It was actually a really big deal at first https://www.extremetech.com/computing/199673-second-patch-for-ongoing-840-evo-ssd-performance-issues-being-prepped-by-samsung
The absolutely newest firmware for the 840 Evo might actually have sorted the problem, for a while they were a complete disaster. On Mon, 18 Nov 2019 at 05:23, Winterlight <winterli...@winterlight.org> wrote: > > It's a Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB. I imagine the 970 Pro is much > faster but does it really matter for a OS drive that only boots once > every couple of weeks, or whenever there is an update requiring a reboot. > > At 05:26 PM 11/17/2019, you wrote: > >I myself have gone from 860 Pro to a 970 Pro and the 970 Pro is much > faster. > > > >Something you might want to keep in mind. The 970 Pro is not a SATA HD. > > > >Do you mean from 970 EVO to 970 Pro? > > > >Tim Lider > > > >Red Belt at Cardenas School of Arnis > ><https://www.facebook.com/CardenasArnis/> > >Anime Enthusiast > > > > > > > > > >On Sat, Nov 16, 2019 at 3:25 PM Winterlight <winterli...@winterlight.org> > >wrote: > > > > > My OS drive is a Samsung 870 EVO 250GB. I have six core I7 running > > > at 4.2 GHz with 64GB of Crucial Ballistic DDR3 and a Nvidia > > > 1070. I'm not a gamer but I do video and media editing. When > > > working with media I use my RAM = a 32 GB RAM DRIVE to work from so > > > no drive should be as fast as that. However, I see a deal on a 512 > > > GB V-Nand SSD 970 PRO. and I know this is one of the fastest drives > > > available. If I install it, and use it as my OS drive instead of the > > > existing 870 EVO will I even notice a difference? Thanks w > > > > > > > >
