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Hello a single question between those two 950 pro and sm951 which is the best choice?Does the 950 pro worth the extra 40€ as performance except the guarantee as a retail model?And the sm951 a have chosen is nvme or ahci?
 

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I have the 951, wait for the 960/961
 
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I forgot to mention that i am mainly interested for gaming so if there are other suggestions at around the same price i would like to know thanks.
 
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SM951 were meant for OEM's, but the somehow got into retail channel (I'll know because I owned one). SM951 were usually cheaper because they came without fancy packaging (bulk) and with less warranty because OEM. 950 Pro were actual retail versions.
 
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Benchmark Scores Faster than yours... I'd bet on it. :)
There are more differences than that...

Performamce, the V NAND, etc...
 

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I am reading for days and i see that m.2 are faster in numbers but in real world programms like game loading that i am interested are almost as fast as an 850 evo.Maybe a better investment would be a 850 evo 500gb which costs 150€.Am i right?
 

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M.2 is a form factor. It will be not faster than a SATA drive if it is a SATA interface. The speed increase comes from NVMe
 
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M.2 is a form factor. It will be not faster than a SATA drive if it is a SATA interface. The speed increase comes from NVMe
I know but in comparison a 950 pro or a sm 951 vs a 850 evo have big difference in game loading times?
 

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No. Had a smaller SM951 and now massive 850 Pro and I can't tell a difference despite the fact SM951 had 3x the sequential read of 850 Pro. Granted, the IOPS were basically the same, but I don't think 300k IOPS will change that much. Game data just isn't something that would make much difference between 100k and 300k IOPS.

If you have money to spare and you want best of the best, of course you go with M.2 NVMe. But for everything else, it basically doesn't matter if it's M.2 NVMe or just SATA3 for as long as it's a good performing SSD unless you're having specific workloads that demand ludicrous sequential speeds or equally ludicrous random access of tiny bits.
 

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Boot difference was noticeable between my 5 120gb drives in raid 0 and my ingle nvme. The entire design of nvme will always be faster you noticing it yourself is of no point. It is faster period.
 
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As a user of 950Pro.

Yes it is faster. Load times are a fraction better. There was a thread where I did post some benchs.

But the drive mainly is for OS and heavy productivity work where lot of data generates. There it outshines any sata3 relic.
 
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Another thing is that the 950Pro has better endurance and 5 Years warranty vs "only" 3 on the 951

But Intel's Optane Drives is launching in the end of this year so if you really don't need it i would wait.
 
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The 950 PRO's advantages are:

1) it is a "retail" unit so you have warranty support from samsung direct. The 951 is "OEM" unit, and your warranty is only from the vendor. The 950 PRO's warranty is 5 yrs vs the 3 yrs for the SM951 i've seen the vendors quoting.

2) as a retail unit, samsung provides the necessary driver for NVMe use with win 7, 8.1 & 10

3) the 950 has newer tech, ie V-Nand

Personally, i'd go with the 950, but either one, read the reviews and note you should seriously consider installing active cooling, ie a fan moving air across the controller of either SSD
 
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