AceDaz Posted August 16, 2016 Posted August 16, 2016 I plan to upgrade the HDDs in a class room of PCs, along with admin staff and new staff laptops to SSDs. I wanted the Samsung 256Gb 850 Pro, but suppliers are saying that there isna worldwide shortage. I have been given the choice of Kingston Hyper X Savage SSDs instead. Does anyone have any experience of Kingston? What would you get? The Kingston Hyper X Savage SSDs or the Samsung 850 Evo?
Arthur Posted August 16, 2016 Posted August 16, 2016 What would you get? The Kingston HyperX Savage SSDs or the Samsung 850 Evo? Samsung 850 EVO. It's faster than the Kingston too... http://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Samsung-850-Evo-250GB-vs-HyperX-Savage-240GB/2977vs3494 I generally avoid anything that has an SSD controller from Phison (like the HyperX Savage does). They're rubbish!
timbo343 Posted August 16, 2016 Posted August 16, 2016 Have a look at the samsung 750 range. We couldnt afford the 850 anymore so had to look at the slightly cheaper range.
AceDaz Posted August 16, 2016 Author Posted August 16, 2016 Prefer the 850 range, i think that the 850 evo is probably still better than the 750
snagrat Posted August 16, 2016 Posted August 16, 2016 CPC have some 850Pro. Could have 30 pretty quickly and if you call them they normally have a better idea of when even more will come in
AceDaz Posted August 16, 2016 Author Posted August 16, 2016 Not only is there a shortage but those who still have them have put their prices up. Looking at £92 per unit. And I need 61 of them
3s-gtech Posted August 16, 2016 Posted August 16, 2016 We have fitted well over a hundred 850 EVOs with good results, though we don't have many running at SATA 3 speeds. Mixture of HP, Lenovo and Apple machines.
Norphy Posted August 16, 2016 Posted August 16, 2016 (edited) Does having the fastest SSD really matter for office machines? Even the crappiest SSD is still considerably better than the fastest spinning rust. Just get what's available! Fwiw, I've just bought the 480gb of this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/KingDian-120GB-240GB-480GB-SATAIII It's probably not the best SSD in the world but it's half the price of the Samsung and it beats the 5400rpm hard drive that is fitted to the laptop to a bloody pulp. Edited August 16, 2016 by Norphy
AceDaz Posted August 17, 2016 Author Posted August 17, 2016 Its not about the fastest, its about reliability. Samsung have proved that they are reliable. 1
Davit2005 Posted August 17, 2016 Posted August 17, 2016 Both Kingston SSDNow drives I bought needed rebuilding after jus 1 week, the 850 Pro has been rock solid. But I know most makes can suffer bad batch problems.
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