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Hey, this list was mainly done by me and it was influenced by other lists present around the web. Talking about Samsung SSDs the only benefit from getting them is that they have higher warrantied lifespan, if you don't earn money with your storage you shouldn't consider buying them, like SX8200 PRO does have similar speeds and probably will match 970s lifespan

So firstly we need to determine what kind of usage your device has. Older PCs/Laptops that already have HDDs. These kinds of PCs can greatly have their performance improved by just adding an SSD as a boot drive, e.g. I have an old laptop from 2007 with top specs from the time, with it's HDD it was pretty unusable, with an SU800 128GB SSD in it, it is a great daily machine for your daily needs and it can still compile some stuff. Generally recommendation here is to go with mid-range SATA drives, something like SU650/SU800, BX500, MX300/MX500, micron 1100/1300, A58/A55. Fresh new build for casual daily needs. Here I would recommend getting something with good value and combine with a decent HDD, generally here you could go for SU800, SX6000 PRO, MX500, etc Workstation. Here you will have a difficult choice, does your storage pay for itself? Go for Samsung, if not then for primary storage go for Top tier performance SSDs like SX8200PRO/S40G/S50, MP600, EX920, Rocket 4.0, etc. For secondary storage go for SSD/HDD raid and for tertiary have a dedicated NAS with performance HDDs. This spreadsheet could help on choosing an SSD: [GS]1gIr09k1g21awAho1h4uIb8jCklvgNIjkwrU_T9Rq2zk[/GS] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...EAY_5i/pubhtml

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