Review: Samsung 850 Pro SSD

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Great review. I still in love with my 840 PRO .. 🙂
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Any chance of results with the whole "RAPID" thing turned on? Mainly RAM usage while gaming is what is confusing me. I only have an 840 EVO, but I've been super curious about using the RAPID feature. Anybody have any experience with it?
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Nice to see that the Pro series meanwhile has arrived at the price levels the EVO was at when I got mine. So my next PC build will only have Pro series SSDs. Other that that, can't go wrong with Samsung. Got experience with two 830s and one 840 EVO meanwhile, and they're all fast and reliable.
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850 evo's coming soon too
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Love my 840 pro. It scores the same thing in AS SSD Benchmark and HD Tune. I have been looking to replace my Intel 520 120gb for something else as my OS drive, but I don't think its worth spending money for a marginal increase in performance which I may not even notice.
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Storage Capacity: 1GB :O
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in real world stuff, I don't notice rapid mode at all, It looks good in benchmarks but other than that, I don't notice any improvement with it on or off. when it comes to file transfer or loading times in games/apps
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How much is the 256GB version slower?
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sticking with my 120GB 840evo until it needs replacing, only used as an os drive and 2.5TB hdd for storage. cheap and cheerful but good enough.
My HTPC runs a similar setup, 120GB 840Evo, and 2TB WDred. Can't complain so far, the Evo works flawlessly. I wouldn't replace it until it needs replacement, tbh.
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in real world stuff, I don't notice rapid mode at all, It looks good in benchmarks but other than that, I don't notice any improvement with it on or off. when it comes to file transfer or loading times in games/apps
BF4 maps loaded a tiny tad quicker, but it wasn't worth the loss of 2GB ram in my books. The fact that it's also not active pre windows boot also doesn't help.
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So if people had the choice between getting a 1tb 840 evo and a 500gb 850 pro what would you pick? I want one for games but I'm not sure how much better the 850 is. I'm not paying £500+ for a 1tb SSD!
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That works out at £340 over here, cheapest I can find is £462, just shows how much we get ripped off!
I just got the Crucial M550 1tb for £329.
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I'm praying Samsung will release a new M.2 drive with the 850 PRO architecture. now that would be one serious beast!