MX200 or 850Evo ?

[Chicken76]

For a Windows&Games drive (has to be SATA) which whould you buy? The Crucial MX200 or the Samsung 850Evo? Capacity will be 256GB and price-wise they're the same where I live, or a small 3% more expensive for the Samsung drive.

Would appreciate your recommendations and the reasoning behind them.

 

[CFP]

The Samsung is faster across the board, isn't it? Is your main dilemma deciding between v-nand TLC and MLC?

 

[Ketchup]

If you aren't looking at price, 850 without question. But the MX200 has a very competitive price tag, and the performance difference wouldn't be noticeable in all instances, especially if this is your first move from a hard drive.

My opinion: unless the price difference where you are is substantial, go with the 850.

 

[Chicken76]

The Samsung is faster across the board, isn't it? Is your main dilemma deciding between v-nand TLC and MLC?

Mainly yes. I've read about that 3D TLC NAND that people reported performance degradation in time and also some data retention problems.
I value reliability above speed, and the Crucial MX series has been pretty solid from what users have reported so far.

If you aren't looking at price, 850 without question. But the MX200 has a very competitive price tag, and the performance difference wouldn't be noticeable in all instances, especially if this is your first move from a hard drive.

My opinion: unless the price difference where you are is substantial, go with the 850.

Price-wise they are about the same where I live, so that is not a factor. Is the 850Evo that much faster than the MX200?

Here's a followup question:
Which one would need more overprovisioning, considering they use very different NAND?

 

[nerp]

The degradation applied to old versions of the Samsungs that were fixed with firmware updates and you can't even buy one today new. I'd get the EVO. It is better performing.

 

[UsandThem]

Would appreciate your recommendations and the reasoning behind them.

850 EVO no doubt. Reason: Reviews.

the only advantage the MX200 has over the BX100 is hardware encryption, but if that's something you need/want the 850 EVO provides better bang for the buck given that it's cheaper, offers higher performance and you even get a 5-year warranty versus Crucial's three years.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/9258/crucial-mx200-250gb-500gb-1tb-ssd-review/11

 

[Ketchup]

This page should give you an idea as to why everyone is saying "get the EVO"
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9258/crucial-mx200-250gb-500gb-1tb-ssd-review/5

Go ahead and look at the other pages in the review, this one is just a good illustration of the performance gap you would see in dtd activities.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Mainly yes. I've read about that 3D TLC NAND that people reported performance degradation in time and also some data retention problems.
I value reliability above speed, and the Crucial MX series has been pretty solid from what users have reported so far.

Afaik, those issues only apply with TLC NAND that's not 3D/V-NAND.

Price-wise they are about the same where I live, so that is not a factor. Is the 850Evo that much faster than the MX200?

Here's a followup question:
Which one would need more overprovisioning, considering they use very different NAND?

Neither. Factory overprovisioning is fine.

 

[Shmee]

I would agree with above posters and get the 850 Evo if nearly the same price. I do believe the MX200 has a shorter warranty as well.

 

[Chicken76]

Wow, the recommendations are all for the Samsung drive, something I didn't expect.
Thanks guys!

 

[PliotronX]

Well after the boondoggles with the 840s and 840 Evos, I myself was hesitant but the 850 Evo is time tested and surprisingly spanks a lot of MLC drives in raw performance. That 3% in added cost gives you more than that in performance so it made the choice easy

 

[Elixer]

Problem with MX series is, I don't like unexplained actions. My thread about the drive getting automatically encrypted with no help form me, forcing me to do a PSID reset isn't exactly a confidence builder.
Yes, the MX SSD was great for a time...but, this is just bothersome too me.

As for the Samsung 850 and the V-NAND (or any 3D variant from other OEMs), they just haven't been out long enough to form a solid opinion on.

My gut still tells me, MLC over planar TLC, but 3D TLC may indeed be better, just don't know yet.

 

[poohbear]

Samsung is king in SSDS now. This company is a juggernaut and nobody has the resources to compete with them. It's a massive company: it's R&D budget alone is prolly bigger than most other SSD companys entire market cap. :O

So yea, 850 series FTW.