
     
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    Oh yeah when your system drives to a halt due to faulty TLC in the 840 Evo you do notice it.. Sure the 850Evo isn't affected for now but I wouldn't go around trusting TLC.. Sandisk Extreme Pro is for me... I would rather get the Crucial MX200 rather then a Samdung drive...
     
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    One would need to be dead to not notice the difference between an SanDisk Extreme Pro's responsiveness vs. a Samsung almost 'anything' models'.

    Bug? You underestimate how big this is and how it is ingrained in every Samsung product. They continue to game benchmarks to their benefit, but now the wheels are starting to fall of the horse and buggy.

    I've said for years benchmarks are stupid vs. comparing real world performance of what you previously had to what a new component offers now. Stupid because benchmarks can be rigged. And Samsung is the king at that type of deception. Still.


    But not for much longer.
     
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    http://bgr.com/2013/11/27/samsung-benchmark-cheating-banned-htc/
     
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    @n=1 has owned both of them and he will confirm that the Extreme Pro is snapier for sure...
     
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    i feel more like a geek then nerd since nerd implies i'm good with everything apart from social skills
     
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    I think both of those words vary a lot from person to person in their definition/interpretation.
     
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    n=1 YEAH SCIENCE!

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    And discussing the distinction between geeks and nerds have made both of you dorks :D I keed I keed

    [​IMG]

    Yes the Extreme Pro definitely felt snappier than the 850 Pro. In fact even the 840 Evo felt snappier than the 850 Pro. I sold the 840 Evo because TLC, and now the 850 Pro is relegated to a storage drive lol. Talk about wasteful. :oops:
     
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    850 Pro is anyway a very good storage drive... :rolleyes: :p
     
    Papusan, Mar 21, 2015
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